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Housing in Hill Lake

A typical Hill Lake home is worth roughly $247,000

Typical home value
$247K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,717
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Hill Lake?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

93% of Hill Lake households own their home

Half of Hill Lake’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1991
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,717
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
46%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Hill Lake

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Hill Lake home $247K

That covers a typical Hill Lake home, with $94K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,510
Loan $1,220Tax $210Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $520 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Minnesota typical property tax (1.02% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,510
7%
of households rent · MN 28%
13
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Aitkin County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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