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Housing in Laona

A typical Laona home is worth roughly $125,000

Typical home value
$125K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,150
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,375
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Laona?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

Less than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$295,000
Typical Laona home $125K

That covers a typical Laona home, with $171K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$770
Loan $620Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150 a month here, $380 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Laona’s typical property tax (1.10% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

98% of Laona households own their home

Half of Laona’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 98%Rent 2%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1983
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,375
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
1.10%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
15%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$990
2 bedrooms$1,150
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,710
2%
of households rent · MN 28%

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

Next door

Laona vs. its neighbors

Laona is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2014Median income
Laona$125K*—$1,150—$77,500
Moranville$190K*−0.7%†$9700$87,500
Roosevelt$179K+2.1%$1,300—$68,036

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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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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