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Housing in Moe

A typical Moe home is worth roughly $419,000

Typical home value
$419K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,245
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Moe?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

94% of Moe households own their home

Half of Moe’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1988
typical home built · MN 1979
$3,245
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.77%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
35%
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

A typical home costs 4.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$388,000
Typical Moe home $419K

That’s $31K short of a typical Moe home.

The typical home, each month
$2,470
Loan $2,080Tax $270Insurance $120

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $1,450 less 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, Moe’s typical property tax (0.77% 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 $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $1,531.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,410
4 bedrooms$1,500
6%
of households rent · MN 28%
15
renter households
$1,531
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Douglas 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

Moe vs. its neighbors

Moe is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Moe$419K*—$1,020$98,393
Holmes City$352K*—$1,030$81,250
La Grand$385K*+4%†$1,010$94,122
Brandon$354K*—$980$99,286

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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