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Housing in Moranville

A typical Moranville home is worth roughly $190,000

Home prices around Moranville have risen about 38% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2014.

Typical home value
$190K
▼ 0.7% in a year · MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,681
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Moranville?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$343,000
Typical Moranville home $190K

That covers a typical Moranville home, with $154K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,130
Loan $940Tax $140Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $160 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, Moranville’s typical property tax (0.89% 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

93% of Moranville households own their home

Half of Moranville’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1985
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,681
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.89%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
3%
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.

Price trend

Home prices up 38% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Moranville rose 38% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Minnesota. Last year prices fell 0.7%.

Moranville areaMinnesota
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200120052010201520202025
−0.7%
past year
+38%
past 5 years
+60%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Moranville, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,700.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,450
7%
of households rent · MN 28%
18
renter households
$1,700
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2014

No permits for new homes were issued in Moranville in 2014 or in any year since 2000.

Single-family
01 200020052010
0
new homes permitted in 2014
0
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Moranville's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2014, so the 2014 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Moranville vs. its neighbors

Moranville is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Moranville$190K*−0.7%†$970—$87,500
Lake$186K*−0.7%†$9802$76,190
Laona$125K*—$1,150—$77,500
Cedarbend—−0.7%†$9700—

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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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