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Housing in Oakwood

A typical Oakwood home is worth roughly $289,000

Typical home value
$289K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,570
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Oakwood?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Oakwood

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Oakwood home $289K

That covers a typical Oakwood home, with $52K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,760
Loan $1,430Tax $250Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $710 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, 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.

The homes

90% of Oakwood households own their home

Half of Oakwood’s homes were built before 1997.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1997
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,570
median property tax bill · MN $3,357

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 $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $1,375.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$930
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,440
4 bedrooms$1,780
10%
of households rent · MN 28%
8
renter households
$1,375
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Oakwood vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Oakwood$289K*—$1,050$75,625
Elgin$379K+5.8%$1,210$113,304
West Albany—−2%†$1,140$90,192
Zumbro$447K*—$1,180$78,750

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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