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Housing in Prior

A typical Prior home is worth roughly $273,000

Typical home value
$273K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,500
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Prior?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

85% of Prior households own their home

Half of Prior’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 16%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1976
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,500
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
56%
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 Prior

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Prior home $273K

That covers a typical Prior home, with $68K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,660
Loan $1,350Tax $230Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $600 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 $1,060

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$890
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,470
16%
of households rent · MN 28%

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

Prior vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Prior. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Prior$273K*—$1,060$70,833
Big Stone—+6.1%†$980$84,688

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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