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Housing in Sago

A typical Sago home is worth roughly $206,000

Typical home value
$206K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,150
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,228
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Sago?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Sago

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Sago home $206K

That covers a typical Sago home, with $135K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,250
Loan $1,020Tax $170Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150 a month here, $100 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.

The homes

99% of Sago households own their home

Half of Sago’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 99%Rent 1%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1978
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,228
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
16%
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$810
1 bedroom$910
2 bedrooms$1,150
3 bedrooms$1,510
4 bedrooms$1,670
1%
of households rent · MN 28%

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

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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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