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Housing in St. Mathias

A typical St. Mathias home is worth roughly $285,000

Typical home value
$285K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,260
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,113
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is St. Mathias?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

98% of St. Mathias households own their home

Half of St. Mathias’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters
Own 98%Rent 2%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1992
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,113
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.74%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
8%
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 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$474,000
Typical St. Mathias home $285K

That covers a typical St. Mathias home, with $189K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,670
Loan $1,410Tax $180Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month here, $410 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, St. Mathias’s typical property tax (0.74% 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 $1,260

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,260
3 bedrooms$1,560
4 bedrooms$1,790
2%
of households rent · MN 28%
2
renter households

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

St. Mathias vs. its neighbors

St. Mathias is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
St. Mathias$285K*—$1,260—$118,750
Crow Wing$294K*+5%†$1,0607$99,861
Ripley$307K*—$1,160—$70,972
Fort Ripley$398K+4.3%$1,210—$75,000
Daggett Brook$318K*+3.3%†$1,110—$66,429

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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