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Housing in Wabasso

A typical Wabasso home is worth roughly $110,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$110K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,614
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Wabasso?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$231,000
Typical Wabasso home $110K

That covers a typical Wabasso home, with $121K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$710
Loan $540Tax $130Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $260 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wabasso’s typical property tax (1.47% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $637, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,570
24%
of households rent · MN 28%
47
renter households
$637
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Redwood 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 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Wabasso in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).

Single-family
0510 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
18
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+43
New homes+9

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wabasso gained 43 residents while 9 new homes were permitted: about 4.8 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Minnesota: 2.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024110$450,000
202310100$792,000
2022110$179,000
2021110$179,000
2020110$180,000
2019000—
2018000—
2017110$400,000
2016330$765,000
2015110$250,000
2014000—
2013110$280,000
2012000—
2011330$550,000
2010000—
2009220$360,000
2008110$240,000
2007000—
2006220$380,000
2005330$700,000
2004000—
2003220$330,000
2002110$180,000
2001220$175,000
2000440$441,000

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

The homes

76% of Wabasso households own their home

Half of Wabasso’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters
Own 76%Rent 24%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1970
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,614
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
1.47%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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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. 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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