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Housing in Wilkinson

A typical Wilkinson home is worth roughly $192,000

Typical home value
$192K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,488
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Wilkinson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$254,000
Typical Wilkinson home $192K

That covers a typical Wilkinson home, with $62K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,130
Loan $950Tax $120Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $70 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, Wilkinson’s typical property tax (0.78% 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

72% of Wilkinson households own their home

Half of Wilkinson’s homes were built before 1998.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1998
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,488
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.78%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
31%
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 $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $818, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,400
4 bedrooms$1,730
28%
of households rent · MN 28%
46
renter households
$818
median rent paid today · Census

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

Wilkinson vs. its neighbors

Wilkinson is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wilkinson$192K*—$1,060$64,286
Pike Bay$151K*—$1,060$72,750
Leech Lake$257K*+7.1%†$1,030$68,750
Hart Lake—+0.7%†$1,030$88,750

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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