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Housing in Wing River

A typical Wing River home is worth roughly $278,000

Typical home value
$278K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,868
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Wing River?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Wing River

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Wing River home $278K

That covers a typical Wing River home, with $63K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,690
Loan $1,380Tax $240Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $690 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, 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

92% of Wing River households own their home

Half of Wing River’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1979
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,868
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
18%
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 $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $854, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,390
8%
of households rent · MN 28%
13
renter households
$854
median rent paid today · Census

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

Wing River vs. its neighbors

Wing River is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wing River$278K*—$1,000$62,500
Aldrich$204K*—$970$88,153
Leaf River$221K*−0.3%†$980$86,161
North Germany—+11.4%†$1,060$59,688
Thomastown$257K*−9.4%†$1,140$91,094

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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