Minnesota homebuyers face a $356,066 median price, 15% below the national figure. Against the state's $87,117 median household income, that's a 4.1x price-to-income ratio.
Property taxes in Minnesota average 1% of assessed value, below the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $3,561 a year, or $297 added to the monthly payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Minnesota taxes wage income at 5.35%–9.85%. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $2,265/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses statewide track at 94 against the national 100 baseline, below average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Minnesota's median home price runs 4% higher than Wisconsin: $343,798 there versus $356,066 here.