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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in Minnesota (2026)

Traverse has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in Minnesota, at $765, followed by Koochiching and Faribault (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Minnesota

Top 25 of 87 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-04), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Minnesota
RankCountyValue
1Traverse$765
2Koochiching$771
3Faribault$796
4Cottonwood$809
5Kittson$825
6Watonwan$864
7Yellow Medicine$871
8Mahnomen$872
9Norman$904
10Redwood$913
11Swift$969
12Pennington$972
13Renville$972
14Freeborn$978
15Pipestone$993
16Big Stone$994
17Mower$1,006
18Marshall$1,030
19Lincoln$1,036
20Lac qui Parle$1,077
21Stevens$1,084
22Red Lake$1,085
23Martin$1,094
24Wilkin$1,098
25Lyon$1,104

How this ranking works

This page ranks Minnesota counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of monthly payment (piti).

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