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

Koochiching has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in Minnesota, at $1,072, followed by Kittson and Traverse. Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 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 2026-06), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Minnesota
RankCountyValue
1Koochiching$1,072
2Kittson$1,125
3Traverse$1,152
4Faribault$1,183
5Cottonwood$1,194
6Norman$1,257
7Watonwan$1,278
8Yellow Medicine$1,279
9Mahnomen$1,292
10Redwood$1,329
11Pennington$1,364
12Big Stone$1,365
13Swift$1,383
14Freeborn$1,389
15Mower$1,393
16Renville$1,394
17Marshall$1,399
18Pipestone$1,401
19Lincoln$1,453
20Lac qui Parle$1,499
21Stevens$1,502
22Lake of the Woods$1,504
23Wilkin$1,508
24Martin$1,512
25Red Lake$1,517

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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