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Counties With the Lowest Property Tax in Minnesota (2026)

Aitkin has the lowest property tax of any county in Minnesota, at 0.55, followed by Cass and Lake of the Woods (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Lowest counties for property tax in Minnesota

Top 25 of 87 counties with data.

Ranked by effective property tax rate (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for property tax in Minnesota
RankCountyValue
1Aitkin0.55
2Cass0.59
3Lake of the Woods0.66
4Clearwater0.67
5Cook0.69
6Becker0.69
7Rock0.71
8Lake0.73
9Koochiching0.74
10Crow Wing0.74
11Otter Tail0.77
12Pope0.77
13Hubbard0.78
14Murray0.79
15Wilkin0.79
16Marshall0.80
17Stevens0.81
18Big Stone0.84
19Douglas0.86
20Swift0.86
21Pipestone0.86
22Itasca0.86
23Pine0.86
24Morrison0.88
25Meeker0.90

How this ranking works

This page ranks Minnesota counties by effective property tax rate, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For property tax, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh property tax 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 effective property tax rate.

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