The median owner-occupied home in Houston County had a real-estate tax bill of $2,633 (± $90) a year, compared with $3,184 in Minnesota and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $226,300 (± $8,252), compared with $305,500 in Minnesota and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Houston County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 18,768 | 5,713,716 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $2,633 ± $90 | $3,184 ± $12 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $226,300 ± $8,252 | $305,500 ± $890 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $77,087 ± $5,212 | $87,556 ± $396 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.16% ± 0.06 points | 1.04% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 84.1% ± 1.5 points | 72.4% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 34.2% ± 2.1 points | 28.7% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 19.5% ± 2.7 points | 18.8% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Houston County (7)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Brownsville
- Caledonia
- Eitzen
- Hokah
- Houston
- La Crescent (partly in this county)
- Spring Grove
Towns and townships in Houston County (23)
- Black Hammer
- Brownsville
- Brownsville city
- Caledonia
- Caledonia city
- Crooked Creek
- Eitzen city
- Hokah
- Hokah city
- Houston
- Houston city
- Jefferson
- La Crescent
- Mayville
- Money Creek
- Mound Prairie
- Sheldon
- Spring Grove
- Spring Grove city
- Union
- Wilmington
- Winnebago
- Yucatan
Other named communities in Houston County (15)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Bee
- Freeburg
- Highland Park Estates
- Newhouse
- Perkins
- Pine Creek
- Pine Estates
- Reno
- Riceford
- River Junction
- Schechs Mill
- Shepardson's Park
- South Ridge
- Village Terrace
- Willington Grove