The median owner-occupied home in Mower County had a real-estate tax bill of $1,819 (± $67) a year, compared with $3,184 in Minnesota and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $172,000 (± $5,593), compared with $305,500 in Minnesota and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Mower County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 40,069 | 5,713,716 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,819 ± $67 | $3,184 ± $12 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $172,000 ± $5,593 | $305,500 ± $890 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $71,495 ± $4,338 | $87,556 ± $396 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.06% ± 0.05 points | 1.04% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 76.0% ± 1.7 points | 72.4% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 32.3% ± 1.4 points | 28.7% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 16.1% ± 1.9 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 Mower County (14)
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.
- Adams
- Austin
- Brownsdale
- Dexter
- Elkton
- Grand Meadow
- Le Roy
- Lyle
- Mapleview
- Racine
- Rose Creek
- Sargeant
- Taopi
- Waltham
Census-designated places in Mower County (1)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Towns and townships in Mower County (34)
- Adams
- Adams city
- Austin
- Austin city
- Bennington
- Brownsdale city
- Clayton
- Dexter
- Dexter city
- Elkton city
- Frankford
- Grand Meadow
- Grand Meadow city
- Lansing
- Le Roy
- Le Roy city
- Lodi
- Lyle
- Lyle city
- Mapleview city
- Marshall
- Nevada
- Pleasant Valley
- Racine
- Racine city
- Red Rock
- Rose Creek city
- Sargeant
- Sargeant city
- Taopi city
- Udolpho
- Waltham
- Waltham city
- Windom
Other named communities in Mower County (8)
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.
- Andyville
- Austin Acres
- Johnsburg
- Mayville
- Nicolville
- Ramsey
- Renova
- Varco