Minnesota homebuyers face a $340,000 median price, 19% below the national figure. Against the state's $77,700 median household income, that's a 4.4x price-to-income ratio.
Property taxes in Minnesota average 1.12% of assessed value, above the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $3,808 a year, or $317 added to the monthly payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Minnesota taxes wage income at 5.35%–9.85%. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $2,231/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses statewide track at 98 against the national 100 baseline, below average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Minnesota's median home price runs almost identical to North Carolina, both landing close to $340,000.