TAX ON AVERAGE-VALUE HOME IN 103 METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES, 1995 Average % Tax as Estimated Change Average % School Market 1995 1994- Sale of Avg Tax County Community District Value Tax 1995** Price Price Rank ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISCONSIN St. Croix Hudson* 2611 $84,819 $2,513 -7.1% $86,146 2.92% MINNESOTA Anoka Andover 11 $100,280 $1,468 13.2% $111,299 1.32% 62 Anoka Anoka 11 $79,654 $1,065 12.5% $87,628 1.22% 97 Anoka Blaine 16 $83,439 $1,100 11.5% $90,498 1.22% 90 Anoka Burns Township* 11 $88,485 $1,081 14.5% $95,350 1.13% 95 Anoka Circle Pines 12 $87,313 $1,339 6.3% $98,770 1.36% 70 Anoka Columbia Heights 13 $69,171 $966 7.7% $73,743 1.31% 99 Anoka Columbus Township 831 $90,903 $1,309 13.6% $104,486 1.25% 74 Anoka Coon Rapids 11 $83,105 $1,096 11.9% $91,425 1.20% 91 Anoka East Bethel 15 $74,045 $908 12.2% $81,908 1.11% 102 Anoka Fridley 14 $79,528 $1,111 7.1% $86,256 1.29% 89 Anoka Ham Lake 11 $89,511 $1,149 13.2% $102,650 1.12% 86 Anoka Lino Lakes 12 $105,573 $1,843 13.1% $120,243 1.53% 43 Anoka Linwood Township 831 $70,824 $900 13.3% $81,034 1.11% 103 Anoka Oak Grove 15 $87,045 $1,386 13.5% $98,579 1.41% 66 Anoka Ramsey 11 $91,703 $1,243 14.3% $100,222 1.24% 78 Anoka Spring Lake Park 16 $80,875 $1,088 11.1% $85,221 1.28% 94 Anoka St. Francis* 15 $68,843 $917 7.0% $76,238 1.20% 101 Carver Chanhassen 112 $143,816 $3,086 15.6% $159,618 1.93% 11 Carver Chaska 112 $100,578 $1,717 15.5% $118,049 1.45% 48 Carver Victoria* 112 $161,570 $3,843 13.1% $181,132 2.12% 8 Carver Waconia 110 $96,316 $1,900 16.6% $108,709 1.75% 38 Carver Watertown* 111 $74,717 $1,091 14.7% $87,799 1.24% 93 Dakota Apple Valley 196 $109,004 $1,761 8.6% $122,476 1.44% 46 Dakota Burnsville 191 $106,218 $1,884 12.1% $118,812 1.59% 39 Dakota Eagan 196 $108,999 $1,720 9.8% $122,333 1.41% 47 Dakota Farmington 192 $84,851 $1,376 12.1% $95,231 1.44% 68 Dakota Hastings 200 $87,411 $1,323 12.9% $97,016 1.36% 72 Dakota Inver Grove Height 199 $96,994 $1,632 7.5% $106,704 1.53% 55 Dakota Lakeville 194 $110,311 $1,844 10.3% $125,353 1.47% 42 Dakota Mendota Heights 197 $155,460 $2,792 6.4% $176,860 1.58% 16 Dakota Rosemount 196 $103,628 $1,712 14.6% $115,527 1.48% 49 Dakota South St. Paul 6 $73,998 $1,013 14.9% $81,049 1.25% 98 Dakota West St. Paul 197 $87,430 $1,236 2.2% $95,033 1.30% 79 Hennepin Bloomington 271 $110,810 $1,906 8.8% $123,534 1.54% 36 Hennepin Brooklyn Center 286 $72,456 $1,072 14.4% $76,673 1.40% 96 Hennepin Brooklyn Park 279 $83,750 $1,368 5.6% $91,132 1.50% 69 Hennepin Champlin 11 $94,036 $1,481 12.6% $104,951 1.41% 61 Hennepin Corcoran 877 $120,365 $2,108 15.0% $133,888 1.57% 29 Hennepin Crystal 281 $77,236 $1,137 7.7% $83,589 1.36% 87 Hennepin Dayton 11 $107,379 $1,875 12.8% $123,851 1.51% 40 Hennepin Deephaven 276 $223,307 $5,089 6.0% $271,333 1.88% 3 Hennepin Eden Prairie 272 $142,844 $2,924 11.6% $160,499 1.82% 13 Hennepin Edina 273 $172,092 $3,423 2.8% $190,157 1.80% 9 Hennepin Excelsior 276 $116,721 $2,349 11.1% $130,415 1.80% 22 Hennepin Golden Valley 270 $116,250 $2,320 10.2% $130,179 1.78% 23 Hennepin Hopkins 270 $98,088 $1,820 11.7% $109,718 1.66% 44 Hennepin Independence 278 $141,011 $2,955 11.3% $170,098 1.74% 12 Hennepin Maple Grove 279 $108,394 $1,999 12.1% $121,111 1.65% 31 Hennepin Medina 278 $215,644 $4,385 12.6% $253,699 1.73% 6 Hennepin Minneapolis 1 $81,041 $1,317 6.2% $88,473 1.49% 73 Hennepin Minnetonka 276 $138,403 $2,867 6.1% $155,859 1.84% 14 Hennepin Minnetrista 277 $198,680 $4,171 13.0% $223,739 1.86% 7 Hennepin Mound 277 $97,498 $1,642 7.9% $111,299 1.48% 54 Hennepin New Hope 281 $90,159 $1,456 7.9% $101,530 1.43% 64 Hennepin Orono 278 $238,218 $5,155 7.3% $272,249 1.89% 2 Hennepin Osseo 279 $77,700 $1,228 3.3% $84,825 1.45% 80 Hennepin Plymouth 284 $135,920 $2,384 7.6% $153,236 1.56% 21 Hennepin Richfield 280 $83,305 $1,331 7.1% $91,044 1.46% 71 Hennepin Robbinsdale 281 $75,880 $1,092 3.0% $82,478 1.32% 92 Hennepin Shorewood 276 $193,792 $4,426 7.2% $223,520 1.98% 5 Hennepin St. Anthony 282 $96,088 $1,630 0.7% $103,767 1.57% 56 Hennepin St. Louis Park 283 $92,584 $1,543 9.2% $102,416 1.51% 59 Hennepin Wayzata 284 $228,526 $4,902 5.4% $269,488 1.82% 4 Ramsey Arden Hills 621 $128,546 $2,450 3.8% $139,421 1.76% 19 Ramsey Falcon Heights 623 $115,093 $2,215 5.2% $126,337 1.75% 26 Ramsey Lauderdale* 623 $72,952 $1,111 3.9% $80,788 1.38% 88 Ramsey Little Canada 623 $92,658 $1,663 6.1% $99,955 1.66% 52 Ramsey Maplewood 622 $91,093 $1,618 14.4% $101,666 1.59% 57 Ramsey Mounds View 621 $87,509 $1,458 2.5% $97,994 1.49% 63 Ramsey New Brighton 621 $107,894 $1,905 3.5% $119,749 1.59% 37 Ramsey North Oaks 621 $275,629 $5,919 9.7% $319,015 1.86% 1 Ramsey North St. Paul 622 $82,206 $1,275 14.6% $90,735 1.41% 76 Ramsey Roseville 623 $99,376 $1,794 3.3% $109,204 1.64% 45 Ramsey Shoreview 621 $114,283 $2,102 6.1% $126,840 1.66% 30 Ramsey St. Paul 625 $75,586 $1,204 7.9% $82,698 1.46% 82 Ramsey Vadnais Heights 624 $103,613 $1,854 1.8% $114,743 1.62% 41 Ramsey White Bear Lake 624 $90,811 $1,553 4.7% $102,150 1.52% 58 Ramsey White Bear Townshi 624 $109,828 $1,998 10.1% $120,425 1.66% 32 Scott Belle Plaine 716 $72,414 $1,150 14.3% $85,394 1.35% 85 Scott Credit River Town* 719 $126,387 $2,214 16.1% $140,274 1.58% 27 Scott Jordan 717 $71,421 $1,151 14.0% $80,339 1.43% 84 Scott New Prague* 721 $73,067 $1,198 13.8% $91,448 1.31% 83 Scott Prior Lake 719 $107,714 $2,231 16.1% $125,687 1.77% 25 Scott Savage 191 $98,316 $1,955 16.8% $113,792 1.72% 34 Scott Shakopee 720 $87,380 $1,499 15.6% $102,079 1.47% 60 Scott Spring Lake Townsh 719 $123,633 $2,114 19.0% $141,457 1.49% 28 Washington Afton 834 $158,748 $2,824 7.0% $171,434 1.65% 15 Washington Bayport 834 $94,706 $1,684 12.2% $105,346 1.60% 51 Washington Cottage Grove 833 $89,151 $1,426 8.5% $98,728 1.44% 65 Washington Forest Lake 831 $86,954 $1,222 8.4% $98,142 1.24% 81 Washington Forest Lake Townsh 831 $109,972 $1,655 11.3% $127,282 1.30% 53 Washington Grant Township 832 $164,889 $3,130 13.5% $188,229 1.66% 10 Washington Hugo 624 $111,846 $1,980 11.9% $129,902 1.52% 33 Washington Lake Elmo 834 $144,063 $2,737 10.3% $156,251 1.75% 17 Washington Mahtomedi 832 $126,541 $2,424 14.1% $143,633 1.69% 20 Washington May Township* 834 $141,116 $2,622 11.2% $178,854 1.47% 18 Washington New Scandia Townsh 834 $117,639 $1,952 14.6% $129,844 1.50% 35 Washington Newport 833 $86,060 $1,386 11.9% $90,115 1.54% 67 Washington Oak Park Heights 834 $85,612 $1,259 11.6% $96,846 1.30% 77 Washington Oakdale 622 $84,606 $1,287 15.1% $97,248 1.32% 75 Washington Stillwater 834 $100,582 $1,693 12.7% $113,524 1.49% 50 Washington St. Paul Park 833 $73,013 $932 3.4% $79,883 1.17% 100 Washington Woodbury 833 $121,437 $2,262 10.8% $135,988 1.66% 24 MINNNESOTA AVERAGE $109,360 $1,936 10.2% $123,198 1.51% MINNNESOTA MEDIAN (52ND RANK) $97,498 $1,663 11.3% $109,204 1.49% WISCONSIN EXAMPLE $84,819 $2,513 -7.1% $86,146 2.92% TAX ON AVERAGE-VALUE HOME IN 129 NON-METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES, 1995 Average Percent Tax as Estimated Change Average % School Market 1995 1994- Sale of Avg Tax County Community District Value Tax 1995** Price Price Rank --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISCONSIN LaCrosse LaCrosse 2849 $52,000 $1,863 2.5% $55,866 3.33% Douglas Superior 5663 $45,300 $1,543 6.8% $47,222 3.27% MINNESOTA Becker Detroit Lakes* 22 $53,820 $773 10.3% $59,470 1.30% 78 Beltrami Bemidji 31 $41,695 $608 9.9% $46,431 1.31% 105 Beltrami Bemidji Township* 31 $58,037 $795 13.3% $68,119 1.17% 71 Beltrami Northern Township* 31 $72,376 $1,034 11.0% $79,360 1.30% 33 Benton Sauk Rapids* 47 $66,289 $909 7.6% $77,622 1.17% 48 Benton Watab Township* 47 $76,998 $996 14.7% $89,118 1.12% 37 Blue Earth Mankato 77 $68,795 $874 8.9% $77,822 1.12% 56 Brown New Ulm 88 $57,255 $712 6.0% $66,576 1.07% 85 Brown Sleepy Eye* 84 $44,829 $500 8.7% $49,371 1.01% 117 Carlton Cloquet 94 $50,498 $802 11.9% $60,332 1.33% 69 Carlton Thomson Township* 99 $65,088 $969 11.4% $79,961 1.21% 40 Chippewa Montevideo* 129 $39,731 $651 6.7% $44,146 1.47% 97 Chisago Chisago Lake Town* 2144 $96,614 $1,566 11.1% $114,472 1.37% 5 Chisago Lindstrom* 2144 $79,895 $1,215 14.5% $86,748 1.40% 16 Chisago North Branch* 138 $63,589 $926 2.7% $75,701 1.22% 45 Chisago Wyoming Township* 831 $101,462 $1,698 6.2% $113,365 1.50% 4 Chisago Wyoming* 831 $90,503 $1,527 15.4% $103,432 1.48% 6 Clay Dilworth* 2164 $49,484 $732 19.0% $56,748 1.29% 82 Clay Moorhead 152 $64,207 $889 9.8% $73,379 1.21% 53 Cottonwood Windom* 177 $36,198 $556 6.9% $45,135 1.23% 114 Crow Wing 1st Assess. Unorg* 181 $73,300 $776 15.7% $82,452 0.94% 77 Crow Wing Baxter* 181 $74,654 $930 14.6% $80,360 1.16% 44 Crow Wing Brainerd 181 $46,061 $585 13.6% $52,164 1.12% 110 Dodge Kasson* 204 $64,169 $786 12.3% $73,169 1.07% 73 Douglas Alexandria Township*206 $84,409 $1,149 12.6% $97,245 1.18% 21 Douglas Alexandria* 206 $57,291 $780 10.4% $64,736 1.20% 76 Douglas LaGrand Township* 206 $86,246 $1,223 11.9% $101,946 1.20% 15 Faribault Blue Earth* 2148 $43,277 $609 12.5% $45,651 1.33% 104 Freeborn Albert Lea 241 $46,782 $597 8.2% $52,801 1.13% 108 Goodhue Cannon Falls* 252 $70,518 $900 3.6% $77,834 1.16% 50 Goodhue Red Wing 256 $74,087 $835 14.0% $85,060 0.98% 62 Houston Caledonia* 299 $48,756 $696 12.0% $52,313 1.33% 87 Houston La Crescent* 300 $72,007 $1,053 4.3% $80,008 1.32% 30 Hubbard Park Rapids* 309 $38,933 $452 4.7% $44,393 1.02% 122 Isanti Bradford Township* 911 $69,249 $932 12.2% $78,603 1.19% 43 Isanti Cambridge* 911 $69,335 $1,106 7.7% $81,284 1.36% 25 Itasca Grand Rapids Twnshp*318 $59,321 $365 14.3% $65,912 0.55% 125 Itasca Grand Rapids* 318 $53,448 $427 14.4% $64,551 0.66% 123 Itasca Harris Township* 318 $74,601 $601 8.9% $82,069 0.73% 107 Jackson Jackson* 324 $40,762 $562 14.6% $44,744 1.26% 111 Kanabec Mora* 332 $49,083 $728 3.9% $55,461 1.31% 83 Kandiyohi New London Township*345 $75,459 $899 7.2% $92,930 0.97% 51 Kandiyohi Willmar 345 $62,137 $855 12.1% $70,610 1.21% 60 Koochichin International Falls*361 $41,294 $542 -1.7% $49,277 1.10% 115 Lake Two Harbors* 381 $41,263 $471 16.0% $44,274 1.06% 121 Le Sueur Le Sueur* 2397 $59,859 $902 0.3% $68,803 1.31% 49 Lyon Marshall 413 $70,115 $814 14.1% $80,685 1.01% 64 Martin Fairmont 454 $50,465 $622 5.9% $56,072 1.11% 103 McLeod Glencoe* 422 $62,425 $869 5.4% $70,617 1.23% 57 McLeod Hutchinson 423 $71,338 $1,058 8.0% $86,366 1.22% 29 Meeker Litchfield* 465 $50,106 $666 8.5% $57,133 1.16% 94 Mille Lacs Princeton* 477 $57,869 $1,035 1.7% $63,873 1.62% 32 Morrison Little Falls* 482 $43,273 $634 3.6% $48,296 1.31% 99 Mower Austin 492 $48,465 $666 2.9% $53,671 1.24% 93 Nicollet North Mankato 77 $82,928 $1,197 16.6% $96,428 1.24% 18 Nicollet St. Peter 508 $65,274 $957 4.7% $73,177 1.31% 42 Nobles Worthington 518 $59,501 $709 10.4% $63,502 1.12% 86 Olmsted Byron* 531 $76,563 $1,206 6.6% $82,860 1.46% 17 Olmsted Cascade Township* 535 $155,262 $2,972 9.1% $160,064 1.86% 1 Olmsted Marion Township* 535 $78,581 $1,022 13.2% $86,163 1.19% 34 Olmsted Rochester 535 $81,121 $1,168 5.5% $91,352 1.28% 20 Olmsted Rochester Township* 535 $136,627 $2,401 0.6% $151,303 1.59% 2 Olmsted Stewartville* 534 $69,008 $899 0.4% $78,866 1.14% 52 Otter Tail Fergus Falls 544 $50,499 $643 10.8% $56,360 1.14% 98 Pennington Thief River Falls* 564 $37,760 $669 1.8% $42,523 1.57% 92 Pine Pine City* 578 $51,826 $669 4.8% $59,845 1.12% 91 Pipestone Pipestone* 583 $38,652 $561 7.9% $39,562 1.42% 113 Polk Crookston* 593 $42,266 $634 20.8% $46,497 1.36% 100 Polk East Grand Forks* 595 $58,593 $789 7.5% $70,764 1.12% 72 Pope Glenwood* 2149 $38,923 $719 5.5% $46,282 1.55% 84 Redwood Redwood Falls* 637 $55,813 $811 3.1% $61,604 1.32% 67 Renville Olivia* 2534 $46,266 $562 6.5% $50,235 1.12% 112 Rice Faribault 656 $63,574 $922 13.9% $74,793 1.23% 46 Rice Northfield 659 $89,078 $1,384 6.0% $99,528 1.39% 8 Rock Luverne* 2184 $49,788 $589 15.5% $56,966 1.03% 109 Roseau Roseau* 682 $48,932 $754 2.6% $60,261 1.25% 79 Sherburne Baldwin Township* 477 $70,267 $686 13.8% $81,896 0.84% 88 Sherburne Becker Township* 726 $85,188 $673 14.7% $99,986 0.67% 90 Sherburne Big Lake Township* 727 $91,638 $1,185 13.1% $107,304 1.10% 19 Sherburne Big Lake* 727 $70,164 $821 5.7% $80,648 1.02% 63 Sherburne Elk River 728 $93,334 $1,232 12.7% $102,904 1.20% 14 Sherburne Livonia Township* 728 $74,905 $752 7.7% $86,495 0.87% 80 Stearns Cold Spring* 750 $60,932 $863 8.5% $70,279 1.23% 58 Stearns Collegeville Twnshp*750 $95,672 $1,317 16.3% $103,653 1.27% 9 Stearns Melrose* 740 $47,739 $605 0.6% $54,065 1.12% 106 Stearns Sartell* 748 $81,246 $1,095 -1.4% $88,311 1.24% 26 Stearns Sauk Centre* 743 $48,721 $814 8.0% $53,422 1.52% 65 Stearns St. Augusta Twnshp.*742 $81,479 $1,092 13.7% $89,537 1.22% 27 Stearns St. Cloud 742 $64,241 $861 7.6% $74,526 1.16% 59 Stearns St. Cloud Township* 742 $95,390 $1,313 15.9% $103,460 1.27% 10 Stearns St. Joseph Township*742 $80,564 $1,042 14.4% $91,550 1.14% 31 Stearns St. Joseph* 742 $61,625 $786 14.7% $67,645 1.16% 74 Stearns Waite Park* 742 $59,160 $803 8.6% $64,095 1.25% 68 Stearns Wakefield Township* 750 $78,238 $998 5.9% $91,614 1.09% 36 Steele Owatonna 761 $72,256 $883 10.8% $84,411 1.05% 55 Stevens Morris* 769 $45,331 $622 5.8% $50,424 1.23% 102 St. Louis Chisholm* 695 $33,088 $304 6.3% $33,154 0.92% 127 St. Louis Duluth 709 $60,605 $886 3.4% $70,226 1.26% 54 St. Louis Ely* 696 $27,686 $208 1.0% $36,477 0.57% 129 St. Louis Eveleth* 2154 $29,109 $216 6.3% $30,803 0.70% 128 St. Louis Hermantown* 700 $78,694 $1,280 14.1% $88,123 1.45% 13 St. Louis Hibbing 701 $42,540 $398 2.9% $45,742 0.87% 124 St. Louis Mountain Iron* 712 $44,919 $327 -8.5% $51,810 0.63% 126 St. Louis Proctor* 704 $52,295 $799 4.9% $60,387 1.32% 70 St. Louis Rice Lake Township* 709 $55,144 $962 10.3% $64,571 1.49% 41 St. Louis Virginia 706 $41,875 $490 8.3% $46,788 1.05% 118 Swift Benson* 777 $32,142 $477 2.0% $40,583 1.17% 120 Todd Long Prairie* 792 $41,865 $653 7.1% $48,065 1.36% 96 Todd Staples* 2170 $32,415 $658 12.1% $39,291 1.67% 95 Wabasha Lake City* 813 $61,866 $840 7.2% $66,882 1.26% 61 Wabasha Plainview* 810 $59,800 $994 -0.7% $64,649 1.54% 38 Wadena Wadena* 2155 $37,684 $682 13.0% $39,919 1.71% 89 Waseca Waseca* 829 $53,413 $784 9.0% $65,297 1.20% 75 Watonwan St. James* 840 $37,622 $478 -1.8% $41,480 1.15% 119 Wilkin Breckenridge* 846 $43,391 $529 3.1% $50,105 1.06% 116 Winona Goodview* 861 $69,983 $910 8.3% $82,236 1.11% 47 Winona St. Charles* 858 $61,864 $812 10.4% $71,602 1.13% 66 Winona Winona 861 $58,857 $735 8.7% $67,419 1.09% 81 Wright Buffalo* 877 $84,582 $1,111 15.4% $91,046 1.22% 24 Wright Delano* 879 $82,854 $1,018 11.2% $96,342 1.06% 35 Wright Frankfort Townshi* 885 $115,487 $1,920 12.2% $134,444 1.43% 3 Wright Franklin Township* 879 $102,040 $1,476 12.0% $115,561 1.28% 7 Wright Monticello Townsh* 882 $85,813 $1,070 5.4% $98,749 1.08% 28 Wright Monticello* 882 $77,725 $981 10.7% $85,038 1.15% 39 Wright Otsego* 728 $80,122 $1,133 12.3% $88,533 1.28% 22 Wright Rockford Township* 877 $97,310 $1,285 16.1% $110,958 1.16% 12 Wright Rockford* 883 $84,444 $1,290 8.9% $93,205 1.38% 11 Wright St. Michael* 885 $83,098 $1,124 10.9% $92,024 1.22% 23 Yellow Med Granite Falls* 2183 $43,423 $629 23.7% $50,492 1.25% 101 MINNNESOTA AVERAGES $63,848 $876 8.9% $72,324 1.20% MINNNESOTA MEDIANS (65TH RANK) $61,864 $814 8.9% $70,610 1.21% WISCONSIN AVERAGES & MEDIANS $48,650 $1,703 4.6% $51,544 3.30% * Newly included this year. The 1994 tax calculation does NOT include a targeted refund. **Percent Change calculations for cities newly included this year may be understated because the targeted refund is not subtracted from the 1994 base year. SOURCE: Minnesota Department of Revenue Abstracts of Assessment and Tax Lists. Calculations by the Minnesota Taxpayers Association.