ZIP Code 56161

In ZIP 56161, near Alpha, homes carry a median value of $112,500, and the county-level effective property tax rate of 0.93% works out to roughly $1,046 a year in property taxes on that median home. With median household income at $86,000 and per-capita income of $47,734, that tax bill equals only about 1.2% of a typical household's annual earnings. Combined with a 7.88% sales tax rate, the overall tax picture here leans heavily on consumption rather than property ownership, which keeps housing costs from climbing steeply alongside home prices.