Property Tax & Income in Wabasha County, Minnesota
Wabasha County has an effective property tax rate of 1.05%. On the median home value of $264,400, that's roughly $2,785 per year. Median household income is $82,007.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Wabasha County | Minnesota (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.05% | 0.98% |
| Median home value1 | $264,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 9.85% | top rate 9.85% |
| State sales tax3 | 8.14% combined | 8.14% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Wabasha County, MN
Wabasha County offers a middle-ground option for buyers weighing home prices against tax bills. At $264,400, the median home value sits below what many metro-area buyers face, and the resulting annual property tax of about $2,785 reflects an effective rate of 1.053%. That rate runs higher than Minnesota's statewide median of 0.985% and ranks 20th among the state's 87 counties, so taxes here claim a somewhat larger share of a purchase than in much of Minnesota. Against the national median of 0.794%, the gap widens further. Income levels help offset this: a median household income of $82,007 and per-capita income of $43,686 give buyers meaningful capacity to absorb the bill. Towns like Kellogg, Millville, and Reads Landing anchor the county's small communities, where lower sticker prices on homes may matter more than the tax rate itself.