Cost of living in Forest Lake

Composed in-house · four inputs · 14% of the overall score

73/100
7th of 60

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The four inputs

Housing cost index100

Minneapolis 10045% · scores 77

Effective property tax rate1.00%

Minneapolis 1.04%25% · scores 70

Utilities73

Minneapolis 10020% · scores 87

Local sales tax8.14%

Minneapolis median 8.14%10% · scores 37

Vertical rule marks the Minneapolis reference. Composed in-house · ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best Minneapolis suburbs for cost of living

All 60 ranked, Forest Lake highlighted

1St. CloudA−$225,000 2HastingsB+$322,400 3AnokaB$308,700 4South St. PaulB$281,600 5Columbia HeightsB$277,600 6Forest LakeB$393,500 7New BrightonB$364,700 8West St. PaulB$301,300 9OakdaleB−$318,100 10Inver Grove HeightsB−$363,400 11Coon RapidsB−$305,800 12CrystalB−$296,100 13EaganB−$397,100 14BurnsvilleB−$355,200 15RosevilleB−$352,100 16MankatoB−$261,700 17Elk RiverB−$370,100 18FridleyB−$302,900 19Ham LakeB−$442,500 20MaplewoodB−$323,200 21RamseyB−$359,600 22White Bear LakeB−$331,800 23St. PaulB−$294,500 24FarmingtonB−$366,200 25Brooklyn CenterB−$274,300 26OtsegoB−$396,700 27New HopeB−$337,000 28RosemountB−$424,100 29SavageC+$432,300 30MinnetonkaC+$475,800 31StillwaterC+$414,200 32River FallsC+$327,600 33Brooklyn ParkC+$336,200 34BuffaloC+$314,400 35MinneapolisC+$362,200 36RichfieldC+$344,000 37St. MichaelC+$390,100 38HopkinsC+$375,600 39HugoC+$408,900 40ShoreviewC+$383,700 41St. Louis ParkC+$386,800 42ChamplinC+$358,700 43BloomingtonC+$361,700 44LakevilleC+$452,500 45NorthfieldC+$329,400 46PlymouthC+$491,200 47Maple GroveC+$418,300 48BlaineC+$352,400 49Lino LakesC+$407,200 50Apple ValleyC$370,400 51ShakopeeC$374,800 52AndoverC$410,200 53Eden PrairieC$473,900 54Prior LakeC$450,700 55WoodburyC$450,200 56EdinaC$646,300 57ChaskaC−$404,700 58Cottage GroveC−$378,800 59Golden ValleyC−$431,400 60ChanhassenD+$566,300

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Better than Forest Lake on cost of living

Forest Lake grades B on cost of living. Two suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbCost of livingMedian home valueEff. tax rateOverall

Anoka21 mi from Forest LakeB$309k0.90% 59 C Columbia Heights19 mi from Forest LakeB$278k1.07% 56 C−

Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24

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