Renting in Plummer: a two-bedroom costs about $1,120
Plummer is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
What kind of housing town is Plummer?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Why Plummer isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120
Renters already here pay a median of $810, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pennington County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the Minnesota norm
The median bill is $989 (Minnesota: $3,357), 0.79% of a home’s value a year, against 1.02% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Plummer and its neighbors
One source per column.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plummer | – | $228K | $125K | 0.79% | $1,120 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents).
Questions about the cost of living in Plummer
How much is rent in Plummer?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,120 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $810 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Plummer?
The median bill is $989 a year, 0.79% of the median home value (Minnesota: $3,357, 1.02%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Plummer have a cost of living grade?
Plummer is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Plummer buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.