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Cost of living in Hector, Minnesota

Hector, Minnesota has about 1,130 people. Typical rent is $1,125 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $63,362 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,125 a month.

Hector is a city in Minnesota. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $63,362 a year.

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People
1,130
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,125
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$63,362
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$132,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,014
Renville County, MN

Hector, Minnesota has about 1,130 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $132,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Renville County is $1,014 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Hector. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Minnesota's prices sit at 98.6 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Minnesota taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.1% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Hector's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Minnesota home paid 17.45¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Hector's bill.

In 2025, all-grades gas in Minnesota averaged $3.02 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.

Among 338 places we list in Minnesota with a rent figure, 140 have higher typical rent than Hector.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.