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Cost of living in Long Prairie, Minnesota

Long Prairie, Minnesota has about 3,693 people. Typical rent is $1,033 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $58,786 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 $1,033 a month.

Long Prairie is a city in Minnesota. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,786 a year.

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People
3,693
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,033
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$58,786
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$152,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,025
Todd County, MN

Long Prairie, Minnesota has about 3,693 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $152,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Todd County is $1,025 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Long Prairie. 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 Long Prairie'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 Long Prairie'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, 168 have higher typical rent than Long Prairie.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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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.