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Cost of living in Paynesville, Minnesota

Paynesville, Minnesota has about 2,519 people. Typical rent is $815 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $75,250 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 $815 a month.

Paynesville is a city in Minnesota. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $75,250 a year.

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People
2,519
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$815
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$75,250
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$178,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,233
St. Cloud, MN MSA

Paynesville, Minnesota has about 2,519 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $178,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Stearns County is $1,233 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Paynesville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the St. Cloud, MN metro area, prices sit at 87.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Minnesota taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.1% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Paynesville'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 Paynesville'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, 269 have higher typical rent than Paynesville.

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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.