Cost of living in Woodbury, Minnesota
Woodbury, Minnesota has about 78,305 people. Typical rent is $1,908 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $125,310 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.
Ranked #115 in Minnesota on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,908 a month.
Woodbury is a city in Minnesota. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $125,310 a year.
- People
- 78,305
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,908
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $125,310
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $450,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,734
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area
- Gas
- $4.257
- Minnesota, week of October 12, 2026
Woodbury, Minnesota has about 78,305 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $450,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Washington County is $1,734 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Woodbury. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, prices sit at 104.8 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 Woodbury'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 Woodbury's bill.
For the week of October 12, 2026, EIA's all-grades gasoline price in Minnesota was $4.257 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,043.36 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Minnesota shares this price.
Among 338 places we list in Minnesota with a rent figure, 14 have higher typical rent than Woodbury.
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Typical rent $1,481
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Typical rent $1,563
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EBT nearby
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.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Minnesota
Bigger places in Minnesota
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.