Cost of living in Dakota County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,734 a month.
That HUD number covers Dakota County, Minnesota, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,265
- 1 bed
- $1,427
- 2 bed
- $1,734
- 3 bed
- $2,264
- 4 bed
- $2,538
This county is in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 104.8 (U.S. = 100).
SNAP income limit in Minnesota · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Lakeville · 74,354 people
- Eagan · 68,000 people
- Burnsville · 64,463 people
- Apple Valley · 55,679 people
- Inver Grove Heights · 35,906 people
- Rosemount · 27,562 people
- Farmington · 23,902 people
- Hastings · 22,117 people
- West St. Paul · 21,382 people
- South St. Paul · 20,611 people
- Mendota Heights · 11,612 people
- Empire · 3,092 people