Cost of living in Washington County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,734 a month.
That HUD number covers Washington 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
- Woodbury · 78,305 people
- Cottage Grove · 40,992 people
- Oakdale · 28,585 people
- Forest Lake · 20,729 people
- Stillwater · 19,355 people
- Hugo · 16,340 people
- Lake Elmo · 13,140 people
- Mahtomedi · 8,133 people
- St. Paul Park · 5,457 people
- Oak Park Heights · 4,756 people
- Newport · 4,754 people
- Grant · 3,950 people
- Scandia · 3,950 people
- Bayport · 3,905 people
- Afton · 2,957 people
- Lakeland · 1,492 people
- Dellwood · 1,181 people
- Lake St. Croix Beach · 1,105 people