Pay and cost of living in Wadena County, MN
Across the 5 occupations we cover in Wadena County, MN, the middle median salary is $37,240 a year. Pay runs from $30,260 for Cashiers up to $97,280 for Registered Nurses, a spread of $67,020. Wages come from the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Wadena County, MN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $836 a month and a two-bedroom $1,059. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,967 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $43,526 a year, and every one of the 5 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Wadena County, MN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Wadena County, MN, set beside the Minnesota and national medians.
Median household income in Wadena County, MN is $61,467, 31% below the Minnesota median of $89,062 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,032) equals 16.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $37,240, is 39% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Wadena County, MN pay a median of $1,806 a year in real estate taxes, 46% below the Minnesota median of $3,357. With a median home value of $173,000, 47% below the Minnesota median of $329,300, the ratio of the two medians is 1.04% a year.
Renters in Wadena County, MN pay a median gross rent of $746 a month in the Census survey, 42% below the Minnesota median of $1,280. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $836; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Wadena County, MN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 21.3 minutes each way, 6% below the Minnesota average of 22.7. 8.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.