North Mankato property tax: where it goes
A North Mankato house at the typical market value ($305,100) pays about $3,840 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
A North Mankato house pays 1.632% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $305,100 of market value with the homestead exemption, that's about $3,842 a year.
Tax is levied on net tax capacity (valuation) times the local tax rate; the school referendum rate times market value.
Nicollet County, where most of North Mankato lies, has not posted rates newer than taxes payable 2024; the 2026 city rate comes from the city's Truth in Taxation presentation and the ISD 77 and Region 9 rates from the Blue Earth County payable-2026 table.
Pay or manage it
Who taxes this house
| Taxing agency | Rate | On $305,100 |
|---|---|---|
| Nicollet County (payable 2024) | 0.4431% | $1,267 |
| City of North Mankato | 0.4907% | $1,403 |
| School District 77 (Mankato), on tax capacity (schools) | 0.2557% | $731 |
| Region 9 Development Commission | 0.0014% | $4 |
| North Mankato Housing and Redevelopment Authority (payable 2024) | 0.002% | $6 |
| School District 77 referendum levy, on market value (schools) | 0.1409% | $430 |
| Higher 1.25% class rate on value above $500,000 (all tax-capacity levies) | 0.2982% | $0 |
| Total | 1.632% | $3,842 |
2026 taxes payable (county and housing authority rates are payable 2024; city, school and Region 9 are 2026). Exemptions applied: Homestead market value exclusion ($19,091); The 1.25% class rate applies only to market value above $500,000 ($500,000).
How North Mankato compares with nearby cities
Property tax rate
- Owatonna · 41 mi1.27%
- Mankato · 3 mi1.46%
- Faribault · 39 mi1.47%
- North Mankato1.63%
- Fairmont · 43 mi1.80%
- Northfield · 47 mi2.13%
The combined rate of every agency on the bill, before exemptions.
Ways to pay less
- Apply for homestead by December 31. Homestead is for the property you own and occupy as your primary home. The homestead market value exclusion is 40% of value for homesteads valued at $95,000 or less (a maximum of $38,000), is reduced as values rise, and phases out at $517,200 or more. How: Apply to your county assessor by December 31 to qualify for taxes payable the next year.
- Claim the Minnesota property tax refund. Minnesota homeowners may get a Property Tax Refund based on income and property taxes. How: File with the Minnesota Department of Revenue by August 15 (late filing allowed up to one year).
- Seniors 65+ (if married, one 65+ and the other at least 62) with household income of $96,000 or less: defer property taxes. You must be 65 or older in the year you apply; if married, one of you is 65 or older and the other is at least 62. The Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral caps the tax you pay at 3% of household income; the state pays the rest as a loan, repaid with interest when you sell the home or voluntarily cancel the deferral. You must have owned, lived in and homesteaded the home for the last 5 years, have no reverse mortgage, life estate, state or federal tax liens or judgment liens, and other liens must be under 75% of the estimated market value. How: Apply by November 1 to defer your property taxes the following year.
Dates
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Dec 31 (in 57 days) | Apply to the county assessor for homestead to qualify for taxes payable next year |
| May 15 | First-half real property taxes due |
| Aug 15 | Minnesota property tax refund (Form M1PR) due; you may still file up to one year late |
| Oct 15 | Last day to pay the second half of real estate taxes (unless part of the parcel is classified 2a agricultural land) |
Sources
- www.blueearthcountymn.gov Payable-2026-Tax-Rates-for-Blue-Earth-Co
- www.northmankato.com 2026 Truth in Taxation.pdf
- www.revenue.state.mn.us homestead
- www.revenue.state.mn.us property-tax-refund
- www.revenue.state.mn.us filing-property-tax-refund
- www.revenue.state.mn.us property-tax-deferral-senior-citizens
- www.revenue.state.mn.us homestead-classification
- www.revenue.state.mn.us property-tax-calendar
Checked October 29, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
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