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<br />sessed property values, which are
<br />used to calculate taxes, are very close
<br />to' actual home sale prices. He said
<br />that makes the taxes on a hypotheti-
<br />cal $90,000 home appear higher than
<br />the taxes in cities where there is a
<br />bigger gap between the $90,000 sales
<br />price of a home and its assessed mar-
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<br />Reed said Waconia soared to second
<br />from 34th in 1992. He said that was
<br />because of added taxes needed for the
<br />construction of a high school and
<br />beCause city officials decided to wean
<br />;: the city from state aid, which they
<br />.. viewed as undependable because it is
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<br />St: Paul's ranking in the $90,000 tax
<br />comparison dropped from second-
<br />highest in 1992 to 16th this year. The
<br />survey attributed that to a 1993 tax
<br />rate increase that was among the low-
<br />est in the metro area. Minneapolis,
<br />on.the other hand, rose from 14th to'
<br />seventh, the result of a hefty increase
<br />in the school district tax rate.
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<br />Increased taxes result from a number
<br />of factors. As home values go up,
<br />taxes go up with them. Spending by
<br />Cities, counties, school districts and
<br />other taxing bodies has gone up,
<br />which requires tax increases.
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<br />Reed said recent state tax reforms
<br />have lowered the tax rates on the
<br />! most expensive homes. That lowers
<br />r tax revenues and puts pressure on '
<br />I' other sources to make up the loss.
<br />Even. with state aid allocated to pre-
<br />.,... vent too much of a shift in the tax '
<br />burden, there's stilI the potential for
<br />owners of more moderately valued
<br />- homes to pay higher taxes as a result'
<br />. of those reforms. That also could
<br />Ui raise taxes on the average home.
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<br />pi.Also, said Reed, commercial and in-
<br />";'_du~trial property values have been
<br />~;:., ~r~pping. That exerts pressure to
<br />~-'-, ~1Se property taxes on homes, too.
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<br />I ~~;&es are divided among different
<br />~juJjsdictions. On' the average, Reed
<br />I~Ki' slightly more than half of a
<br />. '~jn~tro-area homeowner's tax goes to
<br />'tlie local school district. About 28
<br />. ':Percent goes to the county, and only
<br />~a&out 17 percent winds up in city
<br />,', . 'CQfti, ers. ~he ~est. goes to miscella-
<br />, nepus taxmg dlstncts.
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<br />The 1993 property tax burden:
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<br />How communities in Minnesota compare
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<br />According to an annual tax survey released Thursday by the Citizens
<br />League and the Minnesota Taxpayers Association, property taxes for
<br />,dozens of Twin Cities-area communities rose in 1993 at the highest
<br />annual rate in recent years. The median increase on an average-value
<br />home in the Twin Cities was 12 percent. That translates into a $134
<br />tax increase for the average homeowner. It was the third consecutive
<br />year of property tax increases monitored by the survey, which tracks
<br />nonrental residential taxes in the 95 largest communities in the
<br />metropolitan area and 27 cities in outstate Minnesota. This chart
<br />shows how the 122 communities compare in taxes paid on a $90,000
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<br />Taxes on
<br />$90,000 home
<br />Percent
<br />change
<br />1993 in tax, Rink
<br />. tax '92.93 .
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<br />Afton $997 13.8% 89
<br />Andover 1,073 1.3 77
<br />Anoka 1,169 6.3 49
<br />Apple Valley 1,034 -4.1 82
<br />Arden Hills 1,256 6.9 22
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<br />Bayport ; 1,302 13.7 10
<br />Belle Plaine 1,325 12.8 8
<br />Blaine 1.138 4.2 60
<br />Bloomington 1,075 0.1 76
<br />Brooklyn Center 1,287 12.9 12
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<br />Brooklyn Park 1,278 -0.3 13
<br />Bumsville . 1.095 4.2 73
<br />Champlin 1,186 1.8 46
<br />Chanhassen 1,209 4.1 32
<br />Chaska 1,205 2.1 34
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<br />. Circle Pines 1 ,168 -3.3 51
<br />Columbia Heights 1.196 1.7 43
<br />Columbus Twp. 964 -0.2 92
<br />Coon Rapids 1.106 3.2 70
<br />Corcoran 1,058 4.0 80
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<br />Cottage Grove 1.202. 0.1 39
<br />Crystal - 1,243 3.8 24
<br />Dayton 1,203 7.3 37
<br />Deephaven ,1,156 3.8 56
<br />Eagan 1,016 2.1 86
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<br />East Bethel., 1,027 4.0 84
<br />Eden Prairie' 1.269 8.3 17
<br />Edina 1,107 9.2 69
<br />Excelsior 1,128 -7.8 64
<br />Falcon Heights 1,068 -11.0 78
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<br />Farmington 1,149 -2.0 58
<br />Forest Lake 979 5.0 91
<br />Forest Lake Twp. 884 6.5 95
<br />Fridley 1,213 12.8 31
<br />Golden Valley 1,238 4.4 26
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<br />Grant Twp. . 997 5.2 90
<br />Ham Lake 1,036 0.8 81
<br />Hastings 1,119 15.3 66
<br />Hopkins 1.264 5.5 '19
<br />Hugo 1 ,112 1.0 68
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<br />Independence' 1,251 13.2 23
<br />Inver Grove Hts. 1,180 1.5 47
<br />Jordan 1.173 -7.3 48
<br />Lake Elmo 1,011 13.4 87
<br />Lakeville 1,099 5.4 71
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<br />Lino Lakes 1,188 -4.7 45
<br />Linwood Twp. 1,031 12.7 83
<br />Little Canada 1,382 0.1 1
<br />Mahtomedi 1.152 -0.3 57
<br />Maple Grove 1,231. -1.8 27
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<br />Maplewood 1,342 7.4 5
<br />Medina 1,087 9.8~
<br />Mendota Heights 947 -1 8 ~)
<br />Minneapolis "1;333 10.1 7
<br />Minnetonka 1,243 9.3 25
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<br />Minnetrista .1,098 5.2 72
<br />;.luund 1,134 :2.:2 63
<br />Mounds View 1.333 10.7 6
<br />New Brighton 1,313 5.9 9
<br />New Hope 1,228 6.1 28
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<br />New Scand. Twp. 1,062 11.6 79
<br />Newport 1,294 12.1 11
<br />North Oaks 1.164 12.8 54
<br />North St. Paul 1,205 3.8 36
<br />Oak Grove Twp. 1,219 10.0 30
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<br />-Ranked 1 (high) to 95 (low).
<br />--Ranked 1 (high) to 27 (low).
<br />Source: Citizens League
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<br />Oak Park Heights $1,168
<br />Oakdale 1,137'
<br />Orono 1,079
<br />Osseo 1 ,362
<br />Plymouth 1,142
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<br />Prior Lake . 1.158
<br />Ramsey 1.017
<br />Richfield 1,193
<br />Robbinsdale 1,259
<br />Rosemount 1,119
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<br />Roseville 1,358
<br />St. Anthony 1.208
<br />St. Louis Park 1,200
<br />St. Paul 1,271
<br />St. Paul Park 1.112 -
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<br />Savage 1.271
<br />Shako pee 1,265
<br />Shoreview 1,278
<br />Shorewood 1.221
<br />South St. Paul 1.201
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<br />Spring Lake Park 1,166
<br />Spring Lake Twp. 955
<br />Stillwater . 1,165
<br />Vadnais Heights 1,205
<br />Waconia 1,363
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<br />Wayzata 1,200
<br />West St. Paul 1.006
<br />White Beaf Lake, 1.261
<br />White Bear Twp. 1 ,137
<br />Woodbury 1,202
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<br />Taxes on
<br />$90,000 home
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<br />Percent
<br />change
<br />1993 in tax, Rlllk
<br />tax '92.93 .:
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<br />3.1% 50
<br />0.9 62
<br />.2.3 75
<br />13.7 3
<br />5.4 59
<br />8.2 55
<br />-2.7 85
<br />1.6 44
<br />7.0 21
<br />3.0 65
<br />6.8 4
<br />12.5 33
<br />9.7 41
<br />-2.5 16
<br />1.6 67
<br />6.2 .15
<br />7.2 18
<br />5.4 14
<br />8.1 29
<br />5.9 40
<br />11.0 52
<br />14.3 93
<br />12.5 53
<br />-4.5 35
<br />16.7 2
<br />12.9 42
<br />5.8 88
<br />-1.3 20
<br />-5.1 61
<br />8.9 38
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<br />. Taxes on
<br />$90,000 home
<br />Percent
<br />change
<br />1993 in tax. Rlllk
<br />tax '92-93 .
<br />$1.133 11.4% 10
<br />1,307 -10.9 1
<br />1.199 1.7 4
<br />1.080 12.8 15
<br />1,237 8.3 2
<br />1.163 4.2 9
<br />94 -1.
<br />996 .1.9 21
<br />1,179 1.4 8
<br />985 1.4 23
<br />1,077 -0.2 16
<br />1,203 -3.0 3
<br />1.110' 1.7 13
<br />934 0.0 27
<br />1.124 9.7 11
<br />1.058 14.6 18
<br />1,187 14.4 6
<br />1.099 1.5 14
<br />937 -9.8 26
<br />. '.il 944 9.3 24
<br />':1;;063 -2.3 17
<br />':;:r-,116 3.7 12
<br />'1:187 1.7 7
<br />1.013 13.6 20
<br />1,195 6.5 5
<br />988 -4.3 22
<br />1,053 2.3 19
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<br />Albert Lea
<br />Austin
<br />Bemidji
<br />Brainerd
<br />Cloquet
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<br />Duluth
<br />el~ River
<br />Fairmont
<br />Faribault
<br />Fergus Falls
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<br />Hibbing
<br />Hutchinson
<br />Mankato
<br />Marshall
<br />Moorhead
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<br />New Ulm
<br />North Mankato
<br />Northfield
<br />Owatonna
<br />Red Wing
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<br />Rochester
<br />St. Cloud
<br />St. Peter
<br />Virginia
<br />Willmar
<br />Winona
<br />Worthington
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