Wow! This kind of info is always interesting to me. I live in the Minneapolis Metro area, and we have a 2200sf house. On about 1/4 acre I guess. It is in town with neighbors on all sides. We pay about $2600 in taxes. Not bad, but not great either. Unfortunately, this area has been really hard hit with forclosures, like 4 of the 6 houses around us were foreclosed on, so our value is down the tubes. I would guess that if I were to appeal the taxes, we could probably get them lowered considering the prices houses are going for around here.