Home Improvement Contractors in Mounds View, MN

The median home in the city of Mounds View was built in 1976, older than the U.S. median of 1980 and older than the Minnesota median of 1979. That is newer than the Ramsey County median of 1965.¹ Somewhat more of Mounds View's housing predates 1980 than the national share: 63% against 50%, with 8% built since 2010. The largest single share, 40%, dates from 1960-1979. That makes it an older stock than Ramsey County as a whole (69% built before 1980).¹ Older housing stock means a contractor's first job is finding what is behind the finish - wiring, plumbing and roof decking - before a price is final. Owner-occupied homes in Mounds View are older than rentals: a median build year of 1973 against 1981.¹ Where owner-occupied homes skew older, a repair-versus-replace conversation is the usual starting point rather than a like-for-like swap.

Mounds View has a mixed housing stock: 55% detached houses, 7% attached or townhouse units and 25% in buildings of five or more units.¹ 69% of occupied homes in Mounds View are owner-occupied, in line with the Minnesota share of 72%.¹ The median owner-occupied home in Mounds View is valued at $324,200 (ACS), close to the Minnesota median of $329,300. Within Ramsey County the median is $326,600, so Mounds View sits close to it.¹ Mounds View sits in IECC climate zone 6A (Cold).²

Building permits in Mounds View are normally issued by the city building department.^3,4