Realtors in Ramsey, MN
A Northstar rail station on the Highway 10 corridor, in the Anoka-Hennepin district. Buying, selling and home valuation in Ramsey, Anoka County, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.
Ramsey has a Northstar station and has spent years building a downtown around it.
Ramsey sits on Highway 10 in Anoka County with its own Northstar station, and the district around that station has been developed deliberately as a town center instead of growing up on its own. The city is in Anoka-Hennepin, one of the largest districts in the state, and the housing runs from nineties and two-thousands subdivision to newer building and some remaining larger parcels.
The town center area gives Ramsey something unusual for a city this far out, which is a walkable core with the rail station in it. Whether that matters to you depends entirely on whether you would use the train, and Northstar is a weekday commuter service, so check the schedule against your hours before you pay for proximity. Anoka County is a different tax and services picture than the Hennepin and Wright County towns west of here.
- County
- Anoka County
- Schools
- Anoka-Hennepin (ISD 11)
- Commute
- Highway 10 and Highway 169, plus a Northstar rail station
- To downtown
- about 40 to 55 minutes driving, or the Northstar train
- Water/sewer
- city services through most developed areas, wells and septic on some larger parcels
- Housing
- Mostly nineties through recent single family, a supply of attached housing near the town center, and some larger parcels.
- Coordinates
- 45.2650° N 93.4500° W
Approximate drive times, and they are worth nothing next to the drive you make yourself at the hour you would really be leaving.
Buying, selling and valuation in Ramsey.
Each of these has its own Ramsey page, written for this town, not for the county.
What a buyer should know about Ramsey.
If you are paying a premium for the town center or the station, confirm the schedule works for you and see the parking yourself. Get the real tax statement, since Anoka County will not match a Wright County comparison you may have in your head from looking further west.
What a seller is up against in Ramsey.
Station and town center proximity are concrete advantages if you have them, so name the walking distance instead of implying it. Anoka-Hennepin is a large and well-known district, and for buyers relocating into the area that recognition is worth something in the listing.
Valuing a Ramsey property.
Near-station and outlying Ramsey behave as different submarkets, and attached housing near the town center moves as a tight group. Comps should come from your specific pocket.
Thinking about Ramsey?
Call 763-786-3700. We will tell you what is on the market here, what it is going for and whether this is the right town for what you want.
Ramsey questions, answered straight.
How long is the commute from Ramsey to Minneapolis?
You are on Highway 10 and Highway 169, plus a Northstar rail station, and it is about 40 to 55 minutes driving, or the Northstar train. Those are approximate and the only number that matters is the one you get driving it yourself at the hour you would really be leaving, in both directions.
Which county is Ramsey in?
Anoka County. That determines your property taxes, your recording and where a septic compliance inspection gets filed, so on the county borders we get the actual tax statement, not an estimate.
Is Ramsey on city water and sewer or a well and septic?
City services through most developed areas, wells and septic on some larger parcels. It is a per-parcel question, and it changes both the inspections we order and what you maintain afterward.
What is the housing stock like in Ramsey?
Mostly nineties through recent single family, a supply of attached housing near the town center, and some larger parcels. Anoka County taxes work differently than Wright County, and we get the real statement.
Other towns on the sheet.
| Town | County | School district | Commute spine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Michael | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at County Road 19 |
| Albertville | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at exit 202 |
| Otsego | Wright | mostly Elk River Area (ISD 728), with part in St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | Highway 101 north to Elk River, I-94 south |
| Rogers | Hennepin | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | I-94 at Highway 101 |
| Elk River | Sherburne | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | Highway 169 and Highway 10, plus the Northstar commuter rail station |
| Monticello | Wright | Monticello (ISD 882) | I-94 west of the metro |
| Buffalo | Wright | Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (ISD 877) | Highway 55 and Highway 25 |
| Delano | Wright | Delano (ISD 879) | Highway 12 east toward I-394 |
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