North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Cavalier County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Cavalier County pays $1,686 a year, an effective rate of 1.34%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,686
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.34%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -15%
- vs U.S. average
- #1 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Cavalier County pay a median $1,686 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.34%, more affordable than 17% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,686
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.34%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2601 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -15%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($125,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 3,633. Owner-occupied homes: 1,269.
The median annual property tax in Cavalier County is $1,686, which is 32% lower than the North Dakota state average and 15% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.34% on a median home value of $125,800. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Cavalier County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Cavalier County's 1.34% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 17%).
Decision signal 2
Low among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Cavalier County ranks #1 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (98% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the North Dakota median
Homeowners in Cavalier County pay a median annual property tax of $1,686, notably lower than the national median and well below the North Dakota state median. On a $125,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.34% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 10.6%, from $1,524 to $1,686. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Cavalier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $69,531 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Cavalier County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 45% from $1,163 to $1,686. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
Owner-occupied homes cluster in the $1,500 to $1,999 range here: 275 of 1,269 (21.7%). A middle band carrying the plurality means the county median sits near the most common reported range.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 2.4% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to here.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Cavalier County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Cavalier County homeowners, 275 of 1,269 owner-occupied homes (21.7%), pays $1,500 to $1,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 17.5% (222)
- $800 to $1,499 21.4% (271)
- $1,500 to $1,999 21.7% (275)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.3% (270)
- $3,000 or more 12.1% (153)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
78 homes here (6.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Cavalier County, mortgaged homeowners pay 13% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Cavalier County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Cavalier County's effective rate is higher than 98% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #1 of 53.
Where Cavalier County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.34% more affordable than 17% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Cavalier County taxes property at 1.34%, about 35% above the North Dakota average, yet its median bill of $1,686 lands roughly 32% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Cavalier County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Cavalier County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Cavalier County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Cavalier County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $125,800 median home carries a $1,686 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $169 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for North Dakota.
Cavalier County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,686 +10.6% | 1.34% |
| 2023 | $1,524 +11.3% | 1.25% |
| 2022 | $1,369 +7.2% | 1.11% |
| 2021 | $1,277 +9.8% | 1.14% |
| 2020 | $1,163 | 1.07% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Cavalier County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Cavalier County's effective rate
On effective rate, Cavalier County sits nearest Blaine County (MT), Isabella County (MI), Iron County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Weber County (UT), Osceola County (FL), Seminole County (OK).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Cavalier County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 1,760 returns from Cavalier County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,750 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Cavalier County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Cavalier County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Cavalier County is $1,686, an effective rate of 1.34% on a $125,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Cavalier County?
- Cavalier County, North Dakota scores D (47/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at A+ (1.81×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- Are property taxes increasing in Cavalier County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Cavalier County is recorded at $1,686 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,163 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,269 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- How does Cavalier County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Cavalier County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.34% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Cavalier County?
- Property taxes in Cavalier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $69,531 median household income.
What to do with Cavalier County's STEEP rate
Inside North Dakota, Cavalier County's $1,686 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. North Dakota overview →
Cavalier County ranks #1 of 53 North Dakota counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. North Dakota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Cavalier County's STEEP effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.34%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,686/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Cavalier County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Cavalier County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Warren County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,687/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.32% vs Cavalier County 1.34%.
Archuleta County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,688/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.35% vs Cavalier County 1.34%.
Allen County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,689/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.79% vs Cavalier County 1.34%.
Hardin County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,683/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.37% vs Cavalier County 1.34%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Cavalier County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Cavalier County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.