North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Dunn County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Dunn County pays $1,665 a year, an effective rate of 0.61%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,665
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.61%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -16%
- vs U.S. average
- #45 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Dunn County pay a median $1,665 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.61%, more affordable than 70% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,665
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.61%
- Effective rate on median home
- #932 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -16%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($275,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 4,040. Owner-occupied homes: 1,168.
The median annual property tax in Dunn County is $1,665, which is 33% lower than the North Dakota state average and 16% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.61% on a median home value of $275,000. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Dunn County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Dunn County's 0.61% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 70%).
Decision signal 2
High among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Dunn County ranks #45 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (15% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the North Dakota median
Homeowners in Dunn County pay a median annual property tax of $1,665, notably lower than the national median and well below the North Dakota state median. On a $275,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.61% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Dunn County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $97,689 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 13.0%, from $1,473 to $1,665. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Dunn 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 46% from $1,143 to $1,665. 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.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 269 of 1,168 owner-occupied homes (23.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 1.7% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
21.0% of Dunn County homes owned free and clear (160 of 761) report no property tax at all, against 12.0% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Dunn County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Dunn County homeowners, 269 of 1,168 owner-occupied homes (23.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 23.0% (269)
- $800 to $1,499 12.6% (147)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.4% (192)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.4% (203)
- $3,000 or more 12.7% (148)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
209 homes here (17.9%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Dunn County pay about the same bill, a 7% gap.
Dunn County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Dunn County's effective rate is higher than 15% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #45 of 53.
Where Dunn County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.61% Among the most affordable more affordable than 70% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Dunn County moved from $1,143 in the 2020 release to $1,665 in 2024, a change of about 46%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Dunn County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Dunn County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Dunn County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Dunn County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,665 +13.0% | 0.61% |
| 2023 | $1,473 -3.6% | 0.60% |
| 2022 | $1,528 +22.2% | 0.61% |
| 2021 | $1,250 +9.4% | 0.55% |
| 2020 | $1,143 | 0.54% |
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.
Dunn County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Dunn County's effective rate
On effective rate, Dunn County sits nearest Iredell County (NC), Socorro County (NM), Quay County (NM).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Covington County (MS), Wabash County (IN), Emery County (UT).
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
Dunn County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 1,950 returns from Dunn County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,225 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $200k+ 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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Dunn County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Dunn County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Dunn County is $1,665, an effective rate of 0.61% on a $275,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Dunn County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Dunn County is recorded at $1,665 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,143 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 1,168 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.
- What is the tax affordability score for Dunn County?
- Dunn County, North Dakota scores B- (67/100) 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 income room at B+ (1.7%). 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.
- How does Dunn County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Dunn County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.61% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Dunn County?
- Property taxes in Dunn County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $97,689 median household income.
What to do with Dunn County's QUIET rate
Inside North Dakota, Dunn County's $1,665 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. North Dakota overview →
Income burden is light here: about 1.7% of Dunn County's $97,689 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Dunn County's QUIET 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: 0.61%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,665/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Dunn County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dunn County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
St. Joseph County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dunn County at $1,665/yr; rate 0.86% vs Dunn County 0.61%.
Sublette County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dunn County at $1,665/yr; rate 0.44% vs Dunn County 0.61%.
Granville County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,664/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Dunn County 0.61%.
Lincoln County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,664/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs Dunn County 0.61%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Dunn County stamps QUIET · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
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 Dunn County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.