North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Foster County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Foster County pays $1,991 a year, an effective rate of 1.19%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $1,991
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.19%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +0%
- vs U.S. average
- #3 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Foster County pay a median $1,991 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.19%, more affordable than 24% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,991
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.19%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2395 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +0%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($167,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 3,358. Owner-occupied homes: 1,220.
The median annual property tax in Foster County is $1,991, which is 19% lower than the North Dakota state average and 0% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.19% on a median home value of $167,500. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Foster County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Foster County's 1.19% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 24%).
Decision signal 2
Low among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Foster County ranks #3 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (94% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Foster County pay a median annual property tax of $1,991, roughly in line with the national median and notably lower than the North Dakota state median. On a $167,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.19% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Foster County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $87,831 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 4.8%, from $2,092 to $1,991. 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 Foster 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 27% from $1,563 to $1,991. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 317 of 1,220 (26.0%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 2.3% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Foster County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Foster County homeowners, 317 of 1,220 owner-occupied homes (26.0%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 23.5% (287)
- $800 to $1,499 11.7% (143)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.8% (132)
- $2,000 to $2,999 26.0% (317)
- $3,000 or more 19.7% (240)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
101 homes here (8.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Foster County pay about the same bill, a 2% gap.
Foster County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Foster County's effective rate is higher than 94% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #3 of 53.
Where Foster County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.19% more affordable than 24% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Foster County taxes property at 1.19%, about 20% above the North Dakota average, yet its median bill of $1,991 lands roughly 19% 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.
Foster County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Foster 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 | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Foster County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Foster County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,991 -4.8% | 1.19% |
| 2023 | $2,092 +7.3% | 1.29% |
| 2022 | $1,949 +14.2% | 1.22% |
| 2021 | $1,706 +9.1% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | $1,563 | 1.03% |
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.
Foster County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Foster County's effective rate
On effective rate, Foster County sits nearest York County (NE), Huron County (MI), Brantley County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lauderdale County (MS), Otter Tail County (MN), Multnomah County (OR).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Foster County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Foster County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
Other Counties in North Dakota
Foster County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Foster County?
- Foster County, North Dakota scores C- (51/100) 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+ (1.91×). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Foster County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Foster County is $1,991, an effective rate of 1.19% on a $167,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Foster County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Foster County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.19% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Foster County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Foster County is recorded at $1,991 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,563 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 1,220 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Foster County?
- Property taxes in Foster County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $87,831 median household income.
What to do with Foster County's PAR rate
At Foster County's 1.19% effective rate, a $167,500 home implies about $1,991/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Foster County ranks #3 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 Foster County's PAR 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: 1.19%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,991/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Foster County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Foster County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Henderson County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Foster County at $1,991/yr; rate 0.94% vs Foster County 1.19%.
Johnson County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,992/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.24% vs Foster County 1.19%.
Pickens County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,990/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Foster County 1.19%.
Lumpkin County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,989/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.65% vs Foster County 1.19%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Foster County stamps PAR · 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 Foster County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.