North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Mountrail County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Mountrail County pays $1,209 a year, an effective rate of 0.52%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,209
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.52%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -39%
- vs U.S. average
- #49 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Mountrail County pay a median $1,209 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.52%, more affordable than 81% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,209
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.52%
- Effective rate on median home
- #580 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($232,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 9,507. Owner-occupied homes: 2,401.
The median annual property tax in Mountrail County is $1,209, which is 51% lower than the North Dakota state average and 39% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.52% on a median home value of $232,700. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Mountrail County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Mountrail County's 0.52% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 81%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Mountrail County pay a median annual property tax of $1,209, well below the national median and far below the North Dakota state median. On a $232,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.52% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Mountrail County ranks #49 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (8% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Mountrail County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $80,717 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Mountrail 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Mountrail County rose 35.7%, from $171,500 to $232,700. The effective rate fell 21.7% over the same span, a steeper move than in 87% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 6.2%, to $1,209. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,138 to $1,209, a change of 6%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 642 of 2,401 owner-occupied homes (26.7%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 1.5% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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 Mountrail County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Mountrail County homeowners, 642 of 2,401 owner-occupied homes (26.7%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.9% (598)
- $800 to $1,499 26.7% (642)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.8% (403)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.9% (213)
- $3,000 or more 7.6% (183)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
362 homes here (15.1%) 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 homeowners in Mountrail County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+62%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Mountrail County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Mountrail County's effective rate is higher than 8% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #49 of 53.
Where Mountrail County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.52% Among the most affordable more affordable than 81% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below North Dakota on both measures
Mountrail County's effective rate runs 47% under the North Dakota median and its bill 51% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,209 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the North Dakota norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Mountrail County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Mountrail County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Mountrail County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Mountrail County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,209 +3.2% | 0.52% |
| 2023 | $1,172 +1.3% | 0.53% |
| 2022 | $1,157 +2.4% | 0.56% |
| 2021 | $1,130 -0.7% | 0.65% |
| 2020 | $1,138 | 0.66% |
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.
Mountrail County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Mountrail County's effective rate
On effective rate, Mountrail County sits nearest Mitchell County (NC), Henderson County (NC), Dare County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Robeson County (NC), Harding County (NM), Newton County (TX).
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
Mountrail County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 4,420 returns from Mountrail County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,344 - 67% 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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Mountrail County rate FAQs
- How does Mountrail County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Mountrail County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.52% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Mountrail County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Mountrail County is $1,209, an effective rate of 0.52% on a $232,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Mountrail County?
- Mountrail County, North Dakota scores B- (68/100) 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 A- (1.5%). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Mountrail County?
- Property taxes in Mountrail County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $80,717 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Mountrail County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Mountrail County ticked up 6.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,138 to $1,209, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Mountrail County's QUIET rate
Mountrail County's $1,209 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.5% of Mountrail County's $80,717 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Mountrail 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: 0.52%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,209/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Mountrail County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Mountrail County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Hart County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Mountrail County at $1,209/yr; rate 0.56% vs Mountrail County 0.52%.
King and Queen County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Mountrail County at $1,209/yr; rate 0.52% vs Mountrail County 0.52%.
Pipestone County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Mountrail County at $1,209/yr; rate 0.86% vs Mountrail County 0.52%.
Ben Hill County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,210/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.07% vs Mountrail County 0.52%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Mountrail County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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 Mountrail County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.