North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Rolette County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Rolette County pays $977 a year, an effective rate of 0.94%, far below the U.S. average.
- $977
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.94%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -51%
- vs U.S. average
- #26 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Rolette County pay a median $977 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.94%, more affordable than 40% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $977
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.94%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1882 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -51%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($103,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 11,924. Owner-occupied homes: 2,368.
The median annual property tax in Rolette County is $977, which is 60% lower than the North Dakota state average and 51% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.94% on a median home value of $103,800. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Rolette County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Rolette County's 0.94% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 40%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Rolette County pay a median annual property tax of $977, far below the national median and far below the North Dakota state median. On a $103,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.94% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Rolette County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $59,517 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of North Dakota counties by effective rate
Rolette County ranks #26 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (51% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Rolette 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 held while the market moved
Rolette County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.1% down, against a median home value that rose 21.3%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 18.7%, from $823 to $977.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $823 to $977, a gain of 19%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 1,281 of 2,368 homes (54.1%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 1.6% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Rolette County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Rolette County homeowners are not billed at all: 1,281 of 2,368 owner-occupied homes (54.1%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 19.8% (469)
- $800 to $1,499 12.3% (292)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.3% (174)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.7% (88)
- $3,000 or more 2.7% (64)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,281 homes here (54.1%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Rolette County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Rolette County pay a substantially higher bill, 37% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Rolette County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Rolette County's effective rate is higher than 51% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #26 of 53.
Where Rolette County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.94% more affordable than 40% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as North Dakota, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 5% of the North Dakota median, yet the median bill runs 60% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $977 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Rolette County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Rolette County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Rolette County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Rolette County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $977 +7.7% | 0.94% |
| 2023 | $907 -7.4% | 0.98% |
| 2022 | $980 +24.1% | 1.09% |
| 2021 | $790 -4.0% | 0.96% |
| 2020 | $823 | 0.96% |
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.
Rolette County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Rolette County's effective rate
On effective rate, Rolette County sits nearest Norman County (MN), Fillmore County (MN), Anoka County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are York County (ME), Pasquotank County (NC), Klamath 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 Rolette County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Rolette 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.
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Rolette County rate FAQs
- How does Rolette County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Rolette County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.94% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Rolette County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Rolette County is $977, an effective rate of 0.94% on a $103,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Rolette County?
- Rolette County, North Dakota scores B- (65/100) 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+ (1.74×). 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 Rolette County?
- Property taxes in Rolette County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $59,517 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Rolette County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Rolette County climbed 18.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $823 to $977, 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 Rolette County's UNDER rate
Rolette County's $977 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 1.6% of Rolette County's $59,517 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Rolette County's UNDER 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: 0.94%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $977/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Rolette County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Rolette County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Coffee County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $976/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.76% vs Rolette County 0.94%.
Jackson County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $976/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.34% vs Rolette County 0.94%.
Jefferson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $978/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Rolette County 0.94%.
Marion County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $978/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.59% vs Rolette County 0.94%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Rolette County stamps UNDER · 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 Rolette County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.