Property Tax & Income in Morton County, North Dakota
Morton County has an effective property tax rate of 1.02%. On the median home value of $263,900, that's roughly $2,686 per year. Median household income is $79,382.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Morton County | North Dakota (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.02% | 0.92% |
| Median home value1 | $263,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 2.50% | top rate 2.50% |
| State sales tax3 | 7.09% combined | 7.09% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Morton County, ND
Morton County’s effective property tax rate of 1.018% sits above North Dakota’s statewide median of 0.916%, placing it 16th among the state’s 53 counties. That gap signals a somewhat heavier reliance on property taxes here than in much of the state, though the difference is not extreme. Against the national median of 0.794%, the county’s rate runs noticeably higher, meaning owners around Mandan and smaller communities like Saint Anthony and Solen pay more per dollar of home value than the average American. A median home valued at $263,900 carries an annual tax bill near $2,686, set against a median household income of $79,382 and per-capita income of $46,235. Those income figures help shape how burdensome the tax feels locally, since the bill is weighed against earnings rather than home value alone.