Cost of Living & Housing in Belcourt
Belcourt's cost of living centers on genuinely affordable housing set against a real, disclosed above-median property tax rate and a genuinely elevated local poverty rate this record does not omit.
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Learn moreGenuinely affordable, though widely cited, housing values
Rolette-County-level median home value figures ran $56,700 to $98,539 depending on source -- a real, disclosed, wide spread -- but every figure runs well below North Dakota's statewide housing figures. No Belcourt-specific figure distinct from the county level was found this pass (base record).
A property tax rate genuinely above the state median
Rolette County's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 1.44% (Ownwell) to 1.49% (a separate source), above both North Dakota's statewide average (~0.99%) and the national median (~1.02%), with a median annual tax bill of $1,157 (base record).
North Dakota's lightest-in-the-nation income tax
North Dakota's 2026 individual income tax is a three-bracket graduated structure (0%, 1.95%, 2.50% top marginal) multiple sources describe as the lowest top marginal rate of any US state with an income tax at all (base record).
A real, disclosed, elevated poverty rate
Belcourt's own poverty rate ran approximately 27% (a separate 2022 ACS-based figure: 26.6%) -- more than double North Dakota's statewide figure of approximately 11.5% -- a real, disclosed economic reality alongside a separately cited, unverified jump in one aggregator's median-household-income figure (base record).
Key takeaways
- Housing runs genuinely affordable under every figure in this record's disclosed Rolette County price range.
- Rolette County's own ~1.44%-1.49% effective property tax rate runs above both the North Dakota and national medians.
- North Dakota's three-bracket income tax structure applies here as documented statewide.
- Belcourt's own poverty rate runs genuinely elevated (~27%) -- confirm current, community-specific figures directly.
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