Housing Market in Bismarck
Bismarck's 2026 housing market runs genuinely below the national figure on every citation reviewed -- a cited closed-sale median of approximately $357,700 against a cited national median of approximately $408,776 -- though this record discloses a real, genuinely wide cross-source spread rather than one clean number.
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Learn moreA Genuinely Below-National Market, With a Real, Disclosed Cross-Source Spread
Citations reviewed this pass for Bismarck's typical home price ranged meaningfully: a $252,450 'median home price' citation (down ~0.19% year-over-year), a $325,523 median house price citation from a separate neighborhood-focused source, a $357,700 closed-sale median (July 2026, used as this record's primary figure), a $360,000 median home value citation (up ~9.5% year-over-year), and a $381,727 Zillow average home value (up ~5.5% year-over-year, as of a June 30, 2026 update). Every one of these figures runs below the ~$408,776 national median used across this project.
A Real, Disclosed Contrast With This Project's Pricier Tier A+ Markets
This record discloses this below-national picture directly rather than treating every Tier A+ market as equivalently expensive: Bismarck's primary cited figure runs roughly 12.5% BELOW the ~$408,776 national median used across this project -- a genuinely more affordable profile than several other Tier A+ markets in this project's dataset that run 30%-40%+ above the national figure.
Geographic Price Variance: Northwest vs. South
Sources reviewed this pass for Bismarck's neighborhood character (see the best-areas topic page) specifically described the most desired areas as concentrated in the northwest parts of the city, with more affordable homes in the south regions -- a real, disclosed within-city price variance this record did not independently quantify to a precise numeric degree this pass.
Inventory and Precise Neighborhood-Level Detail Were Not Researched to Comparable Depth This Pass
This record did not independently research Bismarck's current months-of-supply, active-listing-count trend, or precise neighborhood-level price variance to the numeric depth achieved in some other Tier A+ records this pass -- a real, disclosed gap. Buyers should confirm current, specific listing and closed-sale data directly for a target neighborhood.
Key takeaways
- Bismarck's cited closed-sale median home price (~$357,700) ran approximately 12.5% below the cited 2026 national median (~$408,776).
- This record discloses a real, disclosed cross-source spread on Bismarck's exact typical price -- citations ranged from $252,450 to approximately $381,727 depending on methodology (average vs. median, listing vs. closed sale).
- Bismarck's most desired neighborhoods are cited as concentrated in the northwest, with more affordable homes to the south.
- This record did not research Bismarck's current months-of-supply or precise neighborhood-level price variance to comparable depth this pass -- confirm current, address-specific data directly for a target area.
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