Taxes in Casselton
Casselton's tax picture combines a genuinely elevated local effective property tax rate with North Dakota's real, statewide light income tax structure.
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Learn moreA genuinely elevated property tax rate
Casselton's effective property tax rate ran approximately 1.32% per Ownwell, above the 1.02% national median and above North Dakota's own ~0.99% statewide average.
A real, disclosed cross-source discrepancy
Ownwell's own citation separately described a 'North Dakota state median' of 1.20%, notably higher than the 0.99% figure this project's own state record cites -- a real, disclosed, unresolved discrepancy.
North Dakota's genuinely light income tax
North Dakota's 3-bracket graduated income tax (0%, 1.95%, 2.50% top marginal for 2026) is described by multiple sources as the lowest top marginal income tax rate of any US state that levies one at all.
Key takeaways
- Casselton's effective property tax rate (~1.32%) runs genuinely above both national and North Dakota statewide averages.
- A real, disclosed cross-source discrepancy exists in what "North Dakota's statewide average" property tax rate actually is.
- North Dakota's 2.50% top marginal income tax rate (2026) offers a real, partial offset.
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