Moving to Cavalier: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Cavalier means moving to a real, small, county-seat town in far northeastern North Dakota, close to the Canadian border.
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Learn moreA real Pembina County seat identity
Cavalier is the county seat and largest city of Pembina County -- North Dakota's oldest county -- with a local economy centered genuinely on county-seat government, agriculture, and Pembina County Memorial Hospital (base record).
Genuinely affordable housing
A cited ~$170,400 median property value runs substantially below both North Dakota's own statewide figures and the national comparison figure this dataset references elsewhere (base record).
The lowest property tax rate in Pembina County
Ownwell cited Cavalier's own effective property tax rate at approximately 1.12% -- the lowest of any Pembina County municipality (base record).
A genuinely older population
Cavalier's 65-and-older population share ran approximately 27.6%, substantially above North Dakota's own statewide ~17.5% figure (base record).
Key takeaways
- Cavalier is Pembina County's real, current county seat and largest city.
- Housing costs run genuinely, substantially below both North Dakota and national comparison figures.
- Cavalier carries the lowest property tax rate of any Pembina County municipality (1.12%).
- Cavalier's population runs genuinely older, with a 27.6% senior share far above the state average.
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