Cost of Living in Cooperstown
Cooperstown's cost of living centers on genuinely low, if inconsistently cited, housing prices alongside North Dakota's own favorable statewide tax structure.
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Learn moreA real, wide cross-source housing-price spread
Cooperstown-specific figures ranged from a $219,450 median list price to a $114,224 average value estimate, with Griggs County's own median sale price running $198,000 -- three genuinely different measures this record discloses rather than resolving to one number (base record).
A real, disclosed county-wide (not city-specific) property tax picture
Griggs County's own cited effective property tax rate ran 1.32%, above North Dakota's statewide anchor (0.99%) -- though this record discloses the underlying tax-bill baseline that source cites appears genuinely dated (base record).
North Dakota's real 2.50% top income tax rate
North Dakota's real, current three-bracket income tax (0%, 1.95%, 2.50% top marginal) applies in Cooperstown as statewide -- described by multiple sources as the lowest top-marginal rate of any income-tax state (base record).
No confirmed Cooperstown-specific rent figure
This pass did not find a sourced, current Cooperstown-specific rent figure -- confirm current rental availability directly with local property managers (base record).
Key takeaways
- Cooperstown's housing prices carry a real, wide cross-source spread this record discloses rather than resolves.
- Griggs County's own property tax rate (1.32%) runs above North Dakota's statewide anchor, though this is a county-wide, not city-specific, figure.
- North Dakota's 2.50% top marginal income tax rate applies in Cooperstown as statewide.
- No confirmed Cooperstown-specific rent figure exists this pass -- confirm directly.
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