Cost of Living in Harvey
Harvey's cost of living runs genuinely favorable relative to North Dakota's own statewide figures, even while carrying the highest median home price within Wells County.
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Learn moreHousing runs genuinely below the North Dakota statewide range
Harvey's cited $173,620 median home price (the highest in Wells County) still runs far below North Dakota's own $290,642-$313,885 statewide range (base record).
North Dakota's real, light statewide income tax applies
A three-bracket structure (0%/1.95%/2.50% top marginal), described by multiple 2026 sources as the lightest of any US state levying an income tax at all, applies in Harvey as statewide (base record).
A real, disclosed wide property-tax spread
This record discloses a genuinely wide cross-source spread on Harvey's effective property tax rate -- from 0.66% (Ownwell, county-wide) up to 1.57% (a separate county citation), with a city-specific estimate of approximately 1.1% in between (base record).
A combined sales tax modestly above the North Dakota statewide average
Harvey's confirmed combined 7.0% sales tax rate runs modestly above this project's own ~6.89% North Dakota statewide combined-average anchor (base record).
Key takeaways
- Harvey's housing costs run far below North Dakota's statewide range, despite being the highest in Wells County.
- North Dakota's light 2.50%-top-marginal income tax applies statewide.
- Harvey's property tax rate carries a real, disclosed wide cross-source spread (0.66%-1.57%).
- Harvey's 7.0% combined sales tax runs modestly above the state's own combined average.
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