Taxes in Jamestown
Jamestown's tax picture runs genuinely elevated on property tax specifically, while carrying North Dakota's standard statewide income and sales tax structure.
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Learn moreThe highest property tax rate in this batch
Ownwell cited Jamestown's median effective property tax rate at approximately 1.63%, meaningfully above both the ~1.20% ND statewide median and ~1.02% national median -- the highest of this project's four North Dakota Tier A markets.
A 7.5% combined sales tax rate
Jamestown's combined sales tax rate runs 7.5% (5% state + 2.5% Jamestown city) -- above North Dakota's own ~6.89% statewide combined average.
North Dakota's real, lightest-in-the-nation income tax
North Dakota's 2026 income tax runs a three-bracket structure topping out at 2.50% -- the lowest of any US state that levies an income tax at all.
Key takeaways
- Jamestown's effective property tax rate (~1.63%) is the highest of this project's four North Dakota markets.
- Jamestown's combined sales tax rate (7.5%) runs above North Dakota's statewide average.
- North Dakota's real 2.50% top marginal income tax rate is the lowest of any income-tax state.
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