Cost of Living & Housing in Larimore
Larimore's cost of living centers on genuinely affordable home prices on Ownwell's own figure, paired with a real, disclosed tension: Larimore's own effective property tax RATE is the highest of any city in Grand Forks County, and a separate cross-source figure puts Larimore's median home value substantially higher.
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Learn moreA genuinely affordable home price on Ownwell's own figure -- with a real, disclosed cross-source divergence
Larimore's own median home price ran approximately $133,400 (Ownwell) -- far below North Dakota's own $290,642-$313,885 statewide range. A separate, meaningfully higher city-data.com/Census-ACS-sourced figure put Larimore's 2024 median house value at approximately $229,559, a real, disclosed divergence this record does not force to one number (base record).
A 1.77% effective property tax rate -- the highest of any city in Grand Forks County
Larimore's own 1.77% effective property tax rate (Ownwell) is the highest of any city in Grand Forks County per Ownwell's own county comparison, and runs well above both the national median (approximately 1.02%) and North Dakota's own statewide average (0.99%). A separate, lower alternate range (1.2%-1.4%) comes from city-data.com's own methodology (base record).
North Dakota's genuinely light 2.50% top income tax rate
North Dakota's real, current 2026 individual income tax runs a three-bracket graduated structure of 0%, 1.95%, and a top marginal rate of 2.50% -- multiple 2026 sources describe this as the lowest top marginal income tax rate of any US state that levies an income tax at all. North Dakota's state sales tax runs 5.00% state-level, with a combined average of approximately 6.89% (base record).
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A reliable, city-specific median rent figure and a confirmed, current named-employer list beyond Larimore's role as a Grand Forks/Grand Forks AFB commuter town were not found with confidence this pass -- confirm both directly with the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation (base record).
Key takeaways
- Larimore's median home price runs approximately $133,400 on Ownwell's own figure, though a separate source puts it substantially higher (approximately $229,559) -- a real, disclosed cross-source divergence.
- Larimore carries the highest effective property tax rate (1.77%) of any city in Grand Forks County per Ownwell.
- North Dakota's 2.50% top income tax rate is the lowest of any income-tax state nationally, and applies in Larimore as it does statewide.
- A confirmed, current rent figure and named-employer list were not found with confidence this pass -- confirm both directly.
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