Cost of Living in Lisbon
Lisbon's cost of living runs genuinely favorable on housing and income tax, alongside a real, disclosed elevated property tax rate this record does not soften.
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Learn moreHousing runs genuinely below the North Dakota statewide range
Lisbon's cited housing figures ($186,404-$225,000 across sources) run well below North Dakota's own $290,642-$313,885 statewide range, even accounting for a real, disclosed cross-source spread (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 Lisbon as statewide (base record).
A real, notably elevated property tax rate
Lisbon's own city-specific 1.40% Ownwell-cited effective property tax rate runs above both Ransom County's own 1.35% average and Ownwell's own cited 1.20% North Dakota state median (base record).
A combined sales tax meaningfully above the North Dakota statewide average
Lisbon's combined 7.5% sales tax rate (5% state plus 2.5% municipal) runs meaningfully above this project's own ~6.89% North Dakota statewide combined-average anchor (base record).
Key takeaways
- Lisbon's housing costs run well below North Dakota's statewide range.
- North Dakota's light 2.50%-top-marginal income tax applies statewide.
- Lisbon's 1.40% property tax rate runs above both the county and Ownwell's cited state median.
- Lisbon's 7.5% combined sales tax runs meaningfully above the state's own combined average.
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