Cost of Living & Housing in Mayville
Mayville's cost of living centers on genuinely low home prices, alongside a real, disclosed tension: Mayville's own effective property tax rate runs as the highest among Traill County's own cited cities.
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Learn moreA genuinely affordable home price relative to national and ND averages
Mayville's cited median sale price ran $148,500, with a median assessed market value of approximately $111,000 -- both well below the ~$408,776 national median and ~$290,642 North Dakota statewide average home value (base record).
A 1.76% effective property tax rate -- the highest among Traill County's own cities
Mayville's own cited effective property tax rate (1.76%) runs above the national median (~1.02%), this project's own North Dakota statewide anchor (~0.99%), and Traill County's own broader average rate (~1.57%) -- the opposite distinction from this project's Hillsboro, ND record, whose own rate is the county's lowest. The resulting dollar tax bill (~$1,850/year) stays comparatively moderate given Mayville's low home values (base record).
North Dakota's 2.50% top income tax rate and no general sales tax exception
North Dakota's real, current 2026 individual income tax tops out at 2.50% -- described by multiple sources as the lowest top-marginal rate of any state with an income tax at all -- and applies in Mayville as it does statewide, alongside an approximately 6.89% statewide combined sales tax average (base record).
A real, disclosed uncertainty on one cited income figure
This record discloses honest uncertainty around a separately cited $24,722 'median income' figure for Mayville, which is far more consistent with a per-capita or student-population-skewed measure than a representative household median -- this record does not use it as a standalone household-income claim (base record).
Key takeaways
- Mayville's median home sale price runs approximately $148,500 -- genuinely affordable relative to national and North Dakota statewide averages.
- Mayville's own 1.76% effective property tax rate is the highest among Traill County's own cities, though the resulting dollar bill (~$1,850) stays moderate given low home values.
- North Dakota's 2.50% top marginal income tax rate applies in Mayville as it does statewide.
- A separately cited $24,722 "median income" figure carries real, disclosed uncertainty and is not treated as a reliable household-income citation here.
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