A typical Arthur home is worth roughly $218,000
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Arthur?
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What it takes to buy in Arthur
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That covers a typical Arthur home, with $78K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $350 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the North Dakota typical property tax (0.99% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $645, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Fargo, ND-MN MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Arthur in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.1 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Arthur has permitted 13 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Arthur's population fell by 9 even though 13 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across North Dakota: 1.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $734,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $430,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $365,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $575,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $570,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $246,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $240,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $248,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | $270,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $240,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $219,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $103,000 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
86% of Arthur households own their home
Half of Arthur’s homes were built before 1971.
North Dakota: 63% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
On the market in Arthur
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Neighbors talk housing
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.