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Housing in Cando

A typical Cando home is worth roughly $168,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$168K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$890
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,793
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Cando?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.3 years of income

Less than across North Dakota (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$198,000
Typical Cando home $168K

That covers a typical Cando home, with $30K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,030
Loan $830Tax $150Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $140 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cando’s typical property tax (1.07% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $890

Renters already here pay a median of $764, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$890
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,490
35%
of households rent · ND 37%
148
renter households
28%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · ND 39%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$764
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Ramsey County, ND): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Cando in 2025 or in any year since 2000.

Single-family
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new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
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Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

65% of Cando households own their home

Half of Cando’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 65%Rent 35%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1974
typical home built · ND 1982
$1,793
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
1.07%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ND 0.99%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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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.

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