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Housing in Carrington

A typical Carrington home is worth roughly $151,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$151K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$880
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,042
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Carrington?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$282,000
Typical Carrington home $151K

That covers a typical Carrington home, with $131K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$960
Loan $750Tax $170Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $80 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Carrington’s typical property tax (1.36% 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 $880

Renters already here pay a median of $778, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$880
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,480
29%
of households rent · ND 37%
239
renter households
49%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · ND 39%
14%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$778
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Eddy 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 Carrington in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (2 new homes).

Single-family
012345 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
19
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+15
New homes+26

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Carrington gained 15 residents while 26 new homes were permitted: about 0.6 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across North Dakota: 1.7 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024220$1.5 million
2023110$334,000
2022330$1 million
2021000—
2020110$220,000
2019220$691,000
2018220$295,000
2017330$678,000
2016550$1.3 million
2015440$800,000
2014440$800,000
2013220$480,000
2012220$480,000
2011220$480,000
2010000—
2009550$750,000
2008000—
2007220$350,000
2006000—
2005440$880,000
2004220$355,000
2003110$105,000
2002220$230,000
2001110$95,000
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

1 of Carrington’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Carrington’s homes were built before 1972.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 71%Rent 29%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1972
typical home built · ND 1982
$2,042
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
1.36%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ND 0.99%
Historic houses in Carrington

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

On the market in Carrington

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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