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Housing in Cooperstown

A typical Cooperstown home is worth roughly $99,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$99K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$870
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,230
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Cooperstown?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$189,000
Typical Cooperstown home $99K

That covers a typical Cooperstown home, with $91K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$620
Loan $490Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $870 a month here, $250 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cooperstown’s typical property tax (1.25% 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 $870

Renters already here pay a median of $569, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$870
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,470
23%
of households rent · ND 37%
89
renter households
$569
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Griggs 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 Cooperstown in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (1 new home).

Single-family2+ homes per building
012 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
3
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−1
New homes+6

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Cooperstown's population fell by 1 even though 6 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
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023110$303,000
2022000—
2021110$245,000
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017110$120,000
2016000—
2015000—
2014202$300,000
2013220$370,000
2012000—
2011000—
2010110$300,000
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

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

The homes

77% of Cooperstown households own their home

Half of Cooperstown’s homes were built before 1962.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1962
typical home built · ND 1982
$1,230
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
1.25%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ND 0.99%
6%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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