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Housing in Dunseith

Homes in Dunseith

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$730
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Dunseith?

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

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $364, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,380
4 bedrooms$1,680
57%
of households rent · ND 37%
72
renter households
$364
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bottineau 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 Dunseith in 2025 or in any year since 2000.

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−141
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Dunseith's population fell by 141 and no new homes were permitted. Across North Dakota: 1.7 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
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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

43% of Dunseith households own their home

Half of Dunseith’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 43%Rent 57%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1969
typical home built · ND 1982
$730
median property tax bill · ND $2,468

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

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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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