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Housing in Mekinock

A typical Mekinock home is worth roughly $404,000

Typical home value
$404K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,057
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Mekinock?

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

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $1,611.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,780
86%
of households rent · ND 37%
514
renter households
36%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · ND 39%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,611
median rent paid today · Census

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 5.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$294,000
Typical Mekinock home $404K

That’s $110K short of a typical Mekinock home.

The typical home, each month
$2,380
Loan $2,000Tax $250Insurance $120

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $1,330 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mekinock’s typical property tax (0.76% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

14% of Mekinock households own their home

Half of Mekinock’s homes were built before 2001.

Owners and renters
Own 14%Rent 86%

North Dakota: 63% own.

2001
typical home built · ND 1982
$3,057
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
0.76%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ND 0.99%

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

Next door

Mekinock vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Mekinock. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Mekinock$404K*—$1,050$73,992
Grand Forks AFB$10K*—$1,220$72,782

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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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. 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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