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Housing in Mott

A typical Mott home is worth roughly $75,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$75K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,103
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Mott?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$162,000
Typical Mott home $75K

That covers a typical Mott home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$490
Loan $370Tax $90Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $590 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mott’s typical property tax (1.46% 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 $1,080

Renters already here pay a median of $458, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$860
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$1,080
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,810
31%
of households rent · ND 37%
107
renter households
$458
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Adams 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 Mott in 2025. The last year with any was 2021 (1 new home).

Single-family
02468 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
2
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−68
New homes+14

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Mott's population fell by 68 even though 14 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—
2023000—
2022000—
2021110$100,000
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017110$75,000
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012880$879,000
2011550$537,000
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002220$141,000
2001220$141,000
2000000—

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

The homes

69% of Mott households own their home

Half of Mott’s homes were built before 1963.

Owners and renters
Own 69%Rent 31%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1963
typical home built · ND 1982
$1,103
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
1.46%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ND 0.99%
9%
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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