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Housing in New Prairie

A typical New Prairie home is worth roughly $348,000

Typical home value
$348K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,085
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is New Prairie?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

90% of New Prairie households own their home

Half of New Prairie’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 11%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1986
typical home built · ND 1982
$3,085
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
0.89%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ND 0.99%
12%
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$324,000
Typical New Prairie home $348K

That’s $24K short of a typical New Prairie home.

The typical home, each month
$2,080
Loan $1,720Tax $260Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $1,060 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, New Prairie’s typical property tax (0.89% 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 $1,020

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,410
4 bedrooms$1,710
11%
of households rent · ND 37%
16
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Ward County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

New Prairie vs. its neighbors

New Prairie is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
New Prairie$348K*—$1,020—$82,708
Sundre$330K*+0.8%†$1,030—$107,218
North Prairie——$9700$39,688
Surrey$341K+1.6%$1,160—$132,500
Nedrose$343K*+3.2%†$1,110—$123,967

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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