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Housing in Rolette

A typical Rolette home is worth roughly $128,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$128K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,160
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,410
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Rolette?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Rolette

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You could afford about
$296,000
Typical Rolette home $128K

That covers a typical Rolette home, with $168K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$780
Loan $640Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $380 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the North Dakota typical property tax (0.99% 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 $1,160

Renters already here pay a median of $188, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$880
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$1,160
3 bedrooms$1,600
4 bedrooms$1,950
29%
of households rent · ND 37%
38
renter households
$188
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pierce 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 Rolette in 2025. The last year with any was 2009 (2 new homes).

Single-family2+ homes per building
012 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−110
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Rolette's population fell by 110 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
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009202$300,000
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Rolette's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

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

The homes

71% of Rolette households own their home

Half of Rolette’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 71%Rent 29%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1972
typical home built · ND 1982
$1,410
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
5%
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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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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