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Housing in Trenton

A typical Trenton home is worth roughly $305,000

Typical home value
$305K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,260
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,589
ND $2,468
Affordability

What it takes to buy in Trenton

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$296,000
Typical Trenton home $305K

That’s $9K short of a typical Trenton home.

The typical home, each month
$1,850
Loan $1,510Tax $250Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month here, $590 less 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 $1,260

Renters already here pay a median of $617, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,080
1 bedroom$1,100
2 bedrooms$1,260
3 bedrooms$1,670
4 bedrooms$1,980
30%
of households rent · ND 37%
30
renter households
$617
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

70% of Trenton households own their home

Half of Trenton’s homes were built before 1993.

Owners and renters
Own 70%Rent 30%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1993
typical home built · ND 1982
$1,589
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
1%
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. 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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