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Housing in Yellowstone

A typical Yellowstone home is worth roughly $303,000

Typical home value
$303K
ND $292K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,540
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,519
ND $2,468

What kind of housing town is Yellowstone?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

89% of Yellowstone households own their home

Half of Yellowstone’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

North Dakota: 63% own.

1977
typical home built · ND 1982
$1,519
median property tax bill · ND $2,468
3%
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

What it takes to buy in Yellowstone

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$296,000
Typical Yellowstone home $303K

That’s $6K short of a typical Yellowstone home.

The typical home, each month
$1,840
Loan $1,500Tax $250Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,540 a month here, $300 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 $1,540

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,330
1 bedroom$1,380
2 bedrooms$1,540
3 bedrooms$1,860
4 bedrooms$2,580
11%
of households rent · ND 37%

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

Next door

Yellowstone vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Yellowstone$303K*—$1,540—
Buford—+5.4%†$1,200$149,375

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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