Property Tax in Burleigh County, North Dakota

What the Burleigh County numbers mean

A median is the middle household: half of owner-occupied households in Burleigh County pay more than $2,764, and half pay less. Your own bill is set by your home's assessed value, the exemptions you qualify for, and the local taxing districts your property sits in — so individual bills vary widely around the median.

Dividing the median tax by the median home value gives a derived effective rate of 0.88% for Burleigh County. It is an estimate built from two survey medians, not the county's official rate, but it is a fair way to compare the local tax burden with other counties where home values are very different.

Burleigh County by the numbers

*Estimate derived from Census medians (tax ÷ value), not an official rate.

Burleigh County at a glance

• Median tax rank in North Dakota: #3 of 53 counties
• Median home value rank in North Dakota: #3 of 53
• Population rank in North Dakota: #2 of 53 (98,986 residents)
• Population density rank: #2 of 53 (61 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in North Dakota: #13 of 53 (1,632 sq mi, 2.4% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $230; per $1,000 of home value: $0.88

How Burleigh County compares

Of the 53 North Dakota counties with published data, 2 have a higher median property tax bill than Burleigh County's $2,764, putting the county at #3 in the state. Its bill is about 16% higher than the state median of $2,392 and about 7% lower than the national median of $2,969.

Rates and values pull in opposite directions: an expensive housing market can produce big bills at ordinary rates. Here the derived rate is 0.88%, versus 0.98% derived nationally, and the median home value ranks #3 within North Dakota.

Some extra context for Burleigh County: the median bill works out to about $230 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $878 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 98,986 people — the #2 most populous county in North Dakota, spread over 1,632 square miles, a density of about 61 people per square mile. Its median home value, $314,700, ranks #3 among the state's 53 counties with data.

Zooming out: of 3133 counties nationwide with published Census figures, only 542 record a higher median tax bill than Burleigh County — it sits in the top 17% nationally. The county holds roughly 12.7% of North Dakota's people. Its homes are worth more than the state norm (median $314,700 versus $241,100), and a decade at the derived rate of 0.88% adds up to about 8.78% of the median home's value in tax. The cheapest county in the state, Sioux County, medians $410 — $2,354 less than Burleigh County per year.

Counties nearest Burleigh County in the North Dakota ranking

Burleigh County and its population peers

Counties of a similar size can tax very differently. The table below shows the counties closest to Burleigh County in population across the United States, with their median bills and home values. Within the group of 9, Burleigh County ($2,764) ranks #4 of 9 by median tax paid.

The closest population match is Floyd County, Georgia (98,985 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $1,560 on a median home value of $194,100 — $1,204 more than Burleigh County pays.

Burleigh County's nearest population neighbours within North Dakota are Cass County (189,286 residents, median tax $3,449 on a median value of $284,700); Grand Forks County (72,764 residents, median tax $2,754 on a median value of $244,200); Ward County (69,232 residents, median tax $2,785 on a median value of $259,100). Comparing them is a reminder that even inside one state's rules, the bill follows local home values and local district rates more than anything decided at the state level.

How the tax is worked out

Think of the final bill as three ingredients: the assessed value of the property, the exemptions subtracted from it, and the combined rate of every district the property sits in. Burleigh County's medians imply a derived rate of 0.88%; applied illustratively, a $400,000 home would owe about $3,512 a year, or around $293 a month spread evenly. Individual properties depart from the illustration in both directions.

Illustrative bills in Burleigh County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 0.88% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Burleigh County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 0.99% and the US figure of 0.98%:

Illustration only: real bills are computed from the assessed value, exemptions, and the combined rates of the property's actual taxing districts.

Checking your assessment in Burleigh County

If your bill looks wrong, work through these steps:

1. Get your property record card from the assessor and check the basics — living area, lot size, bedrooms, condition, and any exemptions you should have.
2. Compare your assessed value with recent sale prices of similar homes in Burleigh County.
3. Talk to the assessor's office informally first; clear errors are often fixed without a hearing.
4. If needed, file a formal appeal with the local review board before the deadline on your assessment notice, with your evidence attached.
5. Keep paying the bill as issued while the appeal runs, unless your notice says otherwise — unpaid taxes accrue penalties regardless of an appeal.

More North Dakota counties

• Grand Forks County, ND — $2,754
• Ward County, ND — $2,785
• Williams County, ND — $1,913
• Morton County, ND — $2,562
• Stark County, ND — $2,398
• Stutsman County, ND — $2,193

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