The story of this market
The typical home in Foster County, North Dakota sells for about $175,000, or $115 per square foot.
Prices are up +9.1% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 120 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 163% since 2000. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,014 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,014 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2023 (+18.6%). Worst: 2016 (-11.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+4.6%
ND · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,404
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 1 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
94
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $3,937,882.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
92.1%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 87 | 69 | 92.1% | 0% | $145,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Foster County, North Dakota
The Foster County housing market is characterized by low inventory and steady price appreciation, driven by limited supply and consistent demand for single-family homes. While population growth remains flat, the market maintains a healthy balance between buyers and sellers with relatively short supply durations.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 2.8% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 86 days on market with 5.2 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
11% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96.92% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.2% · poverty 8.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 2 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Foster County, North Dakota — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.0%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
researched Sep 27
researched Sep 27
| 58421 | Carrington | $165,000 | $112 | +2.4% | 88 | 97.2% | 12% | 4.7 | 14 | $786 | researched Sep 27 |
| 58464 | McHenry | $145,000 | $98 | +3.5% | 84 | 96.5% | 8.3% | 6 | 12 | $850 | researched Sep 27 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The local economy is primarily driven by agriculture, with limited new development activity and a stable, small-town infrastructure base.
Property taxes are assessed at the county level based on local mill rates applied to the true and full value of property, with specific exemptions available for agricultural land and homesteads.
The economy is heavily reliant on the agricultural sector, with employment concentrated in farming, local services, and small-scale retail.
Transportation is primarily served by local highway corridors with no major public transit infrastructure.
The Foster County assessor manages property valuations based on annual market analysis and state-mandated assessment guidelines.
Parcels are subject to local school district levies and county-wide special service districts.
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Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and Census Reporter profiles.
applies when — Qualified individuals including seniors and individuals with permanent disabilities meeting specific income and asset thresholds
Provides a reduction in property tax liability based on income brackets, effectively lowering the tax burden for eligible homeowners.
N.D.C.C. Chapter 57-02
Allows for non-judicial foreclosure of real property mortgages through advertisement, subject to statutory notice and redemption requirements.
N.D.C.C. Chapter 35-22
Tax is calculated by multiplying the taxable value by the total millage rate. Taxable value is 4.5% of the true and full (market) value. Formula: (Market Value * 0.50 * 0.09) * (Mills / 1000) or more simply (Market Value * 0.045) * (Mills / 1000).
N.D.C.C. Chapters 57-02 through 57-35
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.