The story of this market
The typical home in Hettinger County, North Dakota sells for about $158,098.
Prices are up +25.8% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. The biggest natural hazard here is winter weather, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,102 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,102 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
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
$1,392
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.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
76
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $3,909,674.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
75.8%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 46 | 22 | 75.8% | 6.3% | $135,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Hettinger County, North Dakota
Hettinger County is a small, rural agricultural community with a stable population of approximately 2,500. Recent data indicates a significant increase in average home values over the past year, though the market remains characterized by low transaction volume typical of rural North Dakota counties.
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.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 2 cities · 4 ZIP reports
Median prices moved up 2.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 107 days on market with 6.3 months of supply — a slower-moving market.
11% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.0% · poverty 11.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 3 researched ZIP reports of 4 — 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.
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.
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| 58639 | Hettinger | $185,000 | $112 | +2.8% | 98 | 96.5% | 7.1% | 7 | 14 | $568 | researched Sep 27 |
| 58645 | Medora | $158,098 | $102 | +25.8% | 142 | 96.5% | 8% | 6.5 | 12 | $629 | researched Sep 27 |
| 58646 | Mott | $165,000 | $112 | +3.1% | 84 | 96.5% | 8.3% | 6 | 12 | $500 | researched Sep 27 |
| 58647 | New England | $325,026 | $145 | +2.5% | 112 | 96.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 253 | $843 | 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 county economy is primarily agricultural with a population of approximately 2,492 as of 2025.
The local economy is largely driven by agriculture, with an unemployment rate of 2% as of May 2026.
The county is served by North Dakota Highways 8 and 21.
Data sourced from Census Reporter and Data Commons.
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.