Property tax in Sargent County, North Dakota

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Sargent County, North Dakota is $1,828 a year, which is about 1.12% of the county's median home value of $163,200. That effective rate is higher than the typical North Dakota county (0.92%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Sargent County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Sargent County's average effective rate of 1.12% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $1,828 / year

Property tax in Sargent County at a glance

Sargent County, North Dakota property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$1,828
Median home value	$163,200
Effective tax rate	1.12%
Typical North Dakota county rate	0.92%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Sargent County compare in North Dakota?

Among North Dakota's 53 counties, Sargent County has the 7th highest effective property-tax rate: 6 rank higher and 46 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 867th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every North Dakota county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Sargent County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Sargent County's 1,269 owner-occupied homes, 20.8% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 40.7% pay at least $2,000, and 18.3% pay under $800. Another 8.2% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Sargent County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	232	18.3%
$800 to $1,499	224	17.7%
$1,500 to $1,999	193	15.2%
$2,000 to $2,999	252	19.9%
$3,000 or more	264	20.8%
No property tax paid	104	8.2%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,995 and owners without one pay $1,652. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Sargent County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,828 is about 2% of the median income of Sargent County homeowner households, $93,420 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 72.5% of Sargent County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Sargent County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,334 in 2015-2019 to $1,828 in 2020-2024, a 37% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 48.1%, from $110,200 to $163,200. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Sargent County

Sargent County borders 6 counties, 3 of them across the state line.

Sargent County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Brown County, SD	1.18%	$2,598	$221,100
Richland County, ND	1.13%	$2,066	$183,600
Sargent County, ND (this county)	1.12%	$1,828	$163,200
Ransom County, ND	1.02%	$1,959	$193,000
Roberts County, SD	0.97%	$1,492	$154,500
Dickey County, ND	0.92%	$1,488	$162,400
Marshall County, SD	0.87%	$1,359	$156,500

How is a home assessed in Sargent County?

North Dakota assesses homes at 4.5% of market value in every county, Sargent County included. How North Dakota assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Sargent County?

Not as an exemption. North Dakota's Primary Residence Credit takes up to $1,600 off the tax bill; apply online with the Tax Commissioner between January 1 and April 1 each year. That is the North Dakota rule, and it applies in Sargent County. North Dakota's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Sargent County?

North Dakota bills once a year and lets you split it in half. The whole year's tax becomes due January 1 following the year it was levied, the first half goes delinquent after March 1 and the second after October 15, with penalties added at each missed date. If you pay the full year on or before February 15 the county treasurer takes 5% off the general real estate taxes, and that discount is calculated before the Primary Residence Credit is subtracted.

North Dakota splits the bill into 2 installments. That is the North Dakota rule. Sargent County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Sargent County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the your local board of equalization, then the county board, then the State Board of Equalization. The filing deadline is typically April for the local board, then the first 10 days of June for the county board. That is the North Dakota rule; Sargent County sets the exact dates and forms. The North Dakota appeal process step by step.

North Dakota rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the North Dakota page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Sargent County, North Dakota: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.