County profile · ND

Cost of living in Burleigh County, North Dakota

Estimated housing, health insurance, state and local taxes, and groceries for a household of 2 earning $100,000 per year (married filing jointly), modeled as renters, ACA marketplace subsidies included.

$43,092/yr

Estimated annual cost

#2,744 of 3,222

National cost rank

$0/yr

ACA subsidy

Where the money goes

  • Housing (2 BR rent): $21,432
  • Healthcare (ACA Silver, after subsidy): $12,348
  • State + local taxes: $1,320
  • Groceries · family of 2: $7,992
Housing (2 BR rent)$21,432
Healthcare (ACA Silver, after subsidy)$12,348
State + local taxes$1,320
Groceries · family of 2$7,992
Total$43,092

Burleigh County, North Dakota lands at #2744 of 3222 on modeled annual cost in our default household scenario (about $43,092 per year).

Estimated housing, health insurance, state and local taxes, and groceries for a household of 2 earning $100,000 per year (married filing jointly), modeled as renters, ACA marketplace subsidies included.

Housing starts from Census ACS 2023 county medians (Bismarck, ND); metro counties may be calibrated to recent market rent indexes. Health insurance uses the second-lowest Silver plan in ACA rating area 38-STATE, net of advance premium tax credits when enabled.

What’s specific to North Dakota

State and local income tax on this page reflects ND brackets and any modeled local wage overlays from our committed tax tables—not federal income tax. Qualified retirement plan/IRA distributions generally taxed like ordinary income unless a specific exclusion applies. Groceries follow the USDA Moderate-Cost tier scaled by BEA state regional price parities, with household-size adjustments matching the homepage explorer.

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How we calculated Burleigh County's numbers
  • Rent / housing: acs_b25031_zori_calibrated
  • Home values (ZHVI): acs_proxy
  • Income tax: 2026
  • Health / ACA: 2026
  • Groceries: SARPP LineCode 2 (Goods)

Dollar figures on this profile use the homepage default household unless your URL includes custom explorer parameters. Rank is among counties with complete modeled totals ( 3,222 U.S. counties in our artifact).