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Cost to Build a House in Bismarck, ND: what the permits say

How much does it cost to build a house in Bismarck? The usual new home job filed with Bismarck is $310,726, from 700 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $295,185 and $390,138. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$310,726usual filed value
$295,185–$390,138middle half of firms' usual jobs
700priced permits (99% of 708)
70firms on file
351days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to build a house in Bismarck?

The usual new home job filed with Bismarck is $310,726, from 700 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $295,185 and $390,138. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A new home permit here usually takes 351 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 700 priced permits across 69 firms, pooled into one. Half of Bismarck new home permits were filed between $265,000 and $392,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$203,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$265,0001 in 4 filed below
50th$314,000the middle permit
75th$392,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$473,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Bismarck Assessing 2026 market values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $369,500$262,25320139
Middle third$369,500–$533,800$298,33120278
Upper third$549,100 and up$310,38921277

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
K & L Homes11138$310,389$203,946–$418,33758.8%
Verity Homes of Bismarck, LLC3523$250,276$202,576–$301,67993.4%
J.E. Homes, LLC6219$295,185$271,476–$350,38889.6%
Sattler Homes Inc5019$298,331$292,954–$326,70488.6%
Stoneshire Builders, LLC2215$310,759$268,271–$344,7707 of 7
RW Homes and Construction, LLC (dba Artisan Homes)3412$373,083$322,848–$420,30495.9%
Diversity Homes Inc3510$365,672$264,684–$418,42492.9%
B & B Roofing Inc.2910$168,242$165,591–$195,39216.2%
Knutson Homes Inc239$287,756$249,446–$359,71584.4%
Copper Ridge Design & Builders657$290,870$273,652–$331,80660.4%

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $298,331; the 56 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $366,061.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $549,100 and up) usually file $310,389, against $262,253 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $203,000 and 1 in 10 over $473,000, 2 times as much.
  • 98.9% of the 708 permits carry a value; the 8 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 700 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Bismarck, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $203,000, the middle half between $265,000 and $392,000, and 1 in 10 over $473,000.

  • $615,000Above $473,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Bismarck.
  • $310,726Right at the usual $310,726: in the middle of the file.
  • $142,000Below $203,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Bismarck

Bismarck files the fewest new home permits in December (5 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (171). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Bismarck →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Bismarck TRAKiT building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits on homes. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Bismarck →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Bismarck?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Bismarck new home firms usually file between $295,185 and $390,138 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.3 times apart and both be normal for Bismarck. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for new home jobs in Bismarck?Half of permits were filed between $265,000 and $392,000; 8 in 10 between $203,000 and $473,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do home builders charge in Bismarck?The usual new home job is filed at $310,726; the middle half of firms usually file between $295,185 and $390,138. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $298,331, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $310,726?$310,726 is the construction value contractors wrote on Bismarck permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $310,389, the lower third $262,253. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Bismarck TRAKiT building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits on homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Bismarck →

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