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Mott, North Dakota.

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What it costs per month · Mott $1,526/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$698 (+84%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 North Dakota $1,526 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • North Dakota$1,526
  • United States$1,922

Living in Mott, Hettinger County, North Dakota

Mott is a city of 653 people in Hettinger County. 69% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 31% are rented. Unemployment in Hettinger County was 2.1% in August 2026, and the county had 5.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 653 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Mott for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.1% Hettinger County, August 2026; 1.8% a year before
Homes 69% lived in by their owners; 31% rented

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Mott is a small city on the North Dakota plains and the largest community in Hettinger County. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and poverty is somewhat more common here than in many places. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and nights well below freezing, while summers turn warm in July. Precipitation, rain and melted snow together, is modest across the year.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by farming, forestry and mining, then banks, insurance and property, and shops. Across Hettinger County, the Mott-Regent school district is among the largest workplaces. Unemployment in the county is low and has risen only slightly over the past year, and the county has added jobs since the year before.

Things to do. For time outdoors, Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area, though it is a longer drive away. Little else is listed nearby, so a trip there is the main outing to plan around.

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  • 378households
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care30%
  • Farming, forestry and mining17%
  • Banks, insurance and property12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services5%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment4%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hettinger County had 711 jobs in 2025, 5.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 27° and 4°; warmest in July, 85° and 55° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 27° 4° F M A M J J 85° 55° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 27° and 4°; warmest in July, 85° and 55° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 27° 4° F M A M J J 85° 55° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 27° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 55°. About 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mott weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Hettinger County

  1. Mott-regent 1 SchoolsSchool district50FTE

School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. HailVery high
  3. Ice stormsVery high
  4. Cold wavesVery high
  5. Strong windRelatively high
  6. WildfireRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mott’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hettinger County.

Mott home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Mott address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mott — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.