Half the owned homes in Barnwell are valued above $348,000
The census of 2021 asked 215 owner households what their home was worth. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Barnwell’s homes actually sold for. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $327,000.
Two ways to price a home in Barnwell
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $356K
- Owners
- 215
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Houses
- $356K
- Properties
- 310
- Alberta’s towns
- $297K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
90% of Barnwell’s homes are detached houses, where Alberta’s towns have 64%
People lived in 255 homes in Barnwell at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Barnwell | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 8% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
14.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Barnwell: more than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Building permits added 11 homes in Barnwell between 2021 and 2023: some 4 a year. 64% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 7 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Barnwell against Alberta’s towns: 13% under the $400,000 median
478 of Alberta’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Barnwell: Taber
Next to Barnwell: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Barnwell
Is Barnwell expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Barnwell’s is worth less.
How many households in Barnwell are in core housing need?
10% of Barnwell’s households, near the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Barnwell?
A house is assessed at a median $356,000 (2024); condos are too few to count.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).