Photo: Glenlarson~commonswiki · Public domainBowden sits 48% below Alberta’s towns on home values
In figures: $210,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of Alberta’s towns. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Bowden the census value is the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $208,000.
Two ways to price a home in Bowden
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $215K
- Owners
- 435
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Bowden’s houses sit 31% below Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 82% of the 495 properties on Bowden’s 2024 roll.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Alberta’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Core housing need: 23% of Bowden’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
Bowden had 580 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 62% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bowden | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 23% | 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.
4.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Bowden: fewer than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Some 3 homes a year: 13 in all were permitted in Bowden from 2019 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 46%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 8 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.
Bowden against Alberta’s towns: 48% under the $400,000 median
The census values of Alberta’s towns, 478 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Bowden’s neighbours by home value
The places around Bowden at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Bowden
Is Bowden expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Bowden’s is worth less.
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).