Photo: jayscratch from Victoria, B.C., Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Before 1961 is when 29% of Camrose County’s homes went up, beside 5% for Alberta’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $380,000; averaged, their homes came to $412,000. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Camrose County the census value is the measure.
Camrose County’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $412K
- Owners
- 2,315
- 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 roll, 84% of Camrose County’s properties are detached houses
Detached houses account for 84% of the 3,775 properties on Camrose County’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.
91% of Camrose County’s homes are detached houses, where Alberta’s towns have 64%
The 2021 census counted 3,225 occupied homes in Camrose County.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Camrose County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Camrose County permitted 11.5 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 225 homes were permitted in Camrose County, close to 38 each year. Single-unit buildings took 96% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 46 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.
Camrose County sits near the middle of Alberta’s towns ($400,000)
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.
Cheaper next to Camrose County: Camrose, Beaver County and Wetaskiwin
Next to Camrose County: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Camrose County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–48 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose County | $380K | $412K | 89% | |
| Camrose | $300K | $325K | 66% | 11.7 |
| Beaver County | $348K | $401K | 90% | 37.7 |
| Wetaskiwin | $250K | $249K | 63% | 44.7 |
| Tofield | $256K | $262K | 77% | 47.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Camrose County
How many households in Camrose County are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of Camrose County’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
Is Camrose County expensive for Alberta?
Camrose County is close to the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000.
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).