Clear Hills has more households in core housing need than most: 20%, beside 8% for Alberta’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $250,000 and an average of $271,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Clear Hills the census value is the measure.
What Clear Hills’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $271K
- Owners
- 565
- 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, Clear Hills’s houses sit 49% below Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 980 homes in Clear Hills, detached houses 69% of them.
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.
Major repairs needed: 12% of the homes in Clear Hills, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
The 2021 census counted 930 occupied homes in Clear Hills; 78% of them are single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Clear Hills | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 20% | 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.
Permits in Clear Hills ran at 3.7 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Clear Hills issued permits for 20 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 3 a year. Single-unit buildings took 94% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 6 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.
Clear Hills is 38% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Clear Hills: Fairview, Birch Hills County and Grimshaw
The places around Clear Hills at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Clear Hills with figures are 36–75 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Hills | $250K | $271K | 91% | |
| Fairview | $200K | $224K | 75% | 35.8 |
| Fairview No. 136 | $274K | $310K | 80% | 36.8 |
| Saddle Hills County | $300K | $336K | 93% | 57.2 |
| Birch Hills County | $200K | $208K | 84% | 72.4 |
| Grimshaw | $226K | $228K | 70% | 74.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Clear Hills
Is Clear Hills expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Clear Hills sits below it.
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).