Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0Homes from 2001 on make up 53% of Coalhurst, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
Owners valued the median home at $280,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $289,500. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. What homes sold for in Coalhurst isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
What Coalhurst’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $290K
- Owners
- 835
- 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 Coalhurst’s properties are detached houses
The 2024 assessment roll counts 945 homes in Coalhurst, detached houses 84% 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.
The homes of Coalhurst, by period and type
Coalhurst had 1,025 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 76% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Coalhurst | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 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.
Building ahead of Alberta’s towns: 11.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Coalhurst, against 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Coalhurst created 74 homes, about 12 a year. Single-unit buildings took 72% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak in 2021: 19 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.
Coalhurst is 30% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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.
Coalhurst’s neighbours by home value
Next to Coalhurst: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalhurst | $280K | $290K | 81% | |
| Lethbridge | $314K | $338K | 68% | 8.5 |
| Lethbridge County | $500K | $564K | 78% | 14.7 |
| Nobleford | $300K | $328K | 84% | 17.7 |
| Picture Butte | $274K | $262K | 80% | 18.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Coalhurst
How many households in Coalhurst are in core housing need?
5% of Coalhurst’s households, under 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.
Is Coalhurst expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Coalhurst’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).