Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0New building in Crossfield runs at 34 homes a year per 1,000, beside 7.5 for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $380,000, with an average of $392,000. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Crossfield the census value is the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $383,000 for 2024.
Two ways to price a home in Crossfield
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $392K
- Owners
- 1,105
- 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).
A detached house in Crossfield is assessed 24% higher than across Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 85% of the 1,445 properties on Crossfield’s 2024 roll; condos for 5%.
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.
42% of Crossfield’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
Crossfield had 1,330 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 78% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Crossfield | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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 Crossfield peaked in 2022: 72 new homes
Crossfield issued permits for 278 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 46 a year. 97% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year to August 2026
Measured across the Calgary metro area: monthly permits
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.
Crossfield sits close to 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 Crossfield: Carstairs
The places around Crossfield at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossfield | $380K | $392K | 83% | |
| Carstairs | $352K | $370K | 86% | 14.6 |
| Airdrie | $400K | $418K | 79% | 17 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Crossfield
Is Crossfield expensive for Alberta?
About average: Crossfield’s census median is close to the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
How many households in Crossfield are in core housing need?
9% of Crossfield’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.
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).