A newly built town: 89% of the homes in Hudson date from 2001 or later (Alberta’s towns: 24%)
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $348,000, the average one $357,000. For Hudson there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. Assessors valued the median residential property at $360,000 for 2024. Hudson doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.
Two ways to price a home in Hudson
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $357K
- Owners
- 1,035
- 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 Edmonton is assessed 30% higher than across Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Edmonton had 347,170 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 61% of them and condos 18%.
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.
44% of Hudson lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
At the 2021 census, Hudson had 1,315 homes with someone living in them. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Hudson | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 49% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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 Edmonton ran at 26 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Edmonton created 61,232 homes, about 10,205 a year. The mix: 32% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 15% fewer
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Edmonton metro area
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.
Hudson is 13% 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 Hudson: Wellington, Caernarvon and Kensington
The places around Hudson at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | $348K | $357K | 79% | |
| Wellington | $302K | $321K | 65% | 0.6 |
| Cumberland | $360K | $388K | 82% | 0.7 |
| Carlisle | $344K | $320K | 57% | 1.6 |
| Caernarvon | $324K | $295K | 63% | 1.7 |
| Kensington | $310K | $318K | 75% | 1.7 |
| Athlone | $348K | $331K | 75% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Hudson
How many households in Hudson are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 6% in Hudson, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Hudson expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Hudson 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).