Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.031% of Kneehill County’s homes were built before 1961, against 5% across Alberta’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $300,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $353,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Kneehill County. New building in Kneehill County ran at about 19 homes a year between 2018 and 2023.
Kneehill County’s homes, by the census
No sale or assessment figure is published here, so the census value stands alone, beside the median of Alberta’s towns. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $353K
- Owners
- 1,130
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
The homes of Kneehill County, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 84% of Kneehill County’s 1,745 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Kneehill County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Kneehill County permitted 11.8 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Most were houses: 71% went into single-unit buildings, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2022: 37 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.
Kneehill County against Alberta’s towns: 25% under the $400,000 median
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 Kneehill County: Three Hills and Trochu
The places around Kneehill County at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kneehill County | $300K | $353K | 86% | |
| Three Hills | $250K | $250K | 69% | 2.1 |
| Trochu | $220K | $229K | 76% | 12.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kneehill County
How many households in Kneehill County are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Kneehill County, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
Is Kneehill County expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Kneehill County’s is worth less.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).