Photo: Dennis Cambly · CC BY-SA 3.0An old town: 26% of the homes in Lamont County predate 1961, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $348,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $385,000. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. For Lamont County there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.
What Lamont County’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
- $385K
- Owners
- 1,060
- 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).
Houses in Lamont County carry assessments 16% under the middle of Alberta’s towns
Of Lamont County’s 645 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 83% are detached houses.
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.
Single-detached houses are 92% of Lamont County’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census counted 1,535 occupied homes in Lamont County.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lamont County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 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 at the pace of Alberta’s towns: 7.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Lamont County, against 7.5
Building permits added 71 homes in Lamont County between 2018 and 2023: some 12 a year. Single-unit buildings took 95% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2020, with 16 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.
Lamont County is 13% 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.
Cheaper next to Lamont County: Lamont, Bruderheim and Smoky Lake
Next to Lamont County: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Lamont County with figures are 15–44 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont County | $348K | $385K | 92% | |
| Lamont | $250K | $258K | 77% | 15.2 |
| Bruderheim | $250K | $253K | 85% | 26 |
| Smoky Lake | $200K | $219K | 74% | 40.3 |
| Redwater | $266K | $279K | 68% | 43.1 |
| Tofield | $256K | $262K | 77% | 43.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lamont County
How many households in Lamont County are in core housing need?
21% of Lamont County’s households, above the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Lamont County expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Lamont County’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).