Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHome values in Lethbridge County run 25% higher than the median of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $500,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Lethbridge County. Assessors valued the median residential property at $400,000 for 2024.
What Lethbridge County’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $564K
- Owners
- 1,845
- 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 assessment roll, Lethbridge County’s houses sit 24% above Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 2,945 residential properties in Lethbridge County for 2024, 82% of them 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.
95% of Lethbridge County’s homes are detached houses, where Alberta’s towns have 64%
The 2021 census counted 2,890 occupied homes in Lethbridge County. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lethbridge County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
10.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Lethbridge County: more than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Building permits added 182 homes in Lethbridge County between 2018 and 2023: some 30 a year. 87% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 44 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.
Lethbridge County is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 25% above their $400,000 median
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 Lethbridge County: Picture Butte, Coalhurst and Lethbridge
The places around Lethbridge County at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lethbridge County | $500K | $564K | 78% | |
| Picture Butte | $274K | $262K | 80% | 3.8 |
| Coalhurst | $280K | $290K | 81% | 14.7 |
| Lethbridge | $314K | $338K | 68% | 17.6 |
| Coaldale | $300K | $335K | 83% | 17.9 |
| Nobleford | $300K | $328K | 84% | 19.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lethbridge County
How many households in Lethbridge County are in core housing need?
4% of Lethbridge County’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 Lethbridge County expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Lethbridge County to more.
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).