Photo: Brett Snyder ( 1brettsnyder at en.wikipedia ) · CC BY 1.0Homes in Newell County are worth a median $348,000
It is the middle of what 1,580 owner households told the 2021 census. For Newell County there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $316,000.
What Newell County’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $383K
- Owners
- 1,580
- 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, Newell County’s houses sit 9% above Alberta’s towns
Of Newell County’s 2,465 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 86% 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.
Newell County’s homes: when they went up and what they are
2,405 occupied homes stood in Newell County in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 84% of them. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Newell County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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 behind Alberta’s towns: 5.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Newell County, against 7.5
Building permits added 98 homes in Newell County between 2018 and 2023: some 16 a year. 91% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2018, with 34 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.
Newell 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 Newell County: Brooks and Duchess
Next to Newell County: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newell County | $348K | $383K | 84% | |
| Brooks | $266K | $270K | 65% | 4.9 |
| Duchess | $260K | $268K | 86% | 17.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Newell County
How many households in Newell County are in core housing need?
5% of Newell 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 Newell County expensive for Alberta?
Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Newell County to 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).