Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0Ponoka County has more households in core housing need than most: 17%, beside 8% for Alberta’s towns
A median of $440,000 and a mean of $473,200: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Ponoka County’s homes actually sold for.
Ponoka County’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $473K
- Owners
- 2,570
- 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 Ponoka County is assessed 24% higher than across Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 4,710 homes in Ponoka County, detached houses 70% of them.
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 94% of Ponoka County’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census, Ponoka County had 3,690 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Ponoka County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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 ahead of Alberta’s towns: 17.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Ponoka County, against 7.5
Building permits added 392 homes in Ponoka County between 2018 and 2023: some 65 a year. Most were houses: 91% went into single-unit buildings, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2021: 82 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.
Ponoka County against Alberta’s towns: 10% over the $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 Ponoka County: Bentley, Rimbey and Lacombe
The places around Ponoka County at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 22–23 km from Ponoka County.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponoka County | $440K | $473K | 89% | |
| Bentley | $220K | $218K | 80% | 21.6 |
| Rimbey | $250K | $277K | 73% | 22.2 |
| Lacombe | $340K | $348K | 72% | 22.2 |
| Ponoka | $258K | $270K | 73% | 22.5 |
| Lacombe County | $448K | $526K | 86% | 23 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Ponoka County
Is Ponoka County expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Ponoka County’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
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).