Photo: Hero122 · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961 is when 29% of Raymond’s homes went up, beside 5% for Alberta’s towns
A median of $276,000 and a mean of $296,500: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. What homes sold for in Raymond isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $253,000.
What Raymond’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $297K
- Owners
- 1,145
- 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, Raymond’s houses sit 14% below Alberta’s towns
Of Raymond’s 1,340 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 96% 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.
A town of houses: 90% of the homes in Raymond stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
Raymond had 1,330 occupied homes at the 2021 census.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Raymond | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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.
Permits in Raymond ran at 12 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Raymond issued permits for 95 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 16 a year. 85% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 21 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.
Raymond is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 31% under 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.
Raymond’s neighbours by home value
Next to Raymond: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | $276K | $297K | 87% | |
| Stirling | $308K | $310K | 87% | 10.5 |
| Magrath | $300K | $326K | 78% | 15.6 |
| Warner County No. 5 | $348K | $392K | 82% | 18.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Raymond
How many households in Raymond are in core housing need?
3% of Raymond’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 Raymond expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Raymond sits below it.
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).