Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Rocky Mountain House run 30% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
In figures: $280,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of Alberta’s towns. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Rocky Mountain House included, so owners’ values are the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $269,000 for 2024.
Rocky Mountain House’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $286K
- Owners
- 1,905
- 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).
Rocky Mountain House’s detached houses are assessed 8% below the median of Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Rocky Mountain House had 2,570 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 67% of them and condos 6%.
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.
Core housing need: 12% of Rocky Mountain House’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
The 2021 census counted 2,695 occupied homes in Rocky Mountain House; 60% of them are single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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.
Rocky Mountain House permitted 3.9 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 57 homes were permitted in Rocky Mountain House, close to 10 each year. 52% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2022: 22 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.
Rocky Mountain House against Alberta’s towns: 30% under 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 Rocky Mountain House: Rimbey and Bentley
Next to Rocky Mountain House: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Rocky Mountain House has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–61 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain House | $280K | $286K | 71% | |
| Clearwater County | $400K | $403K | 88% | 14.1 |
| Eckville | $270K | $284K | 77% | 37.8 |
| Rimbey | $250K | $277K | 73% | 55.4 |
| Sylvan Lake | $352K | $376K | 68% | 57.5 |
| Bentley | $220K | $218K | 80% | 61.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rocky Mountain House
Is Rocky Mountain House expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Rocky Mountain House’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).