Photo: Saddle Hills County · CC BY-SA 4.0Saddle Hills County sits 25% below Alberta’s towns on home values
Owners put the median home at $300,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Saddle Hills County the census value is the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $134,000.
Saddle Hills County’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $336K
- Owners
- 550
- 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).
Houses in Saddle Hills County carry assessments 54% under the middle of Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,160 homes in Saddle Hills County, detached houses 81% 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.
A town of houses: 94% of the homes in Saddle Hills County stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
The 2021 census counted 880 occupied homes in Saddle Hills County. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saddle Hills County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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 Saddle Hills County ran at 4.8 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Some 5 homes a year: 28 in all were permitted in Saddle Hills County from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 67% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak in 2021: 10 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.
Saddle Hills County is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 25% 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.
Cheaper next to Saddle Hills County: Clear Hills, Fairview and Fairview No. 136
The places around Saddle Hills County at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 51–75 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saddle Hills County.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Hills County | $300K | $336K | 93% | |
| Dawson Creek | $300K | $302K | 58% | 50.5 |
| Clear Hills | $250K | $271K | 91% | 57.2 |
| Electoral Area D, Peace River | $388K | $416K | 91% | 57.3 |
| Fairview | $200K | $224K | 75% | 71 |
| Fairview No. 136 | $274K | $310K | 80% | 74.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saddle Hills County
How many households in Saddle Hills County are in core housing need?
13% of Saddle Hills County’s households, above the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Saddle Hills County expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Saddle Hills County’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).