Owners in Thorhild County value their homes 38% below the median of Alberta’s towns
In figures: $250,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of Alberta’s towns. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Thorhild County included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $153,000.
Two ways to price a home in Thorhild County
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $288K
- Owners
- 915
- 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 Thorhild County carry assessments 43% under the middle of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 1,870 residential properties in Thorhild County for 2024, 77% of them 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.
Major repairs needed: 11% of the homes in Thorhild County, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
At the 2021 census, 85% of Thorhild County’s 1,340 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Thorhild County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 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.
Building at the pace of Alberta’s towns: 7.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Thorhild County, against 7.5
Over 2018–2023, 60 homes were permitted in Thorhild County, close to 10 each year. Most were houses: 86% went into single-unit buildings, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 16 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.
Thorhild County against Alberta’s towns: 38% under the $400,000 median
478 of Alberta’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Thorhild County’s neighbours by home value
Next to Thorhild County: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 23–42 km from Thorhild County.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorhild County | $250K | $288K | 85% | |
| Redwater | $266K | $279K | 68% | 22.6 |
| Legal | $300K | $303K | 76% | 38.1 |
| Gibbons | $300K | $316K | 88% | 39.5 |
| Bon Accord | $286K | $300K | 85% | 39.9 |
| Bruderheim | $250K | $253K | 85% | 41.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Thorhild County
Is Thorhild County expensive for Alberta?
Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Thorhild County to less.
How many households in Thorhild County are in core housing need?
13% of Thorhild 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.
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).