Photo: Nuggets · CC BY 3.0Owners put the median home in Yellowhead County at $388,000
The census of 2021 asked 3,245 owner households what their home was worth. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Yellowhead County. Assessors valued the median residential property at $273,000 for 2024.
What Yellowhead County’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. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $425K
- Owners
- 3,245
- 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 roll, 77% of Yellowhead County’s properties are detached houses
The 2024 assessment roll counts 4,840 homes in Yellowhead County, detached houses 77% 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.
10% of Yellowhead County’s homes need major repairs, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
4,160 occupied homes stood in Yellowhead County in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 79% of them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Yellowhead County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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 Yellowhead County ran at 5.8 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Some 26 homes a year: 158 in all were permitted in Yellowhead County from 2018 to 2023. Most were houses: 96% went into single-unit buildings, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2018: 37 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.
Yellowhead County sits near the middle of Alberta’s towns ($400,000)
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 Yellowhead County: Edson, Whitecourt and Mayerthorpe
The places around Yellowhead County at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Yellowhead County with figures are 28–69 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowhead County | $388K | $425K | 86% | |
| Edson | $332K | $322K | 69% | 27.5 |
| Whitecourt | $324K | $319K | 68% | 62.4 |
| Woodlands County | $416K | $456K | 93% | 63.5 |
| Mayerthorpe | $190K | $197K | 81% | 69.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Yellowhead County
How many households in Yellowhead County are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 16% of Yellowhead County’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
Is Yellowhead County expensive for Alberta?
Neither more nor less: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Yellowhead County is near 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).