Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay are worth 44% less than the median of British Columbia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $400,000 at the 2021 census; for British Columbia’s towns the median is $720,000. The median sale in 2023 was $403,000, across 75 buyers. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $373,000.
What Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $440K
- Owners
- 1,505
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $500K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.4×
- Buyers
- 75
- British Columbia’s towns
- $682K
all residential
- British Columbia’s towns
- $671K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
A detached house in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay is assessed 39% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 1,690 residential properties in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay for 2024, 81% of them detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of British Columbia’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 British Columbia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
A town of houses: 91% of the homes in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay stand alone (British Columbia’s towns: 62%)
People lived in 1,980 homes in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 10% | 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.
Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay against British Columbia’s towns: 44% under the $720,000 median
254 of British Columbia’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.
Lower values near Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay: Creston
Next to Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | $400K | $440K | 83% | |
| Creston | $348K | $351K | 76% | 2.8 |
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay | $500K | $488K | 89% | 5.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
Is Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay expensive for British Columbia?
Less than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay sits below it.
How many households in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay are in core housing need?
6% of Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s households, under the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay?
Homes sold for an average $500,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 3.4 times their household income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).