Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay sells for 34% less than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns
The middle home was worth $500,000 at the 2021 census, the average $488,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $387,000.
Three ways to price a home in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’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
- $488K
- Owners
- 515
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $480K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.9×
- Buyers
- 35
- 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 C, Central Kootenay is assessed 31% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Of Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s 580 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 82% are 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.
Single-detached houses are 91% of Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s homes, against 62% for British Columbia’s towns
People lived in 635 homes in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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 C, Central Kootenay is 31% below the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
The census values of British Columbia’s towns, 254 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 Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay: Creston and Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
The places around Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay | $500K | $488K | 89% | |
| Creston | $348K | $351K | 76% | 2.9 |
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | $400K | $440K | 83% | 5.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay
How many households in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay are in core housing need?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 17% in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay expensive for British Columbia?
Less than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay sits below it.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay?
The average sale was $480,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 5.9 times their income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).