Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHome values in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay run 44% lower than the median of British Columbia’s towns
The 2021 census gives $400,000 as the median value; British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000. In 2023, 105 homes changed hands at a median price of $458,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $170,000.
Three ways to price a home in Electoral Area H, 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. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $432K
- Owners
- 1,790
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $440K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.1×
- Buyers
- 105
- 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 H, Central Kootenay is assessed 40% lower than across British Columbia’s towns
Of Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s 2,235 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 86% 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.
A town of houses: 91% of the homes in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay stand alone (British Columbia’s towns: 62%)
People lived in 2,280 homes in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay at the 2021 census. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 14% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 26% | 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 H, Central Kootenay is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 44% under their $720,000 median
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.
Home values around Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay
The places around Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 22–27 km from Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay | $400K | $432K | 80% | |
| Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay | $604K | $689K | 87% | 22.2 |
| Nelson | $580K | $588K | 63% | 24.2 |
| Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay | $476K | $495K | 80% | 24.3 |
| Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay | $548K | $569K | 82% | 27.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay
How many households in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay are in core housing need?
26% of Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s households, above the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay expensive for British Columbia?
No: Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s census median is below the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
What is the average house price in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay?
Homes sold for an average $440,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 4.1 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).