Photo: K29328 · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Creston are worth 52% less than the median of British Columbia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $348,000 at the 2021 census; for British Columbia’s towns the median is $720,000. Statistics Canada counted 205 buyers in 2023, paying a median $389,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $408,000.
What Creston’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. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $351K
- Owners
- 2,015
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $400K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.9×
- Buyers
- 205
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Creston’s houses sit 42% below British Columbia’s towns
Detached houses account for 80% of the 2,265 properties on Creston’s 2024 roll; condos for 3%.
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.
Creston’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Creston had 2,670 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 74% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Creston | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Permits in Creston ran at 8.2 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Creston issued permits for 127 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 21 a year. 49% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
Most in 2021: 30 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.
Creston is cheaper than most of British Columbia’s towns: 52% 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.
Creston’s neighbours by home value
The places around Creston at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston | $348K | $351K | 76% | |
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | $400K | $440K | 83% | 2.8 |
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay | $500K | $488K | 89% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Creston
Is Creston expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Creston’s is worth less.
What is the average house price in Creston?
The average sale was $400,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 3.9 times their income.
How many households in Creston are in core housing need?
9% of Creston’s households, near 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.
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 · 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).