Photo: William Matheson · CC BY-SA 2.0A home in Houston is worth 69% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns
The census median was $224,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. The median sale in 2023 was $275,000, across 60 buyers. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $262,000.
Houston’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $237K
- Owners
- 900
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $290K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2×
- Buyers
- 60
- 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).
Houston’s detached houses are assessed 61% below the median of British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 910 residential properties in Houston for 2024, 82% 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.
9% of Houston’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for British Columbia’s towns
1,270 occupied homes stood in Houston in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 60% of them. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Houston | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Houston permitted 3.5 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 25 homes were permitted in Houston, close to 4 each year. Single-unit buildings took 59% of them, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
Most in 2021: 10 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.
Houston is 69% 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 Houston: Burns Lake
Next to Houston: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 42–61 km from Houston.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | $224K | $237K | 71% | |
| Telkwa | $384K | $398K | 88% | 41.5 |
| Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako | $500K | $518K | 86% | 51.2 |
| Smithers | $400K | $407K | 70% | 54.8 |
| Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako | $250K | $301K | 87% | 59.7 |
| Burns Lake | $188K | $218K | 59% | 61.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Houston
What is the average house price in Houston?
An average of $290,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2 times the buyer’s income.
Is Houston expensive for British Columbia?
Less than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Houston sits below it.
How many households in Houston are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 6% of households in Houston, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
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 · 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).