Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners put the median home in Kent at $650,000
That figure comes from 1,915 owner households at the 2021 census. Statistics Canada counted 240 buyers in 2023, paying a median $744,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $762,000.
What Kent’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $728K
- Owners
- 1,915
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $770K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.3×
- Buyers
- 240
- 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).
Kent’s houses carry 3.9 times the assessment of its condos
In 2024, Kent had 2,055 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 71% of them and condos 5%.
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.
Kent’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 2,350 occupied homes in Kent; 71% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Kent | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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 Kent ran at 14.1 homes a year per 1,000, where British Columbia’s towns ran at 18.1
Building permits added 180 homes in Kent between 2018 and 2023: some 30 a year. Single-unit buildings took 68% of them, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 58 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
760 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 31% on the year before
Shared with the rest of the Chilliwack metro area: monthly permits
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.
Kent against British Columbia’s towns: 10% 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 Kent: Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley
Next to Kent: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | $650K | $728K | 84% | |
| Rosedale | $1M | $1.06M | 91% | 5.3 |
| Harrison Hot Springs | $685K | $682K | 81% | 6.4 |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley | $700K | $676K | 94% | 14.3 |
| Skowkale | – | – | 92% | 16.5 |
| Chilliwack | $750K | $764K | 72% | 17.2 |
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley | $600K | $680K | 97% | 18 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kent
How many households in Kent are in core housing need?
8% of Kent’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.
What is the average house price in Kent?
The average sale was $770,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 5.3 times their income.
Is Kent expensive for British Columbia?
Less than most: British Columbia’s towns have a median of $720,000, and Kent sits below it.
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).