Photo: Ferdilouw · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Keremeos are worth 48% less than the median of British Columbia’s towns
That is a median of $376,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada counted 60 buyers in 2023, paying a median $524,000.
What Keremeos’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $364K
- Owners
- 630
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $510K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.8×
- 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).
Houses in Keremeos carry assessments 27% under the middle of British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 700 homes in Keremeos, detached houses 76% of them.
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.
How Keremeos’s homes break down, by age and kind
810 occupied homes stood in Keremeos in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 72% of them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Keremeos | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Building ahead of British Columbia’s towns: 27.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Keremeos, against 18.1
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Keremeos created 127 homes, about 21 a year. Single-unit buildings took 38%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
A peak in 2020: 49 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.
Keremeos against British Columbia’s towns: 48% under the $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.
Cheaper next to Keremeos: Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen
Next to Keremeos: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keremeos | $376K | $364K | 78% | |
| Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen | $500K | $468K | 80% | 8.3 |
| Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen | $250K | $311K | 85% | 10.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Keremeos
Is Keremeos expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Keremeos sits among the cheaper of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
What is the average house price in Keremeos?
Homes sold for an average $510,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 4.8 times their household income.
How many households in Keremeos are in core housing need?
10% of Keremeos’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?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).