Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Homes in Cardwell sell for 62% less than the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $139,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $165,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $41,900.
What Cardwell’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $165K
- Owners
- 560
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $123K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1×
- Buyers
- 65
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $239K
all residential
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $140K
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 Cardwell is assessed 49% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 870 homes in Cardwell, detached houses 85% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’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 New Brunswick’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Major repairs needed: 14% of the homes in Cardwell, where New Brunswick’s towns have 7%
Of the 620 homes people lived in across Cardwell at the 2021 census, 93% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Cardwell | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 4% | 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 New Brunswick’s towns: 13.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Cardwell, against 10.9
From 2019 to 2023, permits in Cardwell created 43 homes, about 9 a year. Most were houses: 95% went into single-unit buildings, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 17 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.
Cardwell is cheaper than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 26% under their $187,000 median
60 of New Brunswick’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.
Home values around Cardwell
The places around Cardwell at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardwell | $139K | $165K | 92% | |
| Sussex Corner | $176K | $184K | 84% | 14.8 |
| Studholm | $160K | $178K | 90% | 15.2 |
| Sussex | $174K | $189K | 58% | 15.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Cardwell
What is the average house price in Cardwell?
The average sale was $123,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1 times their income.
How many households in Cardwell are in core housing need?
6% of Cardwell’s households, above the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Cardwell expensive for New Brunswick?
On census values, Cardwell sits among the cheaper of New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).