Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Dorchester value their homes 55% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns
That is a median of $84,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $187,000 for New Brunswick’s towns. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. In 2023, 4,150 homes changed hands at a median price of $335,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. For sale prices and monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Moncton metro area, Dorchester included.
What Dorchester’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $103K
- Owners
- 175
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $340K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.7×
- Buyers
- 4,150
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $239K
all residential
- Houses
- $108K
- Properties
- 240
- 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).
68% of Dorchester’s homes predate 1961, against 18% for New Brunswick’s towns
Of the 205 homes people lived in across Dorchester at the 2021 census, 85% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dorchester | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 27% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Dorchester against New Brunswick’s towns: 55% under the $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 Dorchester
The places around Dorchester at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester | $84K | $103K | 83% | |
| Memramcook | $180K | $210K | 88% | 9.4 |
| Sackville | $180K | $194K | 95% | 9.8 |
| Sackville | $196K | $210K | 66% | 10.9 |
| Hillsborough | $160K | $207K | 79% | 11.8 |
| Hillsborough | $150K | $179K | 95% | 13.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Dorchester
Is Dorchester expensive for New Brunswick?
Cheaper than the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, Dorchester to less.
How many households in Dorchester are in core housing need?
8% of Dorchester’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.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Dorchester?
The median assessment in 2024 was $108,000 for a house; there are too few condos for a median.
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. 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).