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Property prices in Gordon · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

A home in Gordon is worth 47% less than the middle of New Brunswick’s towns

The census median was $100,000 in 2021, against $187,000 for New Brunswick’s towns. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Sales are published too: 30 buyers in 2023, at a median $90,000.

Median home value
$100K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $142K
Median sale price
$90K
CHSP, 2023
30 buyers
Median assessed value
$65K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
2
permits, 2019–2022
2.9 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

What Gordon’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.

Census 2021$100K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$142K
Owners
635
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$90K

median sale price

Average sale
$107K
÷ buyers’ income
1.7×
Buyers
30
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$65K

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).

By type of home

On the assessment roll, Gordon’s houses sit 49% below New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses account for 90% of the 780 properties on Gordon’s 2024 roll.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses$92K
Mobile homes$35K
Multi-unit properties$78K
The mix of properties
Detached houses90%
Mobile homes4%
Multi-unit properties4%
1,250 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (New Brunswick’s towns: 1,415 sq ft)

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.

The homes

Major repairs needed: 11% of the homes in Gordon, where New Brunswick’s towns have 7%

The 2021 census counted 695 occupied homes in Gordon; 98% of them are single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Before 196128%
1961–198031%
1981–200035%
2001–20152%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses98%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplexunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Movable dwellingsunder 1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
GordonNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiums1%2%8%
Needing major repairs11%7%6%
Too small for the household4%2%3%
Households in core housing need7%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.

New homes

2.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Gordon: fewer than New Brunswick’s towns (10.9)

Gordon issued permits for 8 new homes from 2019 to 2022, or about 2 a year. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.

Permits by year, 2019–2022

The busiest year: 2021, with 3 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
01232019202020212022
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Gordon2.9
New Brunswick’s towns10.9
The typical Canadian town13.8
$335K
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2022

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.

Across New Brunswick

Gordon is 47% below the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns

60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Gordon: Plaster Rock

The places around Gordon at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

Plaster RockDenmarkPlaster RockDenmarkGordon
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Gordon$100K$142K92%
Plaster Rock$90K$102K70%6.7
Denmark$110K$135K89%11.8

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Gordon

Is Gordon expensive for New Brunswick?

On census values, Gordon sits among the cheaper of New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).

How many households in Gordon are in core housing need?

Above the norm for New Brunswick’s towns (4%): 7% in Gordon, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.

What is the average house price in Gordon?

Homes sold for an average $107,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.7 times their household income.

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).