Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0New building in Hampton runs at 24 homes a year per 1,000, beside 10.9 for New Brunswick’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $244,000; the average was $260,400. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. In 2023, 110 homes changed hands at a median price of $337,000, by Statistics Canada’s count.
What Hampton’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
- $260K
- Owners
- 1,440
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $320K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 110
- 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 Hampton is assessed 24% higher than across New Brunswick’s towns
Of Hampton’s 1,615 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 86% are detached houses.
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.
The homes of Hampton, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 1,740 occupied homes in Hampton; 78% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Hampton | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Permits in Hampton peaked in 2021: 75 new homes
Some 37 homes a year: 223 in all were permitted in Hampton from 2018 to 2023. About 43% went into single-unit buildings, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%. Hampton doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Saint John metro area.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 41%: 1,384 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Hampton is dearer than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 30% above their $187,000 median
The census values of New Brunswick’s towns, 60 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 Hampton: Hampton, Norton and Upham
Next to Hampton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Hampton
Is Hampton expensive for New Brunswick?
More than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Hampton sits above it.
What is the average house price in Hampton?
The average sale was $320,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.5 times their income.
How many households in Hampton are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Hampton’s households in core housing need, much as for New Brunswick’s towns (4%).
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).