Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainLincoln’s median sale runs 44% higher than across New Brunswick’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $200,000, with an average of $211,000. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $215,000. From 2019 to 2023, Lincoln issued permits for some 49 new homes a year.
What Lincoln’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $211K
- Owners
- 2,875
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $330K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.4×
- Buyers
- 225
- 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).
Lincoln’s detached houses are assessed 48% above the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Detached houses account for 71% of the 2,560 properties on Lincoln’s 2024 roll.
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.
A younger stock than most: 40% of Lincoln’s homes went up after 2000 (New Brunswick’s towns: 20%)
3,090 occupied homes stood in Lincoln in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 57% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lincoln | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Lincoln permitted 15.8 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
100% were single-unit buildings, beside 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 68 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 1,740 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 27% more
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Fredericton metro area
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.
Lincoln sits close to the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns
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.
Lincoln’s neighbours by home value
The places around Lincoln at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | $200K | $211K | 93% | |
| New Maryland | $276K | $288K | 95% | 8.6 |
| Oromocto | $250K | $258K | 49% | 8.7 |
| New Maryland | $250K | $263K | 96% | 8.7 |
| Burton | $200K | $219K | 94% | 12.4 |
| Starlight Village | $276K | $292K | 95% | 12.5 |
| Maugerville | $200K | $214K | 92% | 12.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lincoln
What is the average house price in Lincoln?
The average sale was $330,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.4 times their income.
How many households in Lincoln are in core housing need?
3% of Lincoln’s households, near the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Lincoln expensive for New Brunswick?
In the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, and so, near enough, does Lincoln.
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).