Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes in McAdam are worth 57% less than the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Owners put the median home at $80,000 at the 2021 census; for New Brunswick’s towns the median is $187,000. The median sale in 2023 was $84,000, across 50 buyers. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $46,600.
What McAdam’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. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $100K
- Owners
- 450
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $96K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.1×
- Buyers
- 50
- 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).
On the assessment roll, McAdam’s houses sit 65% below New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 565 residential properties in McAdam for 2024, 91% of them 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.
70% of McAdam’s homes predate 1961, against 18% for New Brunswick’s towns
McAdam had 535 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 93% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| McAdam | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 16% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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.
McAdam against New Brunswick’s towns: 57% under the $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.
McAdam’s neighbours by home value
Next to McAdam: 2021 census values and the share of owners. McAdam has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 28–40 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAdam | $80K | $100K | 83% | |
| Manners Sutton | $180K | $217K | 90% | 27.7 |
| Saint James | $116K | $154K | 94% | 30 |
| Prince William | $180K | $238K | 92% | 37.3 |
| Saint David | $150K | $177K | 90% | 39.2 |
| Saint Stephen | $150K | $163K | 94% | 39.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in McAdam
Is McAdam expensive for New Brunswick?
Below the norm for New Brunswick’s towns, whose median home is worth $187,000; McAdam’s is worth less.
How many households in McAdam are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 15% of McAdam’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns.
What is the average house price in McAdam?
Buyers paid $96,000 on average in 2023, or 1.1 years of their income at the median.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).