Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A home in Musquash sells for 27% less than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $174,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $185,000. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $68,500.
Three ways to price a home in Musquash
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $185K
- Owners
- 500
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $195K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.4×
- Buyers
- 25
- 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 Musquash is assessed 21% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
Detached houses account for 83% of the 635 properties on Musquash’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.
96% of Musquash’s homes are detached houses, where New Brunswick’s towns have 82%
People lived in 530 homes in Musquash at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Musquash | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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.
Musquash 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.
Cheaper next to Musquash: Pennfield
The places around Musquash at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 26–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Musquash.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musquash | $174K | $185K | 93% | |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | $220K | $240K | 91% | 25.6 |
| Pennfield | $150K | $162K | 88% | 28.7 |
| Saint John | $174K | $198K | 54% | 29.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Musquash
How many households in Musquash are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Musquash, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.
What is the average house price in Musquash?
An average of $195,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 1.4 times the buyer’s income.
Is Musquash expensive for New Brunswick?
On census values, Musquash sits mid-table among New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).
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. 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).