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Property prices in Nackawic · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

12% of households in Nackawic are in core housing need, against 4% for New Brunswick’s towns

The middle home was worth $125,000 at the 2021 census, the average $148,000. Statistics Canada counted 30 buyers in 2022, paying a median $235,000. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $120,000.

Median home value
$125K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $148K
Median sale price
$235K
CHSP, 2022
30 buyers
Median assessed value
$120K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
5
permits, 2019–2022
12.4 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in Nackawic

Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.

Census 2021$125K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$148K
Owners
320
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2022$235K

median sale price

Average sale
$200K
÷ buyers’ income
1.9×
Buyers
30
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$120K

all residential

Houses
$124K
Properties
410
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).

The homes

More homes in poor repair than most: 11% in Nackawic (New Brunswick’s towns: 7%)

Nackawic had 425 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 78% of them 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 19618%
1961–198074%
1981–20008%
2001–20158%
2016–20214%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses78%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row houses1%
Flats in a duplexunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys15%
Movable dwellings5%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
NackawicNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%2%8%
Needing major repairs11%7%6%
Too small for the household2%2%3%
Households in core housing need12%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

Nackawic permitted 12.4 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns

Building permits added 21 homes in Nackawic between 2019 and 2022: some 5 a year. Single-unit buildings took 43%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.

Permits by year, 2019–2022

A peak in 2021: 16 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
051015202019202020212022
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Nackawic12.4
New Brunswick’s towns10.9
The typical Canadian town13.8
$830K
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

Nackawic against New Brunswick’s towns: 33% under the $187,000 median

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.

Home values around Nackawic

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

SouthamptonQueensburySouthamptonQueensburyNackawic
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Nackawic$125K$148K77%
Southampton$150K$169K88%7.6
Queensbury$190K$245K91%19.2

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Nackawic

Is Nackawic expensive for New Brunswick?

Below the norm for New Brunswick’s towns, whose median home is worth $187,000; Nackawic’s is worth less.

What is the average house price in Nackawic?

Buyers paid $200,000 on average in 2022, or 1.9 years of their income at the median.

What are houses and condos assessed at in Nackawic?

A house is assessed at a median $124,000 (2024); condos are too few to count.

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 · 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).