Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes in Nelson sell for 29% less than the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $150,000; averaged, their homes came to $170,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $60,500.
What Nelson’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. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $170K
- Owners
- 365
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $177K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.1×
- 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).
Houses in Nelson carry assessments 50% under the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 495 residential properties in Nelson for 2024, 85% 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.
Single-detached houses are 94% of Nelson’s homes, against 82% for New Brunswick’s towns
The 2021 census counted 405 occupied homes in Nelson. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Nelson | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 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.
Nelson is 20% below the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns
60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Nelson: Blackville and Rogersville
Next to Nelson: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson | $150K | $170K | 91% | |
| Southesk | $160K | $170K | 92% | 10.9 |
| Northesk | $150K | $170K | 91% | 14.8 |
| Blackville | $100K | $121K | 94% | 15.4 |
| Rogersville | $100K | $126K | 89% | 18.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Nelson
How many households in Nelson are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts under 1% of Nelson’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns.
Is Nelson expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Nelson sits below it.
What is the average house price in Nelson?
An average of $177,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.1 times the buyer’s income.
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. 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).