Photo: Squelle · Public domainBuyers in Pennfield pay 39% below the median sale of New Brunswick’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $150,000; averaged, their homes came to $162,400. Assessors valued the median residential property at $77,900 for 2024.
What Pennfield’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $162K
- Owners
- 835
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $164K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.3×
- Buyers
- 45
- 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 Pennfield is assessed 37% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,010 homes in Pennfield, detached houses 81% of them.
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.
9% of Pennfield’s homes need major repairs, against 7% for New Brunswick’s towns
At the 2021 census, 87% of Pennfield’s 955 occupied homes were single-detached houses. 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
| Pennfield | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Pennfield is cheaper than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 20% under their $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.
Pennfield’s neighbours by home value
The places around Pennfield at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennfield | $150K | $162K | 88% | |
| St. George | $160K | $177K | 74% | 9 |
| Saint George | $160K | $196K | 92% | 9.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Pennfield
What is the average house price in Pennfield?
The average sale was $164,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1.3 times their income.
Is Pennfield expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Pennfield sits below it.
How many households in Pennfield are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of Pennfield’s households in core housing need, much as for New Brunswick’s towns (4%).
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).