Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0For every 1,000 homes, Rexton permitted 29.3 new ones a year; New Brunswick’s towns permitted 10.9
Owners valued the median home at $174,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $193,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. The median sale in 2023 was $203,000, across 25 buyers.
Rexton’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $193K
- Owners
- 325
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $210K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.8×
- 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 Rexton is assessed 15% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 365 residential properties in Rexton for 2024, 88% 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.
27% of Rexton’s homes predate 1961, against 18% for New Brunswick’s towns
Rexton had 410 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 75% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rexton | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Rexton’s busiest year for permits was 2023, with 44 new homes
Some 10 homes a year: 61 in all were permitted in Rexton from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 72% of them, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Rexton sits near the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($187,000)
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 Rexton: Richibucto, Saint-Charles and Saint-Louis de Kent
Next to Rexton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexton | $174K | $193K | 79% | |
| Richibucto | $125K | $161K | 58% | 4.4 |
| Richibucto | $180K | $209K | 92% | 7.4 |
| Saint-Charles | $150K | $166K | 87% | 8.3 |
| Richibucto 15 | – | – | 5% | 10.9 |
| Saint-Louis de Kent | $130K | $158K | 54% | 11.9 |
| Saint-Louis | $135K | $160K | 94% | 14.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rexton
How many households in Rexton are in core housing need?
Above the norm for New Brunswick’s towns (4%): 9% in Rexton, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
What is the average house price in Rexton?
The average sale was $210,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.8 times their income.
Is Rexton expensive for New Brunswick?
Neither more nor less: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Rexton is near it.
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 · 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).