Photo: Not specified · Public domainBuyers in Saint James pay 73% below the median sale of New Brunswick’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $116,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $153,500. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Assessors valued the median residential property at $40,500 for 2024.
What Saint James’s homes are worth, three ways
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
- $154K
- Owners
- 415
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $108K
- Buyers
- 20
- 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 Saint James is assessed 61% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
Detached houses account for 84% of the 635 properties on Saint James’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.
Major repairs needed: 12% of the homes in Saint James, where New Brunswick’s towns have 7%
450 occupied homes stood in Saint James in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 94% of them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint James | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Saint James is cheaper than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 38% 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.
Home values around Saint James
Next to Saint James: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint James | $116K | $154K | 94% | |
| Saint David | $150K | $177K | 90% | 9.9 |
| Saint Stephen | $150K | $163K | 94% | 9.9 |
| St. Stephen | $150K | $163K | 60% | 14.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint James
How many households in Saint James are in core housing need?
8% of Saint James’s households, above the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Saint James expensive for New Brunswick?
No: Saint James’s census median is below the $187,000 of New Brunswick’s towns.
What is the average house price in Saint James?
An average of $108,000 in 2023, with the median sale at – times the buyer’s income.
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).