Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Wilmot sells for 37% less than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $130,000, with an average of $158,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $76,100.
Wilmot’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
- $158K
- Owners
- 370
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $136K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2×
- Buyers
- 30
- 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 Wilmot is assessed 40% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 430 residential properties in Wilmot for 2024, 87% 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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 14% in Wilmot (New Brunswick’s towns: 7%)
Wilmot had 420 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 92% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wilmot | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Wilmot permitted 5.6 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
Some 2 homes a year: 7 in all were permitted in Wilmot from 2019 to 2022. Single-unit buildings took 57% of them, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.
A peak in 2021: 4 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Wilmot is cheaper than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 30% 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.
Cheaper next to Wilmot: Brighton
Next to Wilmot: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Wilmot
How many households in Wilmot are in core housing need?
Above the norm for New Brunswick’s towns (4%): 7% in Wilmot, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Wilmot expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Wilmot sits below it.
What is the average house price in Wilmot?
An average of $136,000 in 2022, with the median sale at 2 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 · 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).