Photo: chester902 · Public domainBuyers in Kentville pay 80% above the median sale of Nova Scotia’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $250,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $290,800. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $257,000. From 2018 to 2023, Kentville issued permits for some 40 new homes a year.
Three ways to price a home in Kentville
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $291K
- Owners
- 1,630
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $380K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3×
- Buyers
- 170
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $205K
all residential
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $157K
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 Kentville is assessed 41% higher than across Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,125 homes in Kentville, detached houses 80% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’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 Nova Scotia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
10% of Kentville’s households are in core housing need, against 8% for Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2021 census counted 2,955 occupied homes in Kentville; 58% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Kentville | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 8% | 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.
15.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Kentville: in step with Nova Scotia’s towns (13.5)
About 21% went into single-unit buildings, where Nova Scotia’s towns built 63%.
Most in 2021: 89 new homes
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.
Kentville against Nova Scotia’s towns: about level with the $250,000 median
90 of Nova Scotia’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.
Kentville’s neighbours by home value
Next to Kentville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentville | $250K | $291K | 55% | |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | $250K | $257K | 66% | 2.8 |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | $250K | $284K | 74% | 7.1 |
| Wolfville | $400K | $422K | 39% | 11.2 |
| Kings County, Subdivision D | $260K | $314K | 85% | 13.5 |
| Berwick | $250K | $259K | 62% | 18.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kentville
What is the average house price in Kentville?
An average of $380,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 3 times the buyer’s income.
Is Kentville expensive for Nova Scotia?
Neither more nor less: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Kentville is near it.
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).