Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Homes in Oxford are worth 50% less than the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
In figures: $125,000 for the median home in 2021, $250,000 for the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. In 2023, 50 homes changed hands at a median price of $168,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Assessors valued the median residential property at $104,000 for 2024.
Three ways to price a home in Oxford
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $154K
- Owners
- 355
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $174K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.1×
- Buyers
- 50
- 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).
Oxford’s detached houses are assessed 32% below the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Of Oxford’s 565 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 80% are detached houses.
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.
Core housing need: 15% of Oxford’s households, where Nova Scotia’s towns sit at 8%
At the 2021 census, 73% of Oxford’s 530 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Most of them predate 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Oxford | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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.
Oxford against Nova Scotia’s towns: 50% under the $250,000 median
The census values of Nova Scotia’s towns, 90 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 Oxford: Springhill
Next to Oxford: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Oxford has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–28 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | $125K | $154K | 67% | |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | $200K | $234K | 88% | 19.7 |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision D | $180K | $242K | 87% | 20.8 |
| Springhill | $100K | $140K | 82% | 22.4 |
| Amherst | $139K | $161K | 57% | 27.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Oxford
Is Oxford expensive for Nova Scotia?
Less than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Oxford sits below it.
What is the average house price in Oxford?
An average of $174,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.1 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).