Photo: Jkentrandall · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Carlow/Mayo run 42% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
In figures: $400,000 for the median home in 2021, $695,000 for the middle of Ontario’s towns. For Carlow/Mayo there is no published sale price, as for every town in Ontario. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $123,000. Ontario’s assessments are still on MPAC’s values of 1 January 2016, far below today’s prices, so they compare only with other Ontario towns.
What Carlow/Mayo’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $442K
- Owners
- 350
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Carlow/Mayo’s detached houses are assessed 30% below the median of Ontario’s towns
Assessors listed 705 residential properties in Carlow/Mayo for 2024, 92% of them detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’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 Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
98% of Carlow/Mayo’s homes are detached houses, where Ontario’s towns have 60%
At the 2021 census, Carlow/Mayo had 415 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Carlow/Mayo | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 9% | 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.
14.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Carlow/Mayo: in step with Ontario’s towns (15)
Some 5 homes a year: 31 in all were permitted in Carlow/Mayo from 2018 to 2023. 100% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2022: 10 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.
Carlow/Mayo against Ontario’s towns: 42% under the $695,000 median
The census values of Ontario’s towns, 871 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 Carlow/Mayo: Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan and Bancroft
Next to Carlow/Mayo: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow/Mayo | $400K | $442K | 88% | |
| Hastings Highlands | $400K | $476K | 92% | 15.6 |
| Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan | $250K | $317K | 91% | 16.7 |
| Bancroft | $348K | $383K | 66% | 17.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Carlow/Mayo
Is Carlow/Mayo expensive for Ontario?
Cheaper than the middle: Ontario’s towns come to $695,000, Carlow/Mayo to less.
How many households in Carlow/Mayo are in core housing need?
In Carlow/Mayo, 13% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
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).