Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Plympton-Wyoming run 28% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $500,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Ontario: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Plympton-Wyoming. Assessors valued the median residential property at $251,000 for 2024. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Plympton-Wyoming
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $597K
- Owners
- 2,590
- 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).
On the roll, 96% of Plympton-Wyoming’s properties are detached houses
Of Plympton-Wyoming’s 3,535 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 96% are 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.
A town of houses: 93% of the homes in Plympton-Wyoming stand alone (Ontario’s towns: 60%)
Plympton-Wyoming had 3,175 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Plympton-Wyoming | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Permits in Plympton-Wyoming ran at 22.9 homes a year per 1,000, where Ontario’s towns ran at 15
Building permits added 425 homes in Plympton-Wyoming between 2018 and 2023: some 71 a year. 84% were single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 118 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.
Plympton-Wyoming against Ontario’s towns: 28% 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 Plympton-Wyoming: Petrolia and Enniskillen
The places around Plympton-Wyoming at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plympton-Wyoming | $500K | $597K | 88% | |
| Petrolia | $376K | $383K | 79% | 13.3 |
| Enniskillen | $452K | $533K | 86% | 15.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Plympton-Wyoming
How many households in Plympton-Wyoming are in core housing need?
In Plympton-Wyoming, 4% of households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Plympton-Wyoming expensive for Ontario?
No: Plympton-Wyoming’s census median is below the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
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).