Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOwners put the median home in Alberton at $250,000
That figure comes from 825 owner households at the 2021 census. What homes sold for in Alberton isn’t public: no sale figures are released on Prince Edward Island. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $105,000.
Two ways to price a home in Alberton
Each source sits beside its own median for Prince Edward Island’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
- $255K
- Owners
- 825
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $288K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $159K
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 assessment roll, Alberton’s houses sit 34% below Prince Edward Island’s towns
Of Alberton’s 1,380 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 88% are detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’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 Prince Edward Island’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
How Alberton’s homes break down, by age and kind
At the 2021 census, 93% of Alberton’s 905 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Homes by kind
| Alberton | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 5% | 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.
Alberton against Prince Edward Island’s towns: 13% under the $288,000 median
The census values of Prince Edward Island’s towns, 12 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 Alberton: Miminegash, O'Leary and O'Leary
Next to Alberton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberton | $250K | $255K | 92% | |
| Alberton | $250K | $252K | 38% | 4.4 |
| Miminegash | $186K | $221K | 92% | 9.7 |
| O'Leary | $174K | $206K | 92% | 12.3 |
| O'Leary | $150K | $176K | 38% | 13 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Alberton
Is Alberton expensive for Prince Edward Island?
Below the norm for Prince Edward Island’s towns, whose median home is worth $288,000; Alberton’s is worth less.
How many households in Alberton are in core housing need?
In line with Prince Edward Island’s towns (5%): 5% in Alberton, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).