Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.010% of households in Central Prince are in core housing need, against 5% for Prince Edward Island’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $180,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $201,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. For Central Prince there is no published sale price, as for every town on Prince Edward Island.
What Central Prince’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Prince Edward Island’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $201K
- Owners
- 395
- 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).
A detached house in Central Prince is assessed 47% lower than across Prince Edward Island’s towns
Of Central Prince’s 555 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 82% 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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 13% in Central Prince (Prince Edward Island’s towns: 7%)
The 2021 census counted 455 occupied homes in Central Prince; 91% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Homes by kind
| Central Prince | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Central Prince against Prince Edward Island’s towns: 38% 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.
Home values around Central Prince
The places around Central Prince at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Prince | $180K | $201K | 90% | |
| Wellington | $200K | $232K | 94% | 14.1 |
| O'Leary | $174K | $206K | 92% | 19 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Central Prince
Is Central Prince expensive for Prince Edward Island?
Below the norm for Prince Edward Island’s towns, whose median home is worth $288,000; Central Prince’s is worth less.
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).