Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Plessisville run 47% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
The census median was $160,000 in 2021, against $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. No sales are published for towns in Quebec, Plessisville included, so owners’ values are the measure. Plessisville permitted around 34 new homes a year over 2018–2023.
What owners say Plessisville’s homes are worth
No sale or assessment figure is published here, so the census value stands alone, beside the median of Quebec’s towns. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $173K
- Owners
- 1,840
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
32% of Plessisville’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
Plessisville had 3,155 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 54% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Plessisville | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 3% | 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.
Plessisville permitted 11.9 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Very few were houses: 13% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
The busiest year: 2022, with 62 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.
Plessisville is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 47% under their $300,000 median
510 of Quebec’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Plessisville: Laurierville
The places around Plessisville at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plessisville | $160K | $173K | 59% | |
| Plessisville | $190K | $216K | 91% | 2.9 |
| Princeville | $180K | $194K | 66% | 10.1 |
| Laurierville | $150K | $160K | 87% | 11.5 |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | $234K | $243K | 82% | 13.5 |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | $180K | $196K | 92% | 16 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Plessisville
Is Plessisville expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Plessisville to less.
How many households in Plessisville are in core housing need?
2% of Plessisville’s households, near the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).