Amherstview, Ontario
As of September 27, 2026, the median asking price in Amherstview, Loyalist is $614,950, across 116 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 59 days.
43 new listings came to market in Amherstview in the last 30 days.
Detached homes in Amherstview are listed at an average of $731,335 across 104 active listings.
Townhouses in Amherstview are listed at an average of $448,737 across 9 active listings.
Lakeside, low-density living beside Kingston
Amherstview offers detached-home living on the edge of Kingston with a waterfront-oriented setting and practical, corridor-style amenities.
This is a place where daily needs tend to line up along a main route—Bath Road (Highway 33)—with a broader, quieter residential pattern beyond it. The appeal is space and separation from a fully urban environment while keeping Kingston within reach for bigger retail and institutional services. It is not a downtown-style, transit-first place where most errands happen on foot.
Amherstview sits immediately west of Kingston, making it a choice for people who want access to Kingston’s wider employment and service base without living in the city itself.
The lakeshore setting and the presence of places like Parrott's Bay Conservation Area give the area a clear water-and-outdoors backdrop.
Bath Road (Highway 33) acts as the practical everyday corridor, with a concentration of dining, pharmacies, and convenience options that reduce the need to cross the region for basics.
Proximity to Amherst Island ferry access is a distinctive local feature that shapes how some residents and visitors move through the area.
Amherstview is characterized primarily by detached housing, which gives the area a lower-density feel compared with more urban parts of the Kingston region. The housing mix aligns with a practical, drive-oriented amenity pattern where services are available along a main corridor and across nearby communities.
A typical home in the area is a detached house oriented to car-based access to nearby services and Kingston.
Selling in Amherstview works when buyers can quickly understand where the home sits within the area’s mix of established streets and newer subdivisions, and how day-to-day amenities line up with that location. Many listings are compared on practical differences—access to Bath Road (Highway 33) services, the waterfront, and the Amherst Island ferry access—so marketing needs to make those distinctions easy to see and verify.
Be clear about what’s nearby from the home’s position in Amherstview—whether it’s oriented toward Bath Road (Highway 33) daily services or toward the waterfront and Amherst Island ferry access. Use map context and concise callouts rather than broad claims about convenience.
With mostly detached houses across the area, presentation should emphasize what makes this specific property stand out among other detached options—livability, condition, and how the home functions day to day. Strong, consistent photos and a straightforward floor-plan narrative help buyers compare accurately.
When you reference amenities, keep them concrete and spread across the area rather than implying one spot represents all of Amherstview—for example, pairing everyday needs like Shoppers Drug Mart or Amherstview Drugs with varied options such as Pop-In Food Store or Foodland. The same applies to recreation and culture: name multiple options like Parrott's Bay Conservation Area, Bath Centennial Park, and County of Lennox & Addington Libraries if they’re relevant to the home’s general area.
Many buyers consider Amherstview as a base with Kingston in the picture, so it helps to position the home with clear direction-based context rather than travel-time claims. If transit is part of the story, keep it factual by referencing Kingston Via Station as the intercity rail node.
Amherstview offers a lakeside, lower-density alternative beside Kingston, anchored by a Highway 33 service corridor and a broad spread of parks and recreation options. It suits buyers who want detached-home living with Kingston as the nearby “big city” backstop. It is not a place defined by walkable, centralized urban living or by relying on local transit for most daily trips.
This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.
Amherstview’s current resale market shows ample choice across the city’s mix of newer subdivisions and established pockets, with 116 active listings carrying a median asking price of $614,950 and an average 59 days on market so far. With 43 new listings added in the past 30 days, buyers and investors have fresh inventory to compare across different home types and areas, while the longer time listed suggests sellers may be more open to negotiation on pricing and terms.
AI-written commentary on the active MLS® listing snapshot as of September 27, 2026. Not financial advice.
Amherstview covers about 344 km², so a single Walk Score®, Transit Score® or Bike Score® measured at one point would not describe it. How easily you can get around depends on which part of Amherstview you are in — check the score for a specific address.
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