Clive

Clive, Alberta

Market snapshot

As of November 11, 2026, Clive has 1 active public listing.

1 new listing came to market in Clive in the last 30 days.

Clive had a population of 775, a median household income of $89,000, 80% of households owning their home at the 2021 Census of Population.

About Clive

Small prairie base with daily needs nearby

Clive is a compact, low-density place for people who want a quieter, simpler home base in central Alberta.

This is a primarily residential area with modest homes, limited local retail, and community-scale amenities like a library and hall. The appeal is space to live without the constant pace of larger centres; what it is not is a place where most daily errands, dining, and services are handled on foot or within a dense commercial main street.

Living in Clive

Clive’s housing character is predominantly low-density and single-family, with a residential feel and a modest-home profile. The market here is less about interchangeable units and more about the specifics of each detached property and how it has been maintained.

A typical home in the area is a modest single-family detached house in a primarily residential setting.

Day to day

Weekends in Clive tend to centre on local community touchpoints such as the Clive Community Hall and the Clive Public Library, with day-to-day needs handled simply and close to home when possible. For broader dining, shopping, and services, the area’s highway access supports trips to nearby regional centres.

Is Clive right for you?

May be a strong fit if you want

May be less suited if you prioritize

Buying in Clive

In Clive, look past the asking price at how the home fits a car-oriented routine and how well it covers needs that aren’t available locally every day. The right purchase is often the one that matches your errand patterns and your comfort with regional trips for services.

What to look at

Errand pattern

With limited local retail and Walk/Bike scores in the high 30s, think through what you’ll do in the area versus what will require regular trips to nearby centres.

Service proximity

Confirm how the nearby options you’ll actually use—such as Pharmasave Clive, Clive School, or the Clive Public Library—fit your routines, since the local services base is limited.

Home fundamentals

Because much of the housing is modest and single-family, pay close attention to overall condition and the practical features that matter when you’re relying on a vehicle for many needs.

Selling in Clive

Selling in Clive is about making the property’s day-to-day practicality easy to picture, because buyers are choosing a specific lifestyle trade-off: quieter, low-density living with fewer local services. Clear marketing helps buyers compare homes on the details that matter here—how the home lives, how it’s maintained, and how it supports regular trips for shopping and services.

What the marketing has to address

Everyday practicality

Show how the home supports a routine where many errands happen outside the area, including functional storage and straightforward day-to-day living spaces.

Condition clarity

Modest, single-family homes compete on upkeep and presentation; make it easy to understand what has been maintained or updated versus what a buyer may need to take on.

Community context

Ground the listing in the area’s real touchpoints—community amenities like the Clive Community Hall and Clive Public Library, plus nearby essentials—without overselling a retail scene that isn’t there.

The bottom line

Clive is a very small, quiet prairie community in Lacombe County with predominantly low-density, single-family housing and a close-knit feel. Local day-to-day amenities are limited to a few key stops such as Pharmasave Clive, Clive Public Library, and Clive Community Hall, with many errands and services reached in nearby centres including Lacombe and Red Deer via highway access. With walk and bike scores of 38/100 and 37/100, most routines are car-oriented rather than built around walkable daily errands. It is a fit for people prioritizing a slower pace and detached-housing character, and less suited to those who want a broad local retail and services base within walking distance.

This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.

Market pulse

Clive’s current for-sale market is extremely tight, with just 1 active listing at a median asking price of $394,000 and averaging 5 days on market so far, pointing to limited choice across the city’s mix of housing options. With 1 new listing in the past 30 days, supply is arriving slowly, so buyers and investors may need to act quickly when suitable properties come up while keeping in mind that pricing and availability can shift sharply from one pocket of town to another due to the very small inventory.

AI-written commentary on the active public listing snapshot as of November 11, 2026. Not financial advice.

Getting around

Walkability 13 · Transit access 0 · Bikeability 4

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