# Balfour amenities include eight transit stops and two grocery stores

Balfour contains twelve mapped amenity points. These include eight transit stops, two grocery stores, one school, and one park.

Published 2026-10-11. Evidence snapshot 2026-10-12.

## Key facts and reporting periods

- Sales Volume: 10 count. Property type: Condominium. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-10. [Source](https://storeys.com/cities/hamilton/)
- Mortgage Rate: 3.25 percent. Property type: All. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-10. [Source](https://wowa.ca/hamilton-housing-market)
- Average Sale Price: 779000 cad. Property type: SingleFamily. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-09. [Source](https://wowa.ca/hamilton-housing-market)
- Average Sale Price: 660000 cad. Property type: SingleFamily. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-09. [Source](https://wowa.ca/hamilton-housing-market)
- Average Sale Price: 591000 cad. Property type: Townhouse. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-09. [Source](https://wowa.ca/hamilton-housing-market)
- Average Sale Price: 380000 cad. Property type: Apartment. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-09. [Source](https://wowa.ca/hamilton-housing-market)
- Average Sale Price: 499000 cad. Property type: All. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-09. [Source](https://wowa.ca/hamilton-housing-market)
- Average Sale Price: 714420 cad. Property type: All. Scope: Hamilton, ON. Reporting date: 2026-10-09. [Source](https://wowa.ca/hamilton-housing-market)

## Market summary

Balfour contains twelve mapped amenity points. These include eight transit stops, two grocery stores, one school, and one park.

## Central finding

Balfour has twelve mapped amenity points, including eight transit stops and two grocery stores. Sources:
[Norwood Park Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/184076176)

## Amenities

Balfour contains twelve mapped amenity points according to OpenStreetMap Overpass API data. The category breakdown includes eight transit stops, two grocery stores, one school, and one park. These points are attributed directly to the neighbourhood boundary in the source dataset. The transit stops are located along Upper Wellington and Mohawk streets.

The grocery options in Balfour include Walmart Supercentre and Food Basics & Pharmacy. Norwood Park Elementary School is the single school point mapped within the area. Norwood Park serves as the neighbourhood's mapped green space. These amenities provide a baseline of services available within the defined locality. The presence of these points does not indicate their operational status or quality. Sources:
[Norwood Park Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/184076176)

## The strongest counter-case

The amenity counts reflect mapped point locations only and do not establish service quality, frequency, catchment boundaries, or buyer demand. Sources:
[Norwood Park Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/184076176)

## Living here

Balfour features twelve mapped amenity points, including eight transit stops, two grocery stores, one school, and one park.

Schools: Norwood Park Elementary School is the sole school mapped within Balfour, with report-card data indicating strong comparative performance. The Fraser Institute cautions that the choice of a school should not be made solely on the basis of any one source of information. Recreation: Norwood Park is the only mapped park in Balfour; no recreation programs are currently listed for this neighbourhood. Sources:
[Norwood Park Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/184076176)

## City market context

From the Hamilton market article, 22 September 2026:

The Hamilton Region recorded a Sales to New Listings Ratio of 45% in September 2026, placing the market at the threshold between seller and buyer dynamics. This balance is accompanied by a 19.5% year-over-year drop in condo apartment average prices to $376,000, while detached home averages declined only 2.4%. Hamilton's housing market has reached a state of equilibrium where the Sales to New Listings Ratio of 45% indicates neither buyers nor sellers hold a decisive advantage, supported by 4.4 months of inventory. This balanced condition masks significant segment divergence, with condos experiencing sharp price corrections and detached homes showing relative resilience, driven by uneven supply absorption across property types.

## Sources

- [Norwood Park Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/184076176): date unavailable. Scope: neighbourhood.

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