A few kilometres south-east of Yverdon-les-Bains, Cronay is a farming village on the rolling ground towards Yvonand and Bercher, with a largely old building stock.
Flats in Cronay trade around CHF 5,700 per m², under the cantonal level. Cheaper communes tend to have wider spreads between streets, so a single average tells you less here than it would in a tighter market. Sitting under the Vaud median gives a buyer room, though the discount is rarely free. It usually pays for distance from a station, from the lake, or from a school catchment that people compete over. Position 242 of 272 in Vaud puts Cronay among communes with similar price levels and often very different housing stock. Two communes can share a rank and still value the same flat differently once age and condition are taken in.
At CHF 6,700 per m² houses outprice flats in Cronay by 18 percent. The difference is the plot rather than the build. A house sells with land attached, and where there is little left to build on, the land does the pricing. Flat prices in Cronay are up 2.9 percent over twelve months. One year is a short window, so measure it against the longer trajectory before you read it as a change of direction.
Within the Jura-Nord vaudois district, Cronay lands 8 percent from the local median. A cantonal average mixes city and countryside, so it flatters some communes and penalises others. The district figure removes most of that distortion. With 45 percent of homes dating from before 1919, the stock in Cronay renews slowly. Thin new supply supports prices, and it also means the flats reaching the market often need a full technical inspection before any offer.
At 4.4 rooms and 127 m² on average, homes in Cronay are sized for households rather than single occupants. If you are looking for a studio or a two-room flat, expect a thinner choice and less room to negotiate. The median flat in Cronay comes out at CHF 5,700 per m², a gap of 28 percent against the Vaud median. That figure covers every flat sold, whatever the floor, the age of the building or the state of the kitchen. Over 25 years the median moved from CHF 3,800 to CHF 8,800 per m², a change of +132 percent. That is the market, not your property. A flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely.
Transaction volume in Cronay is high enough that one unusual sale does not distort the medians. That matters, because thin markets are where automated estimates go furthest wrong and where a local opinion earns its keep. In Cronay the local price per m² is a floor, not an answer. What your property adds to it, or takes away from it, depends on its condition, its plot and its access to public transport.
Building stock from the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (FSO), updated October 18, 2026
Market data updated on October 12, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →Around CHF 5,700 per m² for a flat, which is 28 percent from the Vaud median. Houses are priced separately and usually land somewhere else entirely, so work from the figure that matches your property type.
The reference is CHF 6,700 per m² in Cronay. It averages a small number of sales, since houses change hands far less often than flats, so treat it as a bracket to work inside rather than as a price.
The dominant band in Cronay is before 1919, which covers 45 percent of homes. Average size runs to 4.4 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.