Photo: jayscratch from Victoria, B.C., Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Camrose County has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
The average trip to work from Camrose County is 30.3 minutes; 10% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Jobs were held by 81% of people aged 15 to 64 in Camrose County in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Half the households in Camrose County had more than $90,400 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Camrose County
More people in work than most towns
81% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 64%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 7.4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 8.8%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 10% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Camrose County earns B for jobs and income
Better than 62% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #180 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Who in Camrose County has a job
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 10, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 57% of the wider area’s adults in work. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 69% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 64% were working. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
The length of the trip to work in Camrose County
Timed exactly, the average is 28.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 25.8 minutes. Only 24% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More go out than come in: the working day in Camrose County
2,170 residents of Camrose County had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 515 people had theirs in Camrose County, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 8 to 1. Of those who commute, 13% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Camrose County’s residents in work leave it to work; Camrose takes the most
- Camrose1,020
- Edmonton120
- Bashaw105
- Wetaskiwin100
- Strathcona County75
- Bawlf55
- Leduc County55
- Fort McMurray40
- Ponoka30
- Edberg30
Coming the other way, Camrose sends the most (170).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Camrose County work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in Camrose County: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 75% of Canadian towns.
3 of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 10 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Camrose County’s median is 2% below. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Camrose County gets to work without a car for 3.2% of commuters
The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. 30% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In Census Division No. 10, 5% more people receive EI than in 2019
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 10, with Camrose County one part of it.
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.5 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 4%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 5,330 people, 2.8 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
The Walkability grade for Camrose County: D
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #459 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Camrose County ranks: 250th of 665 Canadian towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 248 | Valley Ridge Alberta | 7,782 | 73% | 11% | $159K | B |
| 249 | Kenora, Unorganized Ontario | 7,877 | 74% | 9.4% | $87K | B |
| 250 | Camrose County Alberta | 8,951 | 81% | 7.4% | $90K | B |
| 251 | Kincora Alberta | 7,290 | 75% | 12% | $112K | B |
| 252 | Harvest Hills Alberta | 7,930 | 73% | 12% | $108K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 665 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Camrose County, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Around Camrose County: jobs, pay and the commute
Camrose County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–48 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose County | 81% | 7.4% | $90K | 30.3 min | B | D |
| Camrose 11.7 km | 73% | 13% | $77K | 18.9 min | B | B+ |
| Beaver County 37.7 km | 70% | 11% | $94K | 38.7 min | C− | D |
| Wetaskiwin 44.7 km | 68% | 12% | $70K | 19.8 min | C | B+ |
| Tofield 47.5 km | 82% | 12% | $75K | 30.4 min | C+ | A− |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Camrose County, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Camrose County
What is the unemployment rate in Camrose County?
The census put unemployment at 7.4% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Camrose-Drumheller economic region at 8.8%.
What is the average household income in Camrose County?
Camrose County’s middle household had $90,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Camrose County get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 0.3% take public transit and 2.9% walk. On census day 30% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Camrose County?
On average 30.3 minutes; 24% take under 15 minutes and 10% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Camrose County work?
Only 13% work in Camrose County itself; the rest go first to Camrose (1,020) and Edmonton (120).
How many jobs are there in Camrose County?
About 515 people had their usual place of work in Camrose County at the 2021 census, 0.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 258 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. 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).