Jackson Heights has higher household incomes than 93% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Jackson Heights in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. In May 2021, unemployment in Jackson Heights reached 11%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Residents of Jackson Heights take 23.6 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26.
Jackson Heights at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 74% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 60%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $110,900 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Jackson Heights grades A−
Better than 78% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #92 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
What households earned in Jackson Heights: $110,900 in 2020
That puts Jackson Heights 20% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 66 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Who in Jackson Heights has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 134 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 60% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 67% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
Jackson Heights gets to work without a car for 9% of commuters
88% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Only 17% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 8.4% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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.
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 11, with Jackson Heights one part of it.
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,990 people, 3.1 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 of Jackson Heights: A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #253 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Jackson Heights is 175th of 766 Canadian towns of 2,900 to 5,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 173 | Winston Heights/Mountview Alberta | 4,361 | 76% | 13% | $90K | A− |
| 174 | Greenboro East Ontario | 4,800 | 73% | 12% | $103K | A− |
| 175 | Jackson Heights Alberta | 4,195 | 74% | 11% | $111K | A− |
| 176 | Colebrook British Columbia | 3,617 | 80% | 8.8% | $148K | A− |
| 177 | Riverdale Alberta | 5,490 | 80% | 9.2% | $83K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 766 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,978 | 57% | 22% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Jackson Heights, and others among Alberta’s towns.
How Jackson Heights compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Heights | 74% | 11% | $111K | 23.6 min | A− | A− |
| Kiniski Gardens 1.1 km | 75% | 13% | $111K | 24.4 min | A− | A− |
| Greenview 1.6 km | 68% | 15% | $112K | 27.3 min | B− | A |
| Larkspur 1.8 km | 76% | 12% | $110K | 25.7 min | A− | A |
| Minchau 2.2 km | 70% | 14% | $96K | 28.8 min | C+ | A− |
| Hillview 2.3 km | 67% | 14% | $78K | 26.4 min | C− | A |
| Weinlos 2.7 km | 63% | 16% | $89K | 26.1 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 Jackson Heights, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Jackson Heights’ lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Jackson Heights
What is the unemployment rate in Jackson Heights?
The census put unemployment at 11% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Jackson Heights?
At $110,900 before tax in 2020, the median household in Jackson Heights compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Jackson Heights get to work?
88% of commuters drive, 8.4% take public transit and 0.6% walk; 17% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Jackson Heights?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Edmonton as one municipality.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).