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When the 2021 census was taken, 6.2% of people in Two Hills County No. 21 who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. For 9.9% of commuters in Two Hills County No. 21, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 29 minutes. The median household in Two Hills County No. 21 had $69,600 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
What sets Two Hills County No. 21 apart on jobs and income
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.2% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 8.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $69,600 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 9.9% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
32% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Two Hills County No. 21 grades C− for jobs and income
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #427 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Two Hills County No. 21: 74%
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 10, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 59%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 57% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 63%. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
What households in Two Hills County No. 21 earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 10 has a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Two Hills County No. 21’s median is 25% below. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
29 minutes from Two Hills County No. 21 to work, over the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 25%, fewer than the 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.1 minutes. In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 25.8 minutes.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 4.7% of Two Hills County No. 21’s commuters
Transit takes 1.6% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters. 32% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% 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).
Each working day, more people leave Two Hills County No. 21 for work than come in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 9 residents going out. Of those who commute, 14% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Two Hills County No. 21’s residents in work leave it to work; Two Hills takes the most
- Two Hills240
- Vegreville100
- Myrnam55
- St. Paul45
- Elk Point40
- Vermilion20
- Mannville10
- Vermilion River County10
- Mundare10
- Lamont10
Vegreville sends the largest group the other way, 20 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In Census Division No. 10, 5% more people receive EI than in 2019
At its peak, in January 2021, 5,330 people were on EI, 2.8 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 4%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers Census Division No. 10. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Two Hills County No. 21 earns C+
Better than 36% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #425 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 795 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,900, Two Hills County No. 21 comes 647th on jobs and income
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Two Hills County No. 21, and others among Alberta’s towns.
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 645 | Emerson-Franklin Manitoba | 2,686 | 77% | 5.3% | $67K | C− |
| 646 | Victoria Park Ontario | 3,574 | 68% | 13% | $65K | C− |
| 647 | Two Hills County No. 21 Alberta | 3,626 | 74% | 6.2% | $70K | C− |
| 648 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 74% | 9.1% | $74K | C− |
| 649 | York Alberta | 4,030 | 67% | 16% | $84K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 795 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Neighbouring places to Two Hills County No. 21, compared
No closer places have figures: these lie 10–42 km from Two Hills County No. 21.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Hills County No. 21 | 74% | 6.2% | $70K | 29 min | C− | C+ |
| Two Hills 9.5 km | 61% | 12% | $68K | 22.8 min | C− | B+ |
| Minburn County No. 27 34.7 km | 83% | 5.6% | $82K | 27.5 min | B | D |
| St. Paul 34.8 km | 75% | 6.2% | $80K | 17.1 min | A− | A− |
| Vegreville 40.5 km | 71% | 9.8% | $70K | 18.3 min | B− | A |
| St. Paul County No. 19 41.5 km | 82% | 5.2% | $87K | 26.9 min | B+ | D |
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 Two Hills County No. 21, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Two Hills County No. 21
How long is the commute from Two Hills County No. 21?
About 29 minutes on average, with 25% under a quarter-hour and 9.9% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Two Hills County No. 21 work?
14% work in Two Hills County No. 21 itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Two Hills (240), then Vegreville (100).
How many jobs are there in Two Hills County No. 21?
In June 2026, 97 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Two Hills County No. 21?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Camrose-Drumheller economic region at 8.8%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 6.2%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Two Hills County No. 21?
Two Hills County No. 21’s middle household had $69,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Two Hills County No. 21 get to work?
Driving takes 91% of commuters to work, 1.6% take public transit and 3.1% walk, and on census day 32% of those in work were at home.
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).