Photo: (WT-shared) Kazbar at wts wikivoyage · Public domainCache Creek has lower household incomes than 95% of Canadian towns
In Cache Creek, 60% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. 165 people have their usual place of work in Cache Creek, against 220 residents who travel to a job. Unemployment in Cache Creek stood at 13% on census day 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Cache Creek
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 60% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 40%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 13% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $56,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.9% last an hour or longer. 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.
Cache Creek earns D for jobs and income
Better than 10% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
In and out of work in Cache Creek
None of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Thompson-Nicola census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 46% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 40% of residents 15 and over were in work. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 56% of the wider area’s adults in work. 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.
$56,000 a year: the median household in Cache Creek
Cache Creek’s median is 36% below the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Thompson-Nicola census division has a higher median. 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).
At 21.9 minutes, commutes from Cache Creek are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Long trips are rarer than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 4.9% take an hour or more, against 6.3%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.7 minutes. In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 48% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’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.
Cache Creek empties a little on a working day
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 32% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
68% of Cache Creek’s residents in work leave it to work; Ashcroft takes the most
- Ashcroft105
- Logan Lake25
- Kamloops10
Of those coming in, Ashcroft supplies the most: 35.
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 Cache Creek work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Walking, cycling or transit: 4.9% of Cache Creek’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters.
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.
EI claims in the Thompson-Nicola census division run 14% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.9 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 7,510 people on EI, 2.4 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Thompson-Nicola census division. 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 Cache Creek earns B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Cache Creek: how nearby places compare
Cache Creek has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–48 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Creek | 60% | 13% | $56K | 21.9 min | D | B− |
| Ashcroft 9.2 km | 68% | 3.4% | $64K | 19.4 min | C | B− |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola 23.2 km | 78% | 10% | $66K | 25.8 min | C+ | C− |
| Lillooet 45.5 km | 78% | 8.4% | $66K | 13.2 min | B+ | A+ |
| Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country), Thompson-Nicola 48.4 km | 77% | 7.4% | $95K | 27.4 min | B | C− |
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 Cache Creek, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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.
- 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 Cache Creek
How long is the commute from Cache Creek?
21.9 minutes is the average trip, with 48% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.9% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Cache Creek work?
32% work in Cache Creek itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Ashcroft (105), then Logan Lake (25).
How many jobs are there in Cache Creek?
The 2021 census counted about 165 people working in Cache Creek: 0.8 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 57 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Cache Creek?
The census put unemployment at 13% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Thompson-Okanagan economic region at 6.6%.
What is the average household income in Cache Creek?
Cache Creek’s middle household had $56,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Cache Creek get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 4.9% walk; on census day 12% of those in work worked from 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).