Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Logan Lake has 3.5 jobs for every resident in work
The median household in Logan Lake had $67,800 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Of Logan Lake’s residents aged 15 to 64, 68% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from Logan Lake average 30.3 minutes, and 8.5% take an hour or more.
What Logan Lake’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 68% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 41% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $67,800 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 8.5% 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.
Logan Lake grades D for jobs and income
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Work for 68% of 15-to-64s in Logan Lake
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Thompson-Nicola census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
45% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 41% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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 Logan Lake earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Logan Lake’s median is 22% below the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). 4 of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Thompson-Nicola census division have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day, 1,975 people work in Logan Lake, 3.2 times its working residents
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 7 to 1 in Logan Lake. Of those who commute, 56% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
The length of the trip to work in Logan Lake
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.8 minutes. The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 32%, fewer than the 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.
1,590 people come into Logan Lake to work, most from Kamloops and Squamish
Of everyone working in Logan Lake, 84% come in from elsewhere; 580 make the 39 km trip from Kamloops. Outbound, Kamloops takes the most: 135 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 9.2% of Logan Lake’s commuters
Only 10% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of British Columbia’s towns, at 87%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Thompson-Nicola census division run 14% above their 2019 level
The highest month was February 2021: 7,510 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level. Roughly 3.9 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 2%.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Thompson-Nicola census division as a whole, not for Logan Lake alone.
How walkable Logan Lake is: A−
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Logan Lake: the places around it
The nearest places to Logan Lake with figures are 27–42 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Lake | 68% | 9.2% | $68K | 30.3 min | D | A− |
| Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country), Thompson-Nicola 26.6 km | 77% | 7.4% | $95K | 27.4 min | B | C− |
| Electoral Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North), Thompson-Nicola 37.8 km | 72% | 9.5% | $79K | 25.7 min | C+ | C+ |
| Kamloops 39.4 km | 75% | 7.4% | $88K | 20.2 min | A− | A |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola 41.8 km | 78% | 10% | $66K | 25.8 min | C+ | C− |
| Ashcroft 42.2 km | 68% | 3.4% | $64K | 19.4 min | C | B− |
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 Logan Lake, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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 census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- 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 Logan Lake
How long is the commute from Logan Lake?
30.3 minutes is the average trip, with 32% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 8.5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Logan Lake work?
Most stay: 56% work in Logan Lake. The rest go first to Kamloops (135) and Merritt (40).
How many jobs are there in Logan Lake?
In June 2026, 44 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Logan Lake?
At the 2021 census 9.2% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Kamloops metro area, gives 4.4% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Logan Lake?
At $67,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Logan Lake compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Logan Lake get to work?
By car: 87% of commuters, 9.2% walk; on census day 10% 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).