Fewer of Devon 30’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 98% of Canadian towns
Getting to work from Devon 30 takes 14.4 minutes on average, an hour or more for 3.1%. Before tax, the typical household in Devon 30 brought in $60,700 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Of everyone in Devon 30 working or looking for work in May 2021, 11% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The short version on work in Devon 30
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 50% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 44% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $60,700 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 465 jobs based in Devon 30 and 255 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 14.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.1% 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.
Jobs and income in Devon 30 earn C−
Better than 23% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
50% of working-age people in Devon 30 have jobs
None of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 51% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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 Devon 30 earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200), Devon 30’s median is 17% below. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the York census division has a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Devon 30 fills up on a working day: 72% more workers
255 residents of Devon 30 had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 465 people had theirs in Devon 30, wherever they lived.
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Devon 30. 35% 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.
Time on the road to work from Devon 30
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 10.6 minutes. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 75% of commuters, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’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.
377 people come into Devon 30 to work, most from Edmundston and Campbellton
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Devon 30 work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
81% of the people who work in Devon 30 live outside it, 65 of them in Edmundston, 203 km away. Outbound, Fredericton takes the most: 155 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 14% of Devon 30’s commuters get to work
Fewer drive than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns: 84% against 95%.
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 York census division run 24% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.7 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 6%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,620 people on EI, 2.5 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 York 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).
Walkability in Devon 30: graded A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Devon 30, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon 30 | 50% | 11% | $61K | 14.4 min | C− | A |
| Fredericton 2.5 km | 77% | 8.6% | $73K | 16.8 min | A− | A |
| New Maryland 10 km | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | 17.7 min | A+ | C− |
| Maugerville 10.6 km | 81% | 7.1% | $87K | 23.2 min | A | D |
| Saint Marys 10.8 km | 75% | 7% | $92K | 23.1 min | B+ | D |
| Starlight Village 13.7 km | 78% | 7.2% | $107K | 20.1 min | A+ | C− |
| Douglas 14.2 km | 76% | 8.8% | $87K | 25.2 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 Devon 30, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- A First Nations reserve. Devon 30’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Devon 30
What is the average household income in Devon 30?
Devon 30’s middle household had $60,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Devon 30 get to work?
By car: 84% of commuters, 3.1% take public transit and 11% walk; on census day 9.9% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Devon 30?
14.4 minutes is the average trip, with 75% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 3.1% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Devon 30 work?
35% work in Devon 30 itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Fredericton (155), then Saint Marys (10).
How many jobs are there in Devon 30?
The 2021 census counted about 465 people working in Devon 30: 1.8 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 12 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Devon 30?
At the 2021 census 11% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Fredericton metro area, gives 6.5% in October 2026.
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).