Greenwich has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 92% of Canadian towns
9.7% of the labour force in Greenwich was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The average trip to work from Greenwich is 36.9 minutes; 7.9% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Half the households in Greenwich had more than $68,900 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Work in Greenwich, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 61% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 48%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $68,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 36.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7.9% 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.
Jobs and income in Greenwich earn D−
Better than 3% 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.
In Greenwich, 61% of the working-age population has a job
None of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kings census division has 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 48%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 59% of the wider area’s adults in work. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 53% of residents that age. 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 Greenwich earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 69% of Canadian towns.
That puts Greenwich 6% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. 8 of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in the Kings census division 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).
Time on the road to work from Greenwich
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 33 minutes. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 16%, fewer than the 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.
Greenwich is quieter on a working day than at night
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 109 to 1. 5.8% 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.
94% of Greenwich’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint John takes the most
No other place sends enough people to work in Greenwich to be counted.
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 2.6% of Greenwich’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 9.6% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 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).
3% more people are on EI in the Kings census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 5 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. In February 2021 it reached 4,910, the most in the series and 2.4 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). Greenwich doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Kings census division.
On getting around on foot, Greenwich grades D
Better than 11% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Greenwich compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich | 61% | 9.7% | $69K | 36.9 min | D− | D |
| Westfield 10.5 km | 73% | 9.1% | $83K | 36.5 min | C− | D |
| Kingston 10.7 km | 73% | 8.3% | $79K | 37.6 min | C− | D |
| Quispamsis 16.1 km | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | 22.4 min | A | C |
| Grand Bay-Westfield 17.1 km | 78% | 6.3% | $98K | 25.5 min | A− | C |
| Rothesay 17.3 km | 77% | 8.7% | $100K | 20.3 min | A | 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 Greenwich, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Greenwich
How long is the commute from Greenwich?
About 36.9 minutes on average, with 16% under a quarter-hour and 7.9% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Greenwich work?
Only 5.8% work in Greenwich itself; the rest go first to Saint John (145) and Grand Bay-Westfield (30).
How many jobs are there in Greenwich?
Some 15 people worked in Greenwich at the 2021 census: 0.1 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 22 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Greenwich?
The 2021 census found 9.7% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Saint John metro area, is 5.7% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Greenwich?
The median household in Greenwich had $68,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Greenwich get to work?
Driving takes 97% of commuters to work, 2.6% walk, and on census day 9.6% 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).