Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A place people come to for work: Nackawic has 2.3 jobs per resident in work
Nackawic counted 74% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. When the 2021 census was taken, 6.1% of people in Nackawic who wanted a job had none, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Half the households in Nackawic had more than $69,200 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Nackawic
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 6.1%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $69,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
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 Nackawic earn C
Better than 29% 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 Nackawic
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 47%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 60% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 50%. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
How Nackawic’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the York census division has a higher median. That puts Nackawic 5% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. 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).
On a working day, 635 people work in Nackawic, 2.2 times its working residents
About 4 people arrive to work in Nackawic for each resident who goes out. 51% 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.
470 people come into Nackawic to work, most from Southampton and Fredericton
- Southampton155
- Fredericton55
- Woodstock45
- Queensbury40
- Starlight Village25
- Dumfries20
- Woodstock20
- Saint John10
- Oromocto10
- Miramichi10
78% of the people who work in Nackawic live outside it, 155 of them in Southampton, 8 km away. Outbound, Fredericton takes the most: 80 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 0% of Nackawic’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 7.8%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
At 25.4 minutes, commutes from Nackawic are close to the middle of Canadian towns
An hour or more: 7.1% of commuters, above the 2.7% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.7 minutes. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 53% 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.
In the York census division, 24% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 6%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 6,620 people, 2.5 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.7 receive EI.
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 York census division as a whole, not for Nackawic alone.
Getting around Nackawic on foot earns C+
Better than 42% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Nackawic compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nackawic | 74% | 6.1% | $69K | 25.4 min | C | C+ |
| Southampton 7.6 km | 73% | 11% | $70K | 30.9 min | D | D− |
| Queensbury 19.2 km | 64% | 10% | $74K | 33.5 min | D | 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 Nackawic, 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. 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.
- 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. 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. 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 Nackawic
How many jobs are there in Nackawic?
In June 2026, 34 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Nackawic?
Two figures answer it: 6.1% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.6% for the Fredericton-Oromocto economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Nackawic?
Before tax, half the households in Nackawic had more than $69,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Nackawic get to work?
Driving takes 97% of commuters to work, and on census day 7.8% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Nackawic?
About 25.4 minutes on average, with 53% under a quarter-hour and 7.1% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Nackawic work?
51% work in Nackawic itself; of those who leave, the most go to Fredericton (80), then Woodstock (20).
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).