Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 3.0Oromocto has 1.8 jobs for every resident in work
Oromocto had an unemployment rate of 4.6% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. The average trip to work from Oromocto is 13.7 minutes; 1.2% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. In 2020, a household at the middle of Oromocto had $90,800 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Oromocto and work: the main findings
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 4.6% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 6.6%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 13.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 1.2% 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.
Oromocto grades A+ for jobs and income
Better than 96% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #3 of 60 in New Brunswick.
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.
How many in Oromocto have a job: 77% of 15-to-64s
A larger share in work than in 59% of Canadian towns.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 60% in work in October 2026. 70% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Each working day, Oromocto’s workforce swells by 75%
About 3 people arrive to work in Oromocto for each resident who goes out. 63% 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 Oromocto
Timed exactly, the average is 12 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 69% 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.
4,130 people come into Oromocto to work, most from Fredericton and Burton
- Fredericton1,030
- Burton980
- Lincoln890
- New Maryland120
- New Maryland115
- Starlight Village90
- Blissville85
- Saint Marys85
- Gagetown70
- Maugerville60
66% of the people who work in Oromocto live outside it, 1,030 of them in Fredericton, 18 km away. Fredericton is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 655 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Oromocto’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 76% of Canadian towns.
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Oromocto sits 24% above. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Oromocto gets to work without a car for 3.7% of commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 9.2% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Sunbury census division, 14% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 5.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 3%. In February 2021 it reached 1,880, the most in the series and 2.1 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Sunbury 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).
How walkable Oromocto is: B−
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #19 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 654 Canadian towns of 6,600 to 12,800, Oromocto comes 26th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| 25 | Saltspring Island British Columbia | 12,429 | 84% | 5.5% | $77K | A+ |
| 26 | Oromocto New Brunswick | 9,451 | 77% | 4.6% | $91K | A+ |
| 27 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| 28 | East Zorra-Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 86% | 5.7% | $100K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 43 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 77% | 8.7% | $100K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Moncton New Brunswick | 12,238 | 80% | 7.2% | $91K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 174 | Lincoln New Brunswick | 8,093 | 75% | 6.5% | $86K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 654 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Oromocto, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Oromocto, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oromocto | 77% | 4.6% | $91K | 13.7 min | A+ | B− |
| Burton 7 km | 69% | 7.3% | $89K | 21.7 min | B | D |
| Lincoln 8.7 km | 75% | 6.5% | $86K | 21.3 min | B+ | D |
| Maugerville 9.6 km | 81% | 7.1% | $87K | 23.2 min | A | D |
| New Maryland 15.8 km | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | 17.7 min | A+ | C− |
| New Maryland 17.4 km | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | 23.2 min | A | D |
| Fredericton 17.5 km | 77% | 8.6% | $73K | 16.8 min | A− | A |
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 Oromocto, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by 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 Oromocto
How many jobs are there in Oromocto?
About 6,255 people had their usual place of work in Oromocto at the 2021 census, 1.8 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 177 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Oromocto?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 4.6% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Fredericton-Oromocto economic region at 6.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Oromocto?
The median household in Oromocto had $90,800 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Oromocto get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 3% walk and 0.7% cycle. On census day 9.2% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Oromocto?
On average 13.7 minutes; 69% take under 15 minutes and 1.2% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Oromocto work?
63% work in Oromocto itself; of those who leave, the most go to Fredericton (655), then Burton (440).
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).