Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMost of Studholm works elsewhere: the town has 0.5 jobs for each resident in work
Studholm had an unemployment rate of 9% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Median household income in Studholm was $73,400 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Studholm matches the middle of Canadian towns.
What Studholm’s work numbers say
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 73% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 54%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Census day in 2021 put 9% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Studholm earns C+ for jobs and income
Better than 36% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #40 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.
On a working day, Studholm loses more workers than it gains
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 18% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
82% of Studholm’s residents in work leave it to work; Sussex takes the most
- Sussex595
- Saint John85
- Sussex55
- Cardwell35
- Springfield25
- Norton15
- Hampton10
- Sussex Corner10
- Quispamsis10
- Moncton10
Coming the other way, Sussex sends the most (65).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Studholm
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kings census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 59% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 54% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 59% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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 Studholm earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 58% of Canadian towns.
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 or more in the Kings census division, 6 have a higher median. 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).
Studholm gets to work without a car for 1.5% of commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 13% against 21%. 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.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Studholm has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 24 minutes
10% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of New Brunswick’s towns has 2.7%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.7 minutes. In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Only 40% get to work within a quarter-hour, 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 Kings census division, 3% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. In February 2021 it reached 4,910, the most in the series and 2.4 times the 2019 average. Roughly 5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Kings 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 Studholm: graded D
Better than 6% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #55 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Studholm is 497th of 769 Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,000 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 68 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 93 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 78% | 12% | $77K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 495 | St. Stephen New Brunswick | 4,876 | 72% | 9.6% | $56K | C+ |
| 496 | Thorhild County Alberta | 3,147 | 83% | 8% | $74K | C+ |
| 497 | Studholm New Brunswick | 3,668 | 73% | 9% | $73K | C+ |
| 498 | Central Business District Saskatchewan | 4,987 | 73% | 12% | $54K | C+ |
| 499 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 33% | 25% | $72K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 769 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Studholm, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Work next door to Studholm
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studholm | 73% | 9% | $73K | 24 min | C+ | D |
| Sussex 4.1 km | 68% | 11% | $55K | 18.3 min | C− | A |
| Sussex Corner 5.8 km | 76% | 6.8% | $65K | 18.2 min | B− | C |
| Sussex 11.7 km | 74% | 11% | $73K | 25.8 min | C | C− |
| Cardwell 15.2 km | 71% | 7.3% | $63K | 29.3 min | D | C− |
| Norton 17.6 km | 76% | 9.5% | $71K | 29.4 min | C− | C− |
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 Studholm, 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so 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. 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 Studholm
How many jobs are there in Studholm?
Statistics Canada counted 105 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Studholm?
The census put unemployment at 9% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Saint John-St. Stephen economic region at 6%.
What is the average household income in Studholm?
The median household in Studholm had $73,400 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Studholm get to work?
Driving takes 96% of commuters to work, 1.5% walk, and on census day 13% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Studholm?
About 24 minutes on average, with 40% under a quarter-hour and 10% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Studholm work?
Only 18% work in Studholm itself; the rest go first to Sussex (595) and Saint John (85).
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).