Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Weldford are lower than in 92% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census found 68% of working-age people in Weldford employed, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Weldford take well under an hour: the average is 33 minutes, and 8.7% take 60 minutes or longer. When the 2021 census was taken, 17% of people in Weldford who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Weldford, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 46% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 68%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.1% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 17%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $57,700 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 33 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.7% 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 & income in Weldford: graded D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
Work and the working-age population of Weldford
None of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kent census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 59% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 55% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 46%: many residents are past working age. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
$57,700 a year: the median household in Weldford
That puts Weldford 21% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Kent census division has a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
33 minutes from Weldford to work, over the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 29.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 19%, 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.
Each working day, more people leave Weldford for work than come in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 4 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 20% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
80% of Weldford’s residents in work leave it to work; Rexton takes the most
- Saint Mary25
- Rexton15
- Carleton15
- Saint-Louis10
Coming the other way, Saint Mary sends the most (25).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
0% of commuters from Weldford go without a car
Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 7.2%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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).
In the Kent census division, 7% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in February 2021 at 5,570 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 10.4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Kent 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).
Weldford earns D− for walkability
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Weldford: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldford | 68% | 17% | $58K | 33 min | D− | D− |
| Richibucto 15 5.1 km | 34% | 22% | $55K | 20 min | D | C+ |
| Rexton 16 km | 82% | 17% | $65K | 21.2 min | B+ | B |
| Saint-Charles 16.3 km | 68% | 18% | $68K | 22.7 min | C− | D |
| Richibucto 19 km | 62% | 13% | $47K | 18.1 min | C− | 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 Weldford, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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.
Questions about work in Weldford
What is the average household income in Weldford?
At $57,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in Weldford compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Weldford get to work?
97% of commuters go by car. On census day 7.2% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Weldford?
On average 33 minutes; 19% take under 15 minutes and 8.7% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Weldford work?
20% work in Weldford itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Rexton (95), then Moncton (70).
How many jobs are there in Weldford?
About 155 people had their usual place of work in Weldford at the 2021 census, 0.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 39 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Weldford?
The 2021 census found 17% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Moncton-Richibucto economic region, is 7.1% (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).