Photo: Brad4826 · CC BY 3.0With 0.1 jobs for each resident in work, most of Westfield commutes out
Half the households in Westfield had more than $83,100 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 5.4% of workers in Westfield; the average is 36.5 minutes. With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Westfield matches the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Westfield
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 73% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 56% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 36.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.4% 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.
Westfield grades C− for jobs and income
Better than 20% 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.
How long the commute from Westfield takes
Timed exactly, the average is 33.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Only 9.5% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More workers leave Westfield each day than arrive
625 residents of Westfield had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 65 people had theirs in Westfield, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 24 workers for every one it takes in. Of those who commute, 6.6% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
93% of Westfield’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint John takes the most
Saint John sends the largest group the other way, 10 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Westfield work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Westfield were working in 2021
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kings census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
62% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 56% were working. In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Household income in Westfield
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in the Kings census division, 5 have a higher median. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Westfield is 14% above it. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
Westfield gets to work without a car for 1.2% of commuters
Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In the Kings census division, 3% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 4,910 people on EI, 2.4 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 5 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). Westfield shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Kings census division.
On getting around on foot, Westfield grades D
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Westfield, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | 73% | 9.1% | $83K | 36.5 min | C− | D |
| Grand Bay-Westfield 6.6 km | 78% | 6.3% | $98K | 25.5 min | A− | C |
| Greenwich 10.5 km | 61% | 9.7% | $69K | 36.9 min | D− | D |
| Saint John 15.1 km | 69% | 11% | $63K | 17.5 min | C | A |
| Rothesay 16.1 km | 77% | 8.7% | $100K | 20.3 min | A | B− |
| Kingston 17.1 km | 73% | 8.3% | $79K | 37.6 min | C− | D |
| Quispamsis 17.6 km | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | 22.4 min | A | 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 Westfield, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s 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. 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.
- 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 Westfield
What is the unemployment rate in Westfield?
At the 2021 census 9.1% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Saint John metro area, gives 5.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Westfield?
At $83,100 before tax in 2020, the median household in Westfield compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Westfield get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 1.2% take public transit; 16% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Westfield?
The average commute is 36.5 minutes; 9.5% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Westfield work?
6.6% work in Westfield itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint John (445), then Grand Bay-Westfield (55).
How many jobs are there in Westfield?
The 2021 census found about 65 people with their usual workplace in Westfield, or 0.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 34 businesses with employees in June 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).