With 0.1 jobs for each resident in work, most of Kippens commutes out
For 6.2% of commuters in Kippens, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 15.2 minutes. Out of work in May 2021: 17% of Kippens’ labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Kippens had $81,800 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Kippens and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 64% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 44% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 8.4% 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 15.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.2% 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.
Jobs and income in Kippens earn B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In Kippens, 64% of the working-age population has a job
A smaller share in work than in 88% of Canadian towns.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 51% in work in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 52%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 44%: many residents are past working age. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
The length of the trip to work in Kippens
Timed exactly, the average is 14.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the average commute is 19 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 74% of commuters, against 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’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 of Kippens’ workers leave each day than arrive
520 residents of Kippens had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 55 people had theirs in Kippens, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 14 to 1. 3.6% 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.
96% of Kippens’ residents in work leave it to work; Stephenville takes the most
- Division No. 4, Subd. D10
- Stephenville Crossing10
- Stephenville10
Coming the other way, Division No. 4, Subd. D sends the most (10).
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 Kippens work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Kippens earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 60% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns is $63,700, and Kippens is 28% above it. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
3.1% of commuters from Kippens go without a car
The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters.
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 Census Division No. 4, 4% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 16 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 11%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,230 people on EI, 1.5 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (Census Division No. 4). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
The Walkability grade for Kippens: D
Better than 13% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Kippens
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kippens | 64% | 17% | $82K | 15.2 min | B | D |
| Stephenville 2.9 km | 54% | 17% | $50K | 15.4 min | C− | A− |
| Stephenville Crossing 14.6 km | 42% | 28% | $48K | 17.7 min | D | A |
| St. George's 16.7 km | 46% | 25% | $55K | 21.6 min | D | 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 Kippens, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Kippens
How many jobs are there in Kippens?
The 2021 census found about 55 people with their usual workplace in Kippens, or 0.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 36 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Kippens?
The census put unemployment at 17% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador economic region at 8.4%.
What is the average household income in Kippens?
At $81,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Kippens compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Kippens get to work?
92% of commuters drive, 3.1% take public transit; 9.9% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Kippens?
The average commute is 15.2 minutes; 74% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Kippens work?
3.6% work in Kippens itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Stephenville (440), then Stephenville Crossing (15).
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).