Jerome has higher household incomes than 95% of Canadian towns
At 23.6 minutes on average, the trip to work from Jerome compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 63% of people aged 15 to 64 in Jerome had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 17% of Jerome’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Jerome at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 63% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 55% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
17% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $114,100 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Jerome grades B−
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #268 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Who in Jerome has a job
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 19 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 66%. In October 2026, 61% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
$114,100 a year: the median household in Jerome
30 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. Jerome’s median is 25% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3.3% of Jerome’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 22%, close to 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 Hamilton census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 4.1 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 30,560, the most in the series and 3.3 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Hamilton 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).
Everyday places on foot in Jerome: B
Better than 58% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #634 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jerome next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,800: 238th of 527 on 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 86% | 5.9% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Enniskillen Ontario | 3,174 | 82% | 5.2% | $105K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 236 | Rosedale Ontario | 3,070 | 73% | 11% | $97K | B− |
| 237 | Crystallina Nera West Alberta | 3,150 | 76% | 9.9% | $91K | B− |
| 238 | Jerome Ontario | 2,820 | 63% | 17% | $114K | B− |
| 239 | Ramsay Heights Alberta | 3,434 | 73% | 13% | $98K | B− |
| 240 | Salisbury New Brunswick | 2,585 | 79% | 11% | $72K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 527 | 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 Jerome, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Next to Jerome: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome | 63% | 17% | $114K | 23.6 min | B− | B |
| Crerar 0.9 km | 67% | 16% | $93K | 31 min | C− | A− |
| Greeningdon 0.9 km | 57% | 15% | $69K | 29.5 min | D− | A+ |
| Bruleville 1.2 km | 62% | 16% | $71K | 26.6 min | D | A+ |
| Rolston 1.4 km | 61% | 15% | $78K | 26.8 min | C− | A |
| Gourley 1.4 km | 67% | 13% | $117K | 24.8 min | B− | A− |
| Balfour 1.6 km | 66% | 12% | $80K | 27.5 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 Jerome, 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. Jerome’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Hamilton’s page.
Questions about work in Jerome
What is the average household income in Jerome?
The census puts Jerome at $114,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Jerome get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 3.3% walk; on census day 22% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Jerome?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Hamilton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Jerome?
At the 2021 census 17% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Hamilton metro area, gives 7.6% in October 2026.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).