Photo: mark.watmough from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Working-age people in Madoc have jobs less often than in 80% of Canadian towns
In 2020, a household at the middle of Madoc had $80,000 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Madoc take well under an hour: the average is 32.9 minutes, and 12% take 60 minutes or longer. Madoc had an unemployment rate of 11% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What sets Madoc apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 68% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 50% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 32.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 12% 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 Madoc earn D
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.
In Madoc, 68% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hastings census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 50% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 55% of the wider area’s adults in work. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 55%. 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.
Time on the road to work from Madoc
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 31.1 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Only 29% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’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.
A commuter town: Madoc sends out more workers than it takes in
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 21% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
79% of Madoc’s residents in work leave it to work; Belleville takes the most
Of those coming in, Centre Hastings supplies the most: 45.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Madoc
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hastings census division, 3 have a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Madoc sits 13% below. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 0% of Madoc’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 17% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 100% 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).
In the Hastings census division, 26% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. The highest month was April 2021: 7,740 people, 2.9 times the 2019 level.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Hastings census division as a whole, not for Madoc alone.
The Walkability grade for Madoc: D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Madoc: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madoc | 68% | 11% | $80K | 32.9 min | D | D− |
| Centre Hastings 6.9 km | 69% | 10% | $77K | 30.3 min | C− | B− |
| Tweed 14.1 km | 68% | 10% | $69K | 32.2 min | D | C+ |
| Marmora 18.6 km | 58% | 14% | $63K | 36.8 min | D− | B |
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 Madoc, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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 Madoc
Where do people in Madoc work?
21% work in Madoc itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Belleville (145), then Centre Hastings (120).
How many jobs are there in Madoc?
The 2021 census counted about 360 people working in Madoc: 0.6 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 44 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Madoc?
Two figures answer it: 11% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.8% for the Kingston-Pembroke economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Madoc?
Before tax, half the households in Madoc had more than $80,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Madoc get to work?
By car: 100% of commuters; on census day 17% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Madoc?
32.9 minutes is the average trip, with 29% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 12% taking an hour or more.
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).