Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Stone Mills has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
For 6.1% of commuters in Stone Mills, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 32.6 minutes. Half the households in Stone Mills had more than $91,100 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 76% of working-age people in Stone Mills employed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The work numbers behind Stone Mills
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 76% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 58% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 32.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.1% 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.
Stone Mills grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 40% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #428 of 866 in Ontario.
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 Stone Mills takes
Timed exactly, the average is 29.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 15%, fewer than the 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.
More workers leave Stone Mills each day than arrive
It sends out some 12 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 14% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
86% of Stone Mills’ residents in work leave it to work; Kingston takes the most
Greater Napanee sends the largest group the other way, 60 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Stone Mills were working in 2021
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Lennox and Addington census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 58% of residents 15 and over were in work. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 55% in work in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 63% of residents that age. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
Earnings at home in Stone Mills: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 77% of Canadian towns.
One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Lennox and Addington census division has a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Stone Mills sits 1% 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).
Leaving the car at home: 2% of commuters in Stone Mills
22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 97% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
10% more people are on EI in the Lennox and Addington census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,270 people, 2.4 times the 2019 average. That is about 4.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Lennox and Addington census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
On getting around on foot, Stone Mills grades C−
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #806 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
438th of 677: where Stone Mills ranks among Canadian towns of 6,000 to 11,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 436 | Meadowood Manitoba | 6,991 | 72% | 10% | $85K | C+ |
| 437 | Valley Gardens Manitoba | 8,329 | 73% | 8.7% | $78K | C+ |
| 438 | Stone Mills Ontario | 8,523 | 76% | 7.9% | $91K | C+ |
| 439 | Broadview British Columbia | 8,008 | 73% | 10% | $93K | C+ |
| 440 | Fruitland Ontario | 7,653 | 70% | 12% | $113K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 677 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Stone Mills, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How Stone Mills compares with the places nearby
Distances here run 21–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stone Mills.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mills | 76% | 7.9% | $91K | 32.6 min | C+ | C− |
| Greater Napanee 20.9 km | 68% | 9.4% | $78K | 25.6 min | C | B− |
| South Frontenac 25.1 km | 76% | 9% | $104K | 30.1 min | B | C− |
| Loyalist 27.2 km | 68% | 9.7% | $94K | 25 min | B− | B− |
| Tyendinaga 27.6 km | 74% | 9.7% | $98K | 29.4 min | B− | D |
| Deseronto 27.7 km | 58% | 16% | $65K | 25.1 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 Stone Mills, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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.
- 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 Stone Mills
What is the unemployment rate in Stone Mills?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Kingston-Pembroke economic region at 6.8%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 7.9%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Stone Mills?
Before tax, half the households in Stone Mills had more than $91,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Stone Mills get to work?
97% of commuters drive, 0.7% take public transit and 1.3% walk; 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Stone Mills?
The average commute is 32.6 minutes; 15% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.1% an hour or more.
Where do people in Stone Mills work?
14% work in Stone Mills itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Kingston (925), then Greater Napanee (640).
How many jobs are there in Stone Mills?
The 2021 census found about 490 people with their usual workplace in Stone Mills, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 151 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).