Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Miscouche has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Median household income in Miscouche was $83,300 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 6.7% of Miscouche’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Commutes from Miscouche average 19 minutes, and 2.4% take an hour or more.
What sets Miscouche apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 81% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 66%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment stood at 6.7% on census day in 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 19 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.4% 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.
Jobs and income in Miscouche earn A
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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 Miscouche, 81% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Prince census division 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 70%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 66% of residents 15 and over were in work. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Miscouche average 19 minutes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 16.3 minutes. The middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns averages 23.3 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 52%, more than the 40% in the middle of Prince Edward Island’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.
Each working day, more people leave Miscouche for work than come in
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 10 to 1. 7.5% 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.
93% of Miscouche’s residents in work leave it to work; Summerside takes the most
- Summerside165
- Miscouche35
- Kensington, Part 125
- Charlottetown15
- Borden-Carleton10
- O'Leary10
- Enfield10
Summerside sends the largest group the other way, 15 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Miscouche earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 63% of Canadian towns.
One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Prince census division has a higher median. Miscouche’s median is 2% above the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns ($82,000). 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).
Without a car, 3.7% of Miscouche’s commuters get to work
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 15% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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).
In the Prince census division, 5% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 10.5 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 12%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 8,480 people on EI, 1.7 times 2019’s average.
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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Prince census division, with Miscouche one part of it.
On getting around on foot, Miscouche grades B
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Miscouche
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miscouche | 81% | 6.7% | $83K | 19 min | A | B |
| Summerside 6.3 km | 74% | 10% | $63K | 15.6 min | B− | B+ |
| Wellington 12 km | 85% | 9.2% | $81K | 28 min | B+ | C− |
| Kensington, Part 1 16.4 km | 80% | 12% | $86K | 19.4 min | A | D |
| Kensington 17.1 km | 74% | 8.7% | $66K | 20.6 min | C+ | A |
| Malpeque Bay 18.3 km | 83% | 12% | $81K | 21.6 min | A | D− |
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 Miscouche, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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 Miscouche
What is the average household income in Miscouche?
The census puts Miscouche at $83,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Miscouche get to work?
Driving takes 96% of commuters to work, 3.7% walk, and on census day 15% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Miscouche?
About 19 minutes on average, with 52% under a quarter-hour and 2.4% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Miscouche work?
7.5% work in Miscouche itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Summerside (165), then Miscouche (35).
How many jobs are there in Miscouche?
In June 2026, 26 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Miscouche?
6.7% of the labour force was unemployed on census day in May 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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, 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).