2016 census data released by Statistics Canada listed median household income in 2015 before tax as:
- The national average of $70,336
- Highest was Northwest Territories at $117,688
- Lowest was New Brunswick at $59,347
- The BC average is $69,995
- Nelson: $56,714
- the Regional District of Central Kootenay: was $55,532
- Salmo: $47,296
- Kaslo: $44,096.
“Nelson also features the second highest percentage of low-income individuals in the province at 18.3 per cent of the city’s population in private households. That number is down just 0.6 per cent from the 2005 census, and trails only Port Alberni at 20.3 per cent.
Furthermore, the numbers revealed 1,095 Nelson households made over $100,000 in 2015, while 145 were above $200,000. There were far more wealthy homes in the RDCK, with 5,995 making over $100,000.”
