Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope says the latest workforce survey is one more economic development tool and is used to fine tune municipal strategy.
The report shows the need for education but also shows people looking to stay in school longer.
Hope also took aim at concerns that people don't want to move to Chatham-Kent even though there are jobs here, saying concerns about living here should be confronted by everyone.
"We can produce a video about amenities, but we can also show them that the disposable income can be much greater living and working and playing in Chatham-Kent because of the housing costs and other costs," he says. "It's the chicken and egg, we need to have amenities here to bring those individuals back home, or to bring new ones into the communities, and this is the balancing act that faces council, you know, 'don't raise my taxes but provide me everything I need.'"
Hope says it is a struggle to convince people that there are good paying jobs here, and low cost of housing means they could have a higher disposable income.
