Metro Boston Unemployment Level Heat Map - January 2020

Over 15%

10-15%

8-10%

6-8%

4-6%

2-4%

0-2%

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Unemployment Rates for Selected Locations in Metro Boston

Place Name

Current Rate

Previous Month Rate

6 Months Ago

1 Year Ago

Abington

2.70%

2.70%

2.90%

4.50%

Acton

1.60%

1.70%

2.10%

2.40%

Amesbury Town

1.80%

1.90%

2.40%

3.00%

Andover

1.80%

2.00%

2.40%

2.60%

Aquinnah

5.30%

4.80%

3.00%

7.60%

Arlington

1.30%

1.40%

1.80%

2.10%

Ashburnham

2.30%

1.80%

2.70%

3.40%

Ashby

2.00%

1.80%

2.90%

3.70%

Ashland

1.90%

1.80%

2.40%

2.70%

Athol

3.60%

3.10%

3.70%

4.50%

Auburn

2.40%

2.40%

2.90%

3.60%

Avon

2.60%

2.50%

3.20%

3.80%

Ayer

2.50%

2.40%

3.10%

4.10%

Barnstable County

3.80%

3.30%

2.60%

6.40%

Barnstable Town

3.30%

3.10%

2.90%

5.70%

Barre

3.40%

2.80%

3.10%

6.00%

Bedford

1.60%

1.60%

2.30%

2.80%

Bellingham

2.50%

2.30%

3.20%

3.70%

Belmont

1.60%

1.70%

2.20%

2.10%

Berlin

1.90%

2.00%

2.80%

3.00%

Beverly

1.90%

2.00%

2.50%

3.00%

Billerica

2.10%

2.00%

2.70%

3.40%

Blackstone

2.60%

2.60%

3.30%

4.60%

Bolton

1.70%

1.60%

2.20%

2.40%

Boston

2.00%

2.10%

2.80%

3.00%

Bourne

3.10%

2.60%

2.90%

5.00%

Boxborough

1.60%

1.70%

1.90%

2.30%

Boxford

1.60%

1.60%

1.90%

2.50%

Boylston

2.10%

1.90%

2.60%

3.80%

Braintree Town

1.90%

2.10%

2.50%

3.10%

Brewster

3.20%

2.80%

2.40%

5.60%

Bridgewater

2.00%

2.10%

3.20%

3.40%

Brockton

3.00%

2.90%

4.00%

4.50%

Brookfield

2.80%

3.10%

3.20%

4.70%

Brookline

1.20%

1.40%

1.90%

2.00%

Burlington

1.70%

1.80%

2.20%

2.60%

Cambridge

1.30%

1.50%

2.00%

2.00%

Canton

2.10%

2.20%

2.60%

3.10%

Carlisle

1.70%

1.60%

2.50%

2.40%

Carver

2.80%

2.40%

2.60%

4.50%

Charlton

2.20%

2.30%

3.20%

3.70%

Chatham

3.60%

2.70%

1.90%

6.60%

Chelmsford

1.90%

2.00%

2.60%

3.00%

Chelsea

2.40%

2.20%

2.70%

3.50%

Chilmark

4.80%

4.10%

2.80%

8.20%

Clinton

3.20%

2.80%

3.70%

4.70%

Cohasset

1.80%

1.80%

2.40%

2.70%

Concord

1.40%

1.60%

2.10%

2.70%

Danvers

2.00%

2.20%

2.60%

2.80%

Dedham

2.00%

2.00%

2.70%

3.10%

Dennis

4.30%

3.70%

2.70%

8.00%

Douglas

2.20%

2.00%

2.40%

3.20%

Dover

1.70%

2.00%

2.30%

2.20%

Dracut

2.20%

2.10%

2.90%

3.80%

Dudley

2.60%

2.60%

3.40%

4.00%

Dukes County

4.60%

3.80%

1.90%

8.10%

Dunstable

1.70%

1.90%

2.70%

2.70%

Duxbury

2.20%

2.10%

2.50%

3.00%

East Bridgewater

2.30%

2.10%

2.50%

3.70%

East Brookfield

2.20%

1.90%

2.80%

5.00%

Eastham

6.20%

4.90%

1.90%

7.60%

Edgartown

5.40%

4.50%

2.10%

10.20%

Essex

2.00%

2.30%

2.20%

3.20%

Essex County

2.40%

2.40%

2.90%

3.70%

Everett

1.90%

1.80%

2.80%

3.10%

Falmouth

3.10%

2.80%

2.70%

5.90%

Fitchburg

3.60%

3.20%

3.90%

5.00%

Foxborough

2.30%

2.10%

2.70%

2.90%

Framingham

1.70%

1.70%

2.40%

2.70%

Franklin Town

2.10%

1.90%

2.60%

3.10%

Gardner

3.10%

3.00%

3.90%

4.80%

Georgetown

1.60%

1.70%

2.50%

3.00%

Gloucester

3.30%

2.80%

3.10%

5.50%

Gosnold

6.30%

8.70%

6.90%

10.20%

Grafton

2.10%

2.00%

2.90%

3.20%

Groton

1.60%

1.70%

2.20%

2.60%

Groveland

1.60%

1.70%

2.40%

3.00%

Halifax

2.70%

2.20%

2.90%

3.90%

Hamilton

1.70%

1.70%

2.00%

2.60%

Hampton

2.50%

2.50%

2.50%

3.30%

Hanover

1.90%

2.10%

2.60%

3.00%

Hanson

2.40%

2.00%

3.10%

3.70%

Hardwick

2.20%

2.30%

2.80%

4.10%

Harvard

1.90%

2.00%

2.60%

2.90%

Harwich

3.60%

3.20%

2.70%

7.20%

Haverhill

2.80%

2.70%

2.90%

3.90%

Hingham

1.90%

2.10%

2.40%

2.80%

Holbrook

2.70%

2.70%

3.20%

3.70%

Holden

2.00%

2.00%

2.70%

2.90%

Holliston

1.80%

1.70%

2.70%

3.00%

Hopedale

2.90%

2.90%

2.80%

3.20%

Hopkinton

1.90%

2.10%

2.70%

2.40%

Hubbardston

2.40%

2.30%

2.80%

4.10%

Hudson

2.40%

2.00%

2.80%

4.10%

Hull

2.60%

2.70%

3.50%

3.40%

Ipswich

2.10%

1.90%

2.00%

3.10%

Kingston

2.50%

2.30%

2.80%

3.50%

Lakeville

2.10%

1.90%

2.80%

3.70%

Lancaster

1.80%

1.80%

2.60%

3.20%

Lawrence

4.50%

4.40%

5.00%

6.50%

Leicester

2.20%

2.00%

2.90%

3.70%

Leominster

2.80%

2.40%

3.30%

4.10%

Lexington

1.50%

1.70%

2.20%

2.20%

Lincoln

1.70%

1.90%

2.10%

2.00%

Littleton

1.90%

1.90%

2.20%

2.60%

Lowell

2.80%

2.90%

3.50%

4.30%

Lunenburg

2.50%

2.50%

3.00%

3.30%

Lynn

2.50%

2.50%

3.20%

4.00%

Lynnfield

1.60%

1.80%

2.30%

2.70%

Malden

2.00%

2.10%

2.70%

3.00%

Manchester-by-the-Sea

1.50%

1.80%

2.50%

3.20%

Marblehead

2.00%

2.10%

2.60%

2.80%

Marion

2.30%

2.10%

2.80%

3.20%

Marlborough

2.30%

2.00%

2.50%

3.50%

Marshfield

2.10%

2.00%

2.30%

3.40%

Mashpee

3.30%

3.00%

2.60%

5.80%

Mattapoisett

2.40%

2.50%

3.50%

3.40%

Maynard

2.10%

2.00%

2.60%

3.40%

Medfield

1.60%

1.50%

2.40%

2.50%

Medford

1.80%

1.90%

2.30%

2.70%

Medway

2.10%

2.10%

2.60%

3.10%

Melrose

1.60%

1.80%

2.30%

2.50%

Mendon

2.20%

2.30%

2.60%

3.20%

Merrimac

1.90%

1.80%

2.60%

3.00%

Methuen Town

2.70%

2.70%

3.30%

4.30%

Middleborough

2.60%

2.40%

3.10%

3.90%

Middleton

2.00%

1.90%

2.90%

3.20%

Milford

2.50%

2.20%

2.70%

4.10%

Millbury

2.60%

2.40%

2.70%

3.50%

Millis

2.20%

2.00%

2.50%

4.00%

Millville

3.40%

3.00%

3.80%

4.00%

Milton

1.70%

1.90%

2.70%

2.80%

Nahant

1.70%

2.00%

2.30%

3.30%

Nantucket

5.40%

3.70%

1.50%

10.70%

Nantucket County

5.40%

3.70%

1.50%

10.70%

Natick

1.60%

1.70%

2.30%

2.40%

Needham

1.50%

1.70%

2.20%

2.20%

New Braintree

4.70%

4.20%

5.70%

7.70%

Newbury

1.90%

1.90%

2.40%

3.10%

Newburyport

2.10%

2.00%

2.20%

2.60%

Newton

1.50%

1.70%

2.30%

2.20%

Norfolk

1.90%

2.10%

2.50%

3.00%

Norfolk County

2.00%

2.00%

2.60%

3.00%

North Andover

2.00%

1.90%

2.70%

3.00%

North Brookfield

2.60%

2.00%

2.90%

4.10%

North Reading

1.60%

1.80%

2.20%

2.80%

Northborough

2.20%

2.10%

2.80%

3.20%

Northbridge

2.80%

2.60%

3.40%

4.10%

Norwell

1.90%

2.10%

2.60%

3.30%

Norwood

2.10%

2.10%

2.70%

3.20%

Oak Bluffs

5.00%

4.30%

2.00%

8.50%

Oakham

3.70%

3.30%

3.00%

5.60%

Orleans

3.20%

2.50%

1.90%

4.30%

Oxford

2.30%

1.90%

3.00%

3.90%

Paxton

2.20%

2.10%

2.40%

2.80%

Peabody

2.10%

2.00%

2.60%

3.20%

Pembroke

2.40%

2.10%

2.70%

3.70%

Pepperell

2.00%

2.00%

2.60%

3.40%

Petersham

2.30%

1.60%

3.00%

3.80%

Phillipston

1.80%

1.80%

2.60%

3.40%

Plainville

2.40%

2.10%

2.70%

3.30%

Plymouth

2.80%

2.40%

2.90%

4.10%

Plymouth County

2.50%

2.40%

3.00%

3.80%

Plympton

2.70%

2.30%

2.70%

3.80%

Princeton

2.50%

2.30%

2.80%

3.60%

Provincetown

15.10%

12.20%

1.70%

20.80%

Quincy

2.10%

2.20%

2.60%

3.10%

Randolph

2.50%

2.70%

3.40%

3.90%

Reading

1.40%

1.60%

2.20%

2.40%

Revere

2.40%

2.40%

2.90%

3.70%

Rochester

2.40%

2.40%

2.30%

3.50%

Rockingham County

2.50%

2.50%

2.70%

3.20%

Rockland

2.60%

2.40%

2.80%

4.00%

Rockport

3.30%

2.60%

2.70%

4.80%

Rowley

2.40%

2.30%

2.90%

3.60%

Royalston

3.10%

3.00%

2.90%

4.10%

Rutland

2.60%

2.50%

3.30%

3.60%

Salem

2.20%

2.30%

3.00%

3.50%

Salisbury

2.60%

2.10%

2.70%

3.90%

Sandwich

2.80%

2.20%

2.40%

4.50%

Saugus

2.30%

2.20%

3.00%

3.30%

Scituate

2.10%

2.10%

2.80%

3.00%

Sharon

1.60%

1.90%

2.40%

2.40%

Sherborn

1.30%

1.20%

2.20%

1.50%

Shirley

2.70%

2.50%

3.20%

3.60%

Shrewsbury

2.00%

2.10%

2.60%

2.80%

Somerville

1.40%

1.50%

1.90%

2.20%

Southborough

1.70%

1.70%

2.20%

2.20%

Southbridge Town

3.60%

3.50%

4.40%

5.40%

Spencer

3.30%

2.80%

4.00%

4.90%

Sterling

2.50%

2.50%

3.00%

3.60%

Stoneham

1.80%

2.00%

2.50%

2.90%

Stoughton

2.30%

2.20%

3.00%

3.70%

Stow

2.00%

2.10%

2.50%

2.50%

Sturbridge

2.80%

2.50%

2.90%

4.30%

Sudbury

1.70%

1.80%

2.30%

2.50%

Suffolk County

2.00%

2.10%

2.80%

3.10%

Sutton

2.20%

1.80%

2.80%

3.30%

Swampscott

1.80%

1.80%

2.30%

2.70%

Templeton

2.20%

2.30%

2.80%

3.90%

Tewksbury

2.10%

2.20%

2.60%

3.50%

Tisbury

5.40%

4.30%

2.50%

8.70%

Topsfield

1.50%

1.40%

2.50%

2.40%

Townsend

1.90%

2.00%

2.90%

3.40%

Truro

11.50%

8.50%

2.30%

14.40%

Tyngsborough

2.40%

2.40%

2.80%

3.30%

Upton

2.20%

2.30%

2.50%

3.60%

Uxbridge

2.30%

2.10%

2.80%

3.40%

Wakefield

1.80%

1.90%

2.30%

3.00%

Walpole

2.00%

2.10%

2.60%

3.10%

Waltham

1.90%

1.70%

2.30%

3.00%

Wareham

3.00%

2.70%

3.50%

4.80%

Warren

3.50%

3.30%

3.50%

4.80%

Watertown Town

1.50%

1.60%

2.00%

2.10%

Wayland

1.80%

1.70%

2.40%

2.60%

Webster

3.20%

3.10%

3.80%

4.90%

Wellesley

1.60%

1.70%

2.70%

2.40%

Wellfleet

7.50%

5.30%

1.90%

11.70%

Wenham

1.50%

1.80%

3.00%

2.40%

West Boylston

2.90%

2.70%

4.40%

4.50%

West Bridgewater

2.30%

2.30%

3.10%

3.70%

West Brookfield

3.30%

2.60%

3.10%

5.40%

West Newbury

1.80%

1.60%

2.00%

2.10%

West Tisbury

2.30%

2.20%

1.10%

4.60%

Westborough

1.80%

1.90%

2.30%

2.60%

Westford

1.90%

1.90%

2.40%

2.60%

Westminster

2.30%

2.20%

2.50%

3.20%

Weston

1.40%

1.60%

2.10%

2.10%

Westwood

1.60%

1.70%

2.30%

2.50%

Weymouth Town

2.60%

2.40%

2.80%

3.70%

Whitman

2.70%

2.50%

2.90%

3.70%

Wilmington

1.90%

2.00%

2.50%

2.90%

Winchendon

2.40%

2.50%

3.40%

4.20%

Winchester

1.40%

1.60%

2.20%

2.30%

Winthrop Town

2.10%

2.30%

2.70%

3.00%

Woburn

2.00%

2.00%

2.40%

2.90%

Worcester

2.80%

2.80%

3.70%

3.90%

Wrentham

1.70%

1.80%

2.40%

3.40%

Yarmouth

4.20%

3.70%

2.50%

6.60%

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