Metro Boston Unemployment Level Heat Map - October 2021

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

6.30%

6.70%

7.00%

8.70%

Acton

3.60%

3.70%

4.40%

5.30%

Amesbury Town

4.30%

4.70%

5.20%

7.10%

Andover

4.10%

4.30%

5.10%

6.30%

Aquinnah

3.80%

4.20%

7.70%

5.50%

Arlington

3.80%

4.00%

4.30%

5.90%

Ashburnham

5.50%

5.30%

6.30%

7.50%

Ashby

4.80%

5.40%

6.70%

6.70%

Ashland

4.20%

4.40%

4.40%

7.00%

Athol

5.90%

6.30%

7.00%

9.10%

Auburn

5.10%

5.60%

6.00%

7.50%

Avon

5.30%

5.50%

5.90%

10.10%

Ayer

5.40%

5.80%

6.70%

8.50%

Barnstable County

5.00%

5.10%

9.00%

8.30%

Barnstable Town

5.40%

5.40%

8.40%

8.60%

Barre

5.90%

6.00%

7.90%

7.80%

Bedford

4.80%

4.90%

4.90%

6.00%

Bellingham

4.60%

5.20%

5.90%

7.90%

Belmont

4.20%

4.50%

4.40%

6.20%

Berlin

4.00%

4.10%

5.10%

6.40%

Beverly

4.70%

4.70%

5.70%

7.80%

Billerica

4.60%

4.70%

5.30%

7.80%

Blackstone

5.90%

5.90%

6.40%

8.00%

Bolton

4.10%

3.80%

4.40%

5.00%

Boston

5.60%

6.00%

6.30%

10.30%

Bourne

5.70%

5.90%

7.10%

8.70%

Boxborough

4.10%

4.30%

3.80%

5.90%

Boxford

3.50%

3.50%

4.00%

6.20%

Boylston

4.10%

4.10%

5.00%

6.10%

Braintree Town

5.30%

5.70%

5.80%

9.20%

Brewster

4.50%

4.20%

7.60%

6.60%

Bridgewater

2.70%

2.70%

2.70%

2.80%

Brockton

8.50%

8.80%

10.10%

14.20%

Brookfield

5.60%

6.30%

6.10%

7.80%

Brookline

3.50%

3.50%

3.60%

5.40%

Burlington

4.40%

4.40%

4.60%

6.50%

Cambridge

3.50%

3.70%

3.70%

5.50%

Canton

5.10%

5.40%

5.40%

8.30%

Carlisle

3.60%

3.80%

4.10%

5.50%

Carver

5.10%

5.60%

7.60%

8.20%

Charlton

5.70%

6.30%

5.80%

6.40%

Chatham

4.80%

4.10%

9.80%

7.00%

Chelmsford

4.40%

4.40%

5.40%

6.70%

Chelsea

6.50%

6.80%

8.00%

13.40%

Chilmark

2.80%

2.90%

7.50%

5.10%

Clinton

5.60%

5.60%

7.60%

9.00%

Cohasset

3.90%

4.20%

4.90%

5.90%

Concord

3.90%

4.10%

4.80%

5.40%

Danvers

4.90%

5.20%

5.90%

8.80%

Dedham

5.20%

5.00%

5.80%

8.50%

Dennis

5.30%

5.20%

10.20%

9.40%

Douglas

4.60%

4.80%

5.30%

6.30%

Dover

3.70%

4.30%

4.10%

5.30%

Dracut

5.00%

5.20%

6.40%

8.10%

Dudley

5.90%

6.20%

6.20%

8.30%

Dukes County

4.10%

4.20%

10.30%

6.10%

Dunstable

3.20%

3.70%

3.20%

5.40%

Duxbury

4.50%

5.10%

5.90%

7.40%

East Bridgewater

4.60%

5.20%

6.20%

7.60%

East Brookfield

5.80%

5.30%

5.40%

6.50%

Eastham

4.20%

4.40%

10.50%

7.40%

Edgartown

5.20%

5.20%

11.70%

7.10%

Essex

3.30%

3.40%

5.00%

5.80%

Essex County

5.90%

6.20%

7.40%

10.00%

Everett

5.70%

5.90%

6.70%

12.30%

Falmouth

5.10%

5.30%

9.30%

8.60%

Fitchburg

7.60%

7.90%

9.50%

12.40%

Foxborough

4.80%

4.70%

6.00%

8.10%

Framingham

2.60%

2.60%

2.60%

2.40%

Franklin Town

4.80%

4.80%

5.70%

7.40%

Gardner

7.60%

8.10%

8.10%

10.00%

Georgetown

4.00%

4.20%

5.30%

7.00%

Gloucester

5.70%

6.10%

9.10%

8.40%

Gosnold

2.00%

2.00%

2.30%

0.00%

Grafton

5.00%

5.00%

5.00%

7.40%

Groton

4.30%

4.10%

4.50%

5.50%

Groveland

3.90%

4.00%

4.80%

7.20%

Halifax

5.90%

5.90%

7.40%

8.40%

Hamilton

4.40%

4.00%

4.80%

5.80%

Hampton

3.50%

3.80%

3.80%

6.50%

Hanover

5.10%

5.40%

5.60%

7.50%

Hanson

4.70%

5.00%

6.80%

7.40%

Hardwick

3.70%

4.30%

6.30%

6.40%

Harvard

3.80%

3.80%

5.00%

5.20%

Harwich

4.90%

5.80%

10.30%

8.40%

Haverhill

5.80%

6.20%

7.60%

10.10%

Hingham

4.70%

5.00%

5.10%

6.20%

Holbrook

6.20%

6.50%

7.30%

10.90%

Holden

4.70%

4.90%

4.90%

7.00%

Holliston

4.60%

4.80%

5.10%

7.00%

Hopedale

5.10%

4.90%

5.60%

8.50%

Hopkinton

3.90%

4.50%

4.60%

6.20%

Hubbardston

5.10%

4.80%

6.00%

5.80%

Hudson

5.50%

5.70%

6.10%

8.20%

Hull

5.80%

5.90%

7.10%

9.40%

Ipswich

4.60%

4.70%

5.70%

6.90%

Kingston

5.70%

5.70%

6.70%

7.70%

Lakeville

5.10%

4.90%

6.20%

7.50%

Lancaster

4.20%

4.10%

4.90%

6.70%

Lawrence

11.10%

11.70%

14.50%

18.80%

Leicester

5.00%

5.60%

6.10%

7.70%

Leominster

6.00%

6.20%

7.40%

10.10%

Lexington

3.50%

4.00%

4.30%

5.70%

Lincoln

4.50%

4.40%

4.10%

5.90%

Littleton

5.80%

4.60%

4.30%

5.90%

Lowell

6.30%

6.90%

8.00%

10.60%

Lunenburg

5.30%

5.40%

6.20%

7.30%

Lynn

7.50%

7.80%

9.40%

13.70%

Lynnfield

4.10%

4.50%

5.10%

7.10%

Malden

6.00%

6.40%

7.10%

12.50%

Manchester-by-the-Sea

4.10%

3.70%

4.90%

6.50%

Marblehead

4.20%

4.50%

5.30%

7.10%

Marion

4.60%

5.30%

4.80%

7.70%

Marlborough

4.50%

4.70%

6.30%

8.00%

Marshfield

4.80%

5.10%

6.30%

7.10%

Mashpee

5.10%

5.60%

8.60%

8.30%

Mattapoisett

5.60%

5.50%

6.70%

7.40%

Maynard

4.60%

4.50%

5.50%

6.30%

Medfield

4.20%

4.60%

4.80%

6.70%

Medford

4.50%

4.90%

5.40%

8.10%

Medway

5.30%

5.40%

5.80%

6.70%

Melrose

4.10%

4.20%

5.00%

7.40%

Mendon

4.90%

5.70%

5.90%

7.20%

Merrimac

3.90%

4.30%

5.00%

6.70%

Methuen Town

7.00%

7.30%

8.10%

10.40%

Middleborough

5.50%

5.80%

6.70%

8.60%

Middleton

4.90%

5.30%

6.20%

8.10%

Milford

4.90%

5.20%

6.40%

7.60%

Millbury

4.80%

5.00%

5.70%

7.70%

Millis

4.50%

4.80%

7.00%

8.20%

Millville

4.90%

5.00%

6.40%

8.70%

Milton

4.80%

4.90%

5.60%

7.70%

Nahant

4.90%

5.40%

4.40%

8.80%

Nantucket

4.00%

4.10%

14.80%

5.60%

Nantucket County

4.00%

4.10%

14.80%

5.60%

Natick

4.00%

4.10%

4.20%

6.80%

Needham

3.70%

3.80%

4.00%

6.00%

New Braintree

5.50%

5.20%

8.90%

7.50%

Newbury

4.80%

4.50%

5.60%

6.60%

Newburyport

3.60%

3.80%

4.90%

6.30%

Newton

3.80%

4.20%

4.20%

6.10%

Norfolk

4.60%

4.70%

4.80%

6.80%

Norfolk County

5.00%

5.20%

5.80%

8.60%

North Andover

4.60%

4.80%

5.00%

7.20%

North Brookfield

5.10%

5.20%

8.90%

7.50%

North Reading

4.60%

4.50%

5.20%

7.10%

Northborough

4.60%

4.60%

4.90%

7.40%

Northbridge

5.00%

5.10%

6.70%

7.80%

Norwell

4.90%

5.20%

5.00%

7.00%

Norwood

5.60%

5.80%

5.80%

9.20%

Oak Bluffs

3.40%

2.80%

10.10%

5.20%

Oakham

5.30%

6.80%

6.50%

6.20%

Orleans

3.90%

3.30%

7.70%

7.20%

Oxford

5.00%

5.00%

5.90%

7.70%

Paxton

3.70%

4.10%

4.10%

6.70%

Peabody

5.50%

5.90%

6.50%

9.80%

Pembroke

5.10%

5.10%

7.00%

8.00%

Pepperell

4.00%

4.10%

4.90%

6.20%

Petersham

5.30%

4.70%

5.70%

7.30%

Phillipston

6.10%

5.90%

4.80%

7.10%

Plainville

4.50%

4.60%

5.90%

8.50%

Plymouth

5.10%

5.20%

7.30%

8.10%

Plymouth County

5.80%

6.00%

7.10%

9.10%

Plympton

5.10%

5.70%

8.20%

7.10%

Princeton

4.20%

3.90%

4.10%

6.10%

Provincetown

4.20%

4.00%

21.40%

6.40%

Quincy

5.40%

5.90%

7.20%

11.70%

Randolph

3.80%

3.80%

3.80%

4.00%

Reading

4.10%

4.20%

4.90%

7.10%

Revere

6.40%

6.90%

8.60%

15.30%

Rochester

4.60%

4.60%

5.60%

6.40%

Rockingham County

2.90%

3.30%

3.10%

5.70%

Rockland

5.60%

6.00%

7.10%

9.80%

Rockport

5.10%

5.00%

7.50%

7.70%

Rowley

4.40%

4.30%

6.40%

6.70%

Royalston

5.00%

6.10%

5.70%

6.30%

Rutland

5.10%

5.50%

5.40%

6.60%

Salem

6.40%

6.60%

7.10%

10.40%

Salisbury

4.80%

4.80%

7.30%

8.60%

Sandwich

4.10%

4.40%

6.00%

7.50%

Saugus

6.30%

6.80%

6.60%

10.20%

Scituate

4.60%

4.50%

6.00%

7.00%

Sharon

4.60%

4.50%

3.90%

6.20%

Sherborn

3.50%

3.30%

3.90%

5.70%

Shirley

5.10%

5.50%

5.70%

9.10%

Shrewsbury

4.30%

4.60%

5.10%

6.80%

Somerville

4.10%

4.10%

4.40%

6.80%

Southborough

3.50%

3.70%

4.40%

6.90%

Southbridge Town

8.30%

8.30%

10.20%

13.00%

Spencer

6.40%

6.60%

8.10%

8.90%

Sterling

4.80%

5.10%

5.80%

7.20%

Stoneham

4.60%

4.80%

5.00%

7.70%

Stoughton

5.60%

5.70%

6.90%

9.70%

Stow

4.20%

4.00%

5.40%

5.70%

Sturbridge

5.90%

5.90%

6.50%

8.00%

Sudbury

3.50%

3.80%

3.80%

5.70%

Suffolk County

5.70%

6.00%

6.50%

10.80%

Sutton

5.00%

5.10%

5.20%

6.60%

Swampscott

4.60%

4.60%

5.70%

7.40%

Templeton

5.60%

5.90%

7.10%

7.70%

Tewksbury

4.90%

5.10%

5.40%

8.00%

Tisbury

5.50%

6.70%

13.00%

7.80%

Topsfield

4.00%

4.20%

5.10%

5.60%

Townsend

5.00%

5.10%

5.90%

7.20%

Truro

3.30%

3.30%

18.20%

5.60%

Tyngsborough

4.50%

5.00%

5.80%

6.90%

Upton

4.90%

5.40%

4.70%

6.90%

Uxbridge

4.80%

5.50%

6.00%

7.30%

Wakefield

4.10%

4.10%

5.60%

7.90%

Walpole

5.20%

5.20%

5.40%

7.60%

Waltham

4.60%

4.80%

5.90%

7.00%

Wareham

6.90%

7.30%

7.10%

9.50%

Warren

6.40%

6.30%

8.90%

7.70%

Watertown Town

4.00%

4.00%

4.50%

7.30%

Wayland

3.30%

3.60%

4.60%

5.60%

Webster

7.30%

7.60%

8.60%

10.90%

Wellesley

3.80%

4.40%

4.40%

5.50%

Wellfleet

3.20%

3.60%

13.60%

6.60%

Wenham

3.60%

4.10%

3.60%

4.70%

West Boylston

6.10%

6.10%

6.10%

7.70%

West Bridgewater

5.40%

5.50%

5.40%

8.80%

West Brookfield

4.40%

5.40%

7.90%

7.40%

West Newbury

3.60%

3.40%

3.60%

5.80%

West Tisbury

2.30%

2.00%

5.60%

4.20%

Westborough

3.70%

3.90%

4.70%

6.10%

Westford

3.90%

4.30%

5.00%

5.80%

Westminster

4.70%

5.10%

5.60%

7.50%

Weston

3.30%

3.80%

3.60%

5.40%

Westwood

3.80%

4.00%

4.50%

6.40%

Weymouth Town

5.30%

5.90%

6.90%

9.50%

Whitman

4.70%

5.30%

6.90%

8.60%

Wilmington

4.90%

4.90%

5.70%

7.40%

Winchendon

5.50%

5.70%

6.10%

8.60%

Winchester

3.90%

4.00%

4.60%

6.00%

Winthrop Town

4.70%

5.00%

6.40%

10.70%

Woburn

4.80%

4.80%

5.70%

8.60%

Worcester

6.80%

7.10%

7.70%

11.10%

Wrentham

4.80%

4.70%

5.70%

7.60%

Yarmouth

5.30%

5.00%

9.50%

9.10%

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