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Where Vermonters are Working,
Where They’re Not

August 25, 2011  |  Sarah Lyons  |  no comments yet
Map |Employment, Unemployment

Statewide, Vermont’s annual average unemployment rate in 2010 was 6.2 percent. That was the second-lowest rate in New England—just behind New Hampshire—and 3.4 percentage points below the national average last year.

But not all Vermont towns are doing as well as the state average. According to data from the Vermont Department of Labor, the average annual unemployment rates for Vermont towns ranged from none (Averill) to 20.5 percent (Norton). In 23 towns the unemployment rate averaged 10 percent or more in 2010.

On the map below, hold your cursor over your town to see the unemployment rate for 2010.

Alburgh --9.9% Highgate --4.9% Franklin --7.0% Berkshire --3.0% Richford --9.9% Jay --5.8% Troy --10.5% Newport Town --5.7% Derby --7.1% Holland --5.4% Norton --20.5% Canaan --8.9% Swanton --7.1% Isle La Motte --10.5% Lemington --3.8% Bloomfield --6.5% Brunswick --7.4% Maidstone --13.0% Granby --10.4% East Haven --12.8% Enosburg --10.7% Sheldon --5.1% Fairfield --6.8% St Albans City --10.2% North Hero --6.3% Bakersfield --4.4% Montgomery --8.8% Westfield --9.0% Lowell --14.3% Albany --6.2% Irasburg --8.9% Barton --13.0% Glover --8.8% Sheffield --7.8% Greensboro --9.7% Wheelock --7.7% Stannard --4.1% Walden --2.1% Hardwick --9.0% Wolcott --8.1% Craftsbury --6.0% Eden --12.8% Hyde Park --6.6% Belvidere --11.2% Johnson --8.3% Averill --0.0% Ferdinand --no data Lewis --no data Averys Gore, Warners Grant and Warren Gore --no data Brighton --9.6% Newark --2.5% Westmore --2.9% Morgan --8.0% Charleston --9.8% Brownington --8.6% Coventry --4.0% Newport City --12.6% Sutton --7.7% Burke --9.3% Victory --5.0% Lunenburg --7.4% Guildhall --9.0% Concord --10.1% Waterford --5.6% St Johnsbury --7.4% Lyndon --7.6% Kirby --3.2% Barnet --4.8% Peacham --3.9% Cabot --5.3% Elmore --4.0% Morristown --7.3% Stowe --5.3% Worcester --5.7% Calais --6.0% Marshfield --4.8% Groton --10.1% Ryegate --7.8% Woodbury --4.8% Danville --5.6% St Albans Town --2.4% Grand Isle --6.5% South Hero --4.8% Georgia --1.9% Milton --6.5% Colchester --5.0% Fairfax --5.9% Westford --3.5% Essex --4.5% Fletcher --1.9% Waterville --7.4% Cambridge --8.9% Underhill --5.2% Plainfield --7.9% East Montpelier --3.9% Montpelier --5.5% Middlesex --4.5% Waterbury --5.9% Bolton --2.9% Richmond --5.5% Jericho --4.2% Williston --4.4% Winooski --7.3% Burlington --5.2% South Burlington --5.0% Shelburne --4.2% Charlotte --4.0% St George --5.9% Hinesburg --5.3% Huntington --4.4% Duxbury --3.8% Moretown --4.1% Berlin --5.3% Barre City --10.9% Barre Town --4.1% Orange --5.9% Topsham --7.5% Newbury --7.4% Bradford --7.6% Corinth --7.0% Washington --6.5% Williamstown --7.9% Northfield --6.8% Waitsfield --7.3% Fayston --1.8% Buels Gore --no data Starksboro --6.2% Monkton --2.2% Ferrisburg --2.5% Fairlee --5.4% West Fairlee --2.4% Vershire --5.5% Chelsea --7.6% Brookfield --5.3% Roxbury --9.9% Warren --4.7% Lincoln --6.2% Bristol --7.5% Ripton --4.4% Thetford --3.2% Strafford --4.2% Tunbridge --4.8% Randolph --6.3% Braintree --7.4% Granville --6.8% Hancock --10.9% Rochester --6.9% Bethel --8.4% Royalton --5.6% Sharon --4.6% Norwich --3.4% Hartford --4.2% Pomfret --3.2% Barnard --3.6% Stockbridge --7.0% Pittsfield --19.2% Hartland --4.6% Woodstock --5.0% Bridgewater --8.6% Killington --13.6% Mendon --5.6% Windsor --5.9% West Windsor --6.5% Reading --4.8% Plymouth --6.9% Shrewsbury --5.9% Clarendon --5.6% Ira --2.6% Weathersfield --6.1% Baltimore --3.5% Cavendish --6.8% Ludlow --8.1% Mount Holly --6.1% Wallingford --6.1% Middletown Springs --4.9% Wells --8.4% Springfield --8.5% Chester --8.5% Andover --8.5% Weston --5.2% Mount Tabor --8.9% Danby --5.8% Pawlet --6.7% Rockingham --6.8% Grafton --5.5% Windham --5.3% Londonderry --7.4% Landgrove --5.9% Peru --6.8% Dorset --6.0% Rupert --5.7% Westminster --4.3% Athens --4.8% Brookline --5.2% Townshend --6.5% Jamaica --5.7% Winhall --8.1% Manchester --6.7% Sandgate --7.3% Arlington --7.7% Sunderland --3.3% Stratton --10.7% Shaftsbury --5.0% Glastenbury --no data Somerset --no data Bennington --7.9% Woodford --12.1% Searsburg --7.5% Wilmington --7.8% Marlboro --3.6% Brattleboro --6.1% Pownal --5.7% Stamford --8.7% Readsboro --6.2% Whitingham --6.7% Halifax --4.3% Guilford --6.1% Vernon --5.7% Wardsboro --6.6% Dover --8.6% Newfane --5.7% Putney --6.9% Dummerston --3.8% Vergennes --9.7% Panton --5.1% Addison --4.4% Bridport --6.8% Shoreham --4.8% Orwell --6.5% Benson --6.5% West Haven --5.9% Fair Haven --8.8% Tinmouth --4.2% Poultney --7.6% Castleton --8.1% Hubbardton --2.6% Sudbury --5.8% Whiting --10.4% Cornwall --3.7% Weybridge --4.9% West Rutland --10.4% Proctor --7.0% Rutland City --8.8% Rutland --2.8% Brandon --7.0% Pittsford --4.9% Chittenden --6.7% Leicester --7.0% Salisbury --6.2% Middlebury --6.5% New Haven --5.9% Waltham --1.7% Goshen --5.4%

Data source: Vermont Department of Labor

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