Work and Jobs in Boston, Virginia (VA) Detailed Stats
Data:
Unemployment (%)
Unemployment (% change since 2000)
Unemployment (%) - White
Unemployment (% change since 2000) - White
Unemployment (%) - Black or African American
Unemployment (% change since 2000) - Black or African American
Unemployment (%) - Asian
Unemployment (% change since 2000) - Asian
Unemployment (%) - Hispanic or Latino
Unemployment (% change since 2000) - Hispanic or Latino
Unemployment (%) - American Indian and Alaska Native
Unemployment (% change since 2000) - American Indian and Alaska Native
Unemployment (%) - Multirace
Unemployment (% change since 2000) - Multirace
Unemployment (%) - Other Race
Unemployment (% change since 2000) - Other Race
Industry diversity
Most Common Industries - Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining (%)
Most Common Industries - Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (%)
Most Common Industries - Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (%)
Most Common Industries - Construction (%)
Most Common Industries - Manufacturing (%)
Most Common Industries - Wholesale trade (%)
Most Common Industries - Retail trade (%)
Most Common Industries - Transportation and warehousing, and utilities (%)
Most Common Industries - Transportation and warehousing (%)
Most Common Industries - Utilities (%)
Most Common Industries - Information (%)
Most Common Industries - Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (%)
Most Common Industries - Finance and insurance (%)
Most Common Industries - Real estate and rental and leasing (%)
Most Common Industries - Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (%)
Most Common Industries - Professional, scientific, and technical services (%)
Most Common Industries - Management of companies and enterprises (%)
Most Common Industries - Administrative and support and waste management services (%)
Most Common Industries - Educational services, and health care and social assistance (%)
Most Common Industries - Educational services (%)
Most Common Industries - Health care and social assistance (%)
Most Common Industries - Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (%)
Most Common Industries - Arts, entertainment, and recreation (%)
Most Common Industries - Accommodation and food services (%)
Most Common Industries - Other services, except public administration (%)
Most Common Industries - Public administration (%)
Occupation diversity
Most Common Occupations - Management, business, science, and arts occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Management, business, and financial occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Management occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Business and financial operations occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Computer, engineering, and science occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Computer and mathematical occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Architecture and engineering occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Life, physical, and social science occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Education, legal, community service, arts, and media occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Community and social service occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Legal occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Education, training, and library occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Health technologists and technicians (%)
Most Common Occupations - Service occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Healthcare support occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Protective service occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Fire fighting and prevention, and other protective service workers including supervisors (%)
Most Common Occupations - Law enforcement workers including supervisors (%)
Most Common Occupations - Food preparation and serving related occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Personal care and service occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Sales and office occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Sales and related occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Office and administrative support occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Construction and extraction occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Production, transportation, and material moving occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Production occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Transportation occupations (%)
Most Common Occupations - Material moving occupations (%)
Private vehicle occupancy - Drove alone (% change since 2000)
Private vehicle occupancy - Carpooled (%)
Private vehicle occupancy - Carpooled (% change since 2000)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 2-person carpool (%)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 2-person carpool (% change since 2000)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 3-person carpool (%)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 3-person carpool (% change since 2000)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 4-person carpool (%)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 4-person carpool (% change since 2000)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 5- or 6-person carpool (%)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 5- or 6-person carpool (% change since 2000)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 7-or-more-person carpool (%)
Private vehicle occupancy - In 7-or-more-person carpool (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 5:00 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 5:00 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 6:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 6:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. (% change since 2000)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work - 4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. (% change since 2000)
Class of Workers - Employee of private company (%)
Class of Workers - Employee of private company (% change since 2000)
Class of Workers - Self-employed in own incorporated business (%)
Class of Workers - Self-employed in own incorporated business (% change since 2000)
Class of Workers - Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers (%)
Class of Workers - Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers (% change since 2000)
Class of Workers - Local government workers (%)
Class of Workers - Local government workers (% change since 2000)
Class of Workers - State government workers (%)
Class of Workers - State government workers (% change since 2000)
Class of Workers - Federal government workers (%)
Class of Workers - Federal government workers (% change since 2000)
Class of Workers - Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business and Unpaid family workers (%)
Class of Workers - Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business and Unpaid family workers (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Drove car alone (%)
Means of transportation to work - Drove car alone (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Carpooled (%)
Means of transportation to work - Carpooled (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Public transportation (%)
Means of transportation to work - Public transportation (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Bus or trolley bus (%)
Means of transportation to work - Bus or trolley bus (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Streetcar or trolley car (%)
Means of transportation to work - Streetcar or trolley car (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Subway or elevated (%)
Means of transportation to work - Subway or elevated (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Railroad (%)
Means of transportation to work - Railroad (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Ferryboat (%)
Means of transportation to work - Ferryboat (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Taxicab (%)
Means of transportation to work - Taxicab (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Motorcycle (%)
Means of transportation to work - Motorcycle (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Bicycle (%)
Means of transportation to work - Bicycle (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Walked (%)
Means of transportation to work - Walked (% change since 2000)
Means of transportation to work - Other means (%)
Means of transportation to work - Other means (% change since 2000)
Working at home (%)
Working at home (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - Less than 5 minutes (%)
Travel time to work - Less than 5 minutes (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - 5 to 9 minutes (%)
Travel time to work - 5 to 9 minutes (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - 10 to 19 minutes (%)
Travel time to work - 10 to 19 minutes (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - 20 to 29 minutes (%)
Travel time to work - 20 to 29 minutes (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - 30 to 39 minutes (%)
Travel time to work - 30 to 39 minutes (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - 40 to 59 minutes (%)
Travel time to work - 40 to 59 minutes (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - 60 to 89 minutes (%)
Travel time to work - 60 to 89 minutes (% change since 2000)
Travel time to work - 90 or more minutes (%)
Travel time to work - 90 or more minutes (% change since 2000)
70.7% of workers work in Accomack County and 6.3% of all workers work at home. 93.7% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 33.5% greater than the rate of 62.3% across the entire state of Virginia.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Boston, Virginia was 504 / 409
Unemployment in Boston Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for Black residents 11.1% Females
Time leaving home to go to work 12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.: Boston:
4.0% (8)Virginia:
5.2% (184,150)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.: Boston:
60.6% (122)Virginia:
4.0% (143,834)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.: Boston:
10.6% (21)Virginia:
14.2% (504,796)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.: Boston:
25.1% (50)Virginia:
6.2% (219,709)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Males: Boston:
83.5% (120)Virginia:
5.3% (101,619)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males: Boston:
14.8% (21)Virginia:
13.8% (264,728)
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Females: Boston:
14.1% (8)Virginia:
3.3% (54,441)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Females: Boston:
90.2% (51)Virginia:
6.3% (104,018)
Private vehicle occupancy Drove alone: Boston:
99.9% (202)Virginia:
89.4% (2,955,039)
Class of workers
Employee of private company: Boston:
93.7% (211)Virginia:
62.3% (2,679,819)
Self-employed in own incorporated business: Boston:
6.3% (14)Virginia:
3.7% (159,727)
Employee of private company - Males: Boston:
91.4% (151)Virginia:
65.6% (1,465,158)
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males: Boston:
8.6% (14)Virginia:
4.6% (102,356)
Employee of private company - Females: Boston:
100.0% (60)Virginia:
58.8% (1,214,661)
