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The unemployment rate in 2023 in Deerfield, MA was 2.5%, which was 40.0% less than the unemployment rate of 3.5% across the entire state of Massachusetts. Compared to the unemployment rate of 5.6% in 2013, this represents a decrease of 124.0%. The most common industries in Deerfield are: Educational services (18.7% of civilian employees), Health care (14.2% of civilian employees), Construction (6.3% of civilian employees). 55.9% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 19.7% less than the rate of 66.8% across the entire state of Massachusetts.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
Educational services | 18.7% (498) | 9.8% (125) | 26.8% (373) |
Health care | 14.2% (378) | 5.7% (73) | 21.9% (305) |
Construction | 6.3% (169) | 11.3% (144) | 1.8% (25) |
Public administration | 6.2% (164) | 6.9% (88) | 5.5% (76) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 5.0% (133) | 5.7% (73) | 4.3% (60) |
Repair and maintenance | 3.4% (91) | 7.1% (91) | 0.0% (0) |
Finance and insurance | 3.2% (86) | 3.7% (47) | 2.8% (39) |
Accommodation and food services | 3.0% (80) | 1.7% (22) | 4.2% (58) |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 2.7% (72) | 0.7% (9) | 4.5% (63) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 2.3% (62) | 1.7% (22) | 2.9% (40) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 1.9% (51) | 2.0% (26) | 1.8% (25) |
Food and beverage stores | 1.8% (48) | 2.2% (28) | 1.4% (20) |
Social assistance | 1.6% (43) | 0.5% (6) | 2.7% (37) |
Plastics and rubber products | 1.5% (41) | 2.7% (34) | 0.5% (7) |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 1.4% (38) | 0.9% (11) | 1.9% (27) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 1.4% (38) | 2.3% (29) | 0.6% (9) |
Metal and metal products | 1.4% (38) | 3.0% (38) | 0.0% (0) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.4% (36) | 2.8% (36) | 0.0% (0) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.3% (35) | 0.5% (7) | 2.0% (28) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.3% (35) | 1.8% (23) | 0.9% (12) |
Personal and laundry services | 1.3% (34) | 1.2% (15) | 1.4% (19) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.2% (33) | 0.9% (12) | 1.5% (21) |
Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.2% (33) | 2.1% (27) | 0.4% (6) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 1.2% (32) | 1.3% (16) | 1.1% (16) |
Utilities | 1.2% (32) | 1.3% (17) | 1.1% (15) |
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.2% (31) | 1.8% (23) | 0.6% (8) |
Truck transportation | 1.1% (29) | 2.3% (29) | 0.0% (0) |
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 1.1% (29) | 2.3% (29) | 0.0% (0) |
Machinery | 1.0% (27) | 1.6% (20) | 0.5% (7) |
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 1.0% (26) | 0.9% (12) | 1.0% (14) |
Private households | 0.9% (23) | 0.0% (0) | 1.7% (23) |
Printing and related support activities | 0.7% (19) | 1.5% (19) | 0.0% (0) |
Chemicals | 0.6% (17) | 1.3% (17) | 0.0% (0) |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 0.6% (16) | 0.5% (6) | 0.7% (10) |
Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.5% (14) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (14) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.5% (12) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (12) |
Food | 0.4% (10) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (10) |
Water transportation | 0.4% (10) | 0.8% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.3% (9) | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (9) | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
U. S. Postal service | 0.3% (9) | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.3% (9) | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.3% (9) | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
Beverage and tobacco products | 0.3% (8) | 0.6% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Textile mills and textile products | 0.3% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (8) |
Wood products | 0.3% (7) | 0.5% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.3% (7) | 0.5% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Apparel | 0.2% (6) | 0.5% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Transportation equipment | 0.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (6) |
Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.2% (6) | 0.5% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Music stores | 0.2% (6) | 0.5% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (4) | 0.3% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in Deerfield
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 4.8%Males
- 1.7%Females
Unemployment in 2023:
Deerfield: | 2.5% |
Massachusetts: | 3.5% |
Unemployment in 2022:
Deerfield: | 2.7% |
Massachusetts: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 2021:
Deerfield: | 3.6% |
Massachusetts: | 5.5% |
Unemployment in 2020:
Deerfield: | 6.7% |
Massachusetts: | 9.4% |
Unemployment in 2019:
Deerfield: | 2.3% |
Massachusetts: | 3.0% |
Unemployment in 2018:
Deerfield: | 2.7% |
Massachusetts: | 3.5% |
Unemployment in 2017:
Deerfield: | 3.1% |
Massachusetts: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 2016:
Deerfield: | 3.4% |
Massachusetts: | 4.0% |
Unemployment in 2015:
Deerfield: | 4.1% |
Massachusetts: | 4.8% |
Unemployment in 2014:
Deerfield: | 4.6% |
Massachusetts: | 5.7% |
Unemployment in 2013:
Deerfield: | 5.6% |
Massachusetts: | 6.6% |
Unemployment in 2012:
Deerfield: | 5.8% |
Massachusetts: | 6.7% |
Unemployment in 2011:
Deerfield: | 5.9% |
Massachusetts: | 7.2% |
Unemployment in 2010:
Deerfield: | 6.4% |
Massachusetts: | 8.1% |
Unemployment in 2009:
Deerfield: | 7.4% |
Massachusetts: | 8.1% |
Unemployment in 2008:
Deerfield: | 4.3% |
Massachusetts: | 5.3% |
Unemployment in 2007:
Deerfield: | 3.9% |
Massachusetts: | 4.5% |
Unemployment in 2006:
Deerfield: | 4.0% |
Massachusetts: | 4.7% |
Unemployment in 2005:
Deerfield: | 3.7% |
Massachusetts: | 4.8% |
Unemployment in 2004:
Deerfield: | 3.6% |
Massachusetts: | 5.1% |
Unemployment in 2003:
Deerfield: | 4.7% |
Massachusetts: | 5.7% |
Unemployment in 2002:
Deerfield: | 3.8% |
Massachusetts: | 5.2% |
Unemployment in 2001:
Deerfield: | 2.9% |
Massachusetts: | 3.8% |
Unemployment in 2000:
Deerfield: | 2.4% |
Massachusetts: | 2.8% |
Unemployment in 1999:
Deerfield: | 2.3% |
Massachusetts: | 3.3% |
Unemployment in 1998:
Deerfield: | 2.8% |
Massachusetts: | 3.4% |
Unemployment in 1997:
Deerfield: | 3.3% |
Massachusetts: | 4.1% |
Unemployment in 1996:
Deerfield: | 3.2% |
Massachusetts: | 4.6% |
Unemployment in 1995:
Deerfield: | 4.2% |
Massachusetts: | 5.5% |
Unemployment in 1994:
Deerfield: | 5.2% |
Massachusetts: | 6.2% |
Unemployment in 1993:
Deerfield: | 5.4% |
Massachusetts: | 7.3% |
Unemployment in 1992:
Deerfield: | 6.4% |
Massachusetts: | 8.8% |
Unemployment in 1991:
Deerfield: | 6.1% |
Massachusetts: | 8.8% |
Unemployment in 1990:
Deerfield: | 3.8% |
Massachusetts: | 6.4% |
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
Deerfield: | 2.8% (73) |
Massachusetts: | 2.3% (70,820) |
5:30am:
Deerfield: | 2.1% (54) |
Massachusetts: | 2.2% (67,777) |
6am:
Deerfield: | 2.3% (60) |
Massachusetts: | 3.6% (112,836) |
6:30am:
Deerfield: | 8.0% (210) |
Massachusetts: | 7.8% (241,535) |
7am:
Deerfield: | 10.8% (281) |
Massachusetts: | 10.1% (312,368) |
7:30am:
Deerfield: | 12.1% (316) |
Massachusetts: | 14.5% (448,737) |
8am:
Deerfield: | 18.3% (477) |
Massachusetts: | 14.9% (463,192) |
8:30am:
Deerfield: | 14.9% (388) |
Massachusetts: | 13.3% (414,200) |
9am:
Deerfield: | 6.0% (158) |
Massachusetts: | 6.7% (209,354) |
10am:
Deerfield: | 5.6% (146) |
Massachusetts: | 5.8% (181,108) |
11am:
Deerfield: | 0.3% (7) |
Massachusetts: | 2.2% (68,937) |
12pm:
Deerfield: | 1.3% (33) |
Massachusetts: | 1.0% (31,956) |
4pm:
Deerfield: | 8.8% (231) |
Massachusetts: | 6.7% (207,296) |
>4pm:
Deerfield: | 3.9% (103) |
Massachusetts: | 5.6% (175,217) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
Deerfield: | 4.3% (112) |
Massachusetts: | 2.7% (85,006) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Deerfield: | 9.8% (257) |
Massachusetts: | 9.9% (306,086) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Deerfield: | 14.4% (377) |
Massachusetts: | 13.7% (426,161) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Deerfield: | 18.3% (479) |
Massachusetts: | 13.7% (423,798) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Deerfield: | 20.3% (531) |
Massachusetts: | 13.1% (406,831) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Deerfield: | 8.1% (211) |
Massachusetts: | 5.5% (171,328) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Deerfield: | 7.5% (196) |
Massachusetts: | 13.2% (409,733) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Deerfield: | 2.6% (69) |
Massachusetts: | 3.1% (96,168) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Deerfield: | 3.6% (95) |
Massachusetts: | 4.1% (128,484) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Deerfield: | 3.1% (81) |
Massachusetts: | 8.9% (275,413) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Deerfield: | 1.9% (49) |
Massachusetts: | 6.5% (201,587) |
90 or more minutes:
Deerfield: | 3.1% (80) |
Massachusetts: | 2.4% (74,738) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Deerfield: | 85.3% (2,228) |
Massachusetts: | 73.8% (2,290,258) |
Carpooled:
Deerfield: | 6.8% (178) |
Massachusetts: | 9.0% (279,111) |
Bus or trolley bus:
Deerfield: | 1.0% (27) |
Massachusetts: | 2.9% (88,595) |
Motorcycle:
Deerfield: | 0.3% (7) |
Massachusetts: | 0.1% (1,604) |
Bicycle:
Deerfield: | 0.7% (19) |
Massachusetts: | 0.4% (12,355) |
Walked:
Deerfield: | 2.6% (68) |
Massachusetts: | 4.3% (134,566) |
Other means:
Deerfield: | 0.4% (10) |
Massachusetts: | 0.5% (16,697) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Deerfield: | 92.6% (2,228) |
Massachusetts: | 89.1% (2,290,258) |
In 2 person carpool:
Deerfield: | 6.0% (144) |
Massachusetts: | 9.0% (230,437) |
In 3 person carpool:
Deerfield: | 0.9% (22) |
Massachusetts: | 1.2% (30,222) |
In 4 person carpool:
Deerfield: | 0.5% (12) |
Massachusetts: | 0.4% (9,342) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Deerfield: | 55.9% (1,489) |
Massachusetts: | 66.8% (2,112,608) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Deerfield: | 2.1% (57) |
Massachusetts: | 2.7% (84,530) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Deerfield: | 15.9% (423) |
Massachusetts: | 10.5% (331,510) |
Local government workers:
Deerfield: | 7.9% (211) |
Massachusetts: | 7.5% (236,879) |
State government workers:
Deerfield: | 11.6% (308) |
Massachusetts: | 3.9% (122,041) |
Federal government workers:
Deerfield: | 2.9% (76) |
Massachusetts: | 2.1% (66,653) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Deerfield: | 3.8% (102) |
Massachusetts: | 6.4% (201,219) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Deerfield: | 63.9% (814) |
Massachusetts: | 69.6% (1,138,678) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Deerfield: | 3.4% (43) |
Massachusetts: | 3.9% (63,549) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Deerfield: | 10.2% (130) |
Massachusetts: | 6.9% (113,092) |
Local government workers - Males:
Deerfield: | 4.6% (59) |
Massachusetts: | 5.8% (95,434) |
State government workers - Males:
Deerfield: | 9.7% (124) |
Massachusetts: | 3.6% (58,332) |
Federal government workers - Males:
Deerfield: | 2.4% (31) |
Massachusetts: | 2.4% (39,214) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Deerfield: | 5.7% (72) |
Massachusetts: | 7.6% (124,649) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Deerfield: | 48.5% (675) |
Massachusetts: | 63.8% (973,930) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Deerfield: | 1.0% (14) |
Massachusetts: | 1.4% (20,981) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Deerfield: | 21.0% (293) |
Massachusetts: | 14.3% (218,418) |
Local government workers - Females:
Deerfield: | 10.9% (152) |
Massachusetts: | 9.3% (141,445) |
State government workers - Females:
Deerfield: | 13.2% (184) |
Massachusetts: | 4.2% (63,709) |
Federal government workers - Females:
Deerfield: | 3.2% (45) |
Massachusetts: | 1.8% (27,439) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Deerfield: | 2.2% (30) |
Massachusetts: | 5.0% (76,570) |