Blue Ridge city: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Blue Ridge city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
15.0%
2023
0.7%
Total change
-14.3 pp
% change
-95.3%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.0% | — |
| 2019 | 5.7% | -9.3 pp (-62%) |
| 2020 | 4.4% | -1.3 pp (-22.8%) |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -3.5 pp (-79.5%) |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -0.2 pp (-22.2%) |