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
5.6%
2023
2.4%
Total change
-3.2 pp
% change
-57.1%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.6% | — |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -5.1 pp (-91.1%) |
| 2020 | 2.6% | +2.1 pp (420%) |
| 2021 | 2.3% | -0.3 pp (-11.5%) |
| 2022 | 3.1% | +0.8 pp (34.8%) |
| 2023 | 2.4% | -0.7 pp (-22.6%) |