Elkin City Schools: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Elkin City Schools'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
16.7%
2023
4.6%
Total change
-12.1 pp
% change
-72.5%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.7% | — |
| 2019 | 3.5% | -13.2 pp (-79%) |
| 2020 | 19.7% | +16.2 pp (462.9%) |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -16.6 pp (-84.3%) |
| 2022 | 3.3% | +0.2 pp (6.5%) |
| 2023 | 4.6% | +1.3 pp (39.4%) |