North Shenandoah News

Winchester city recorded an unemployment rate of 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 623 people out of the 28,194 living in Winchester city at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Winchester city has decreased compared to the 5.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Winchester city was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 14,961 people who had a job during that time, 84 were employed in the Armed Forces and 14,877 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	623	4%
Employed	14,961	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	14,877	95.5%
Employed in armed forces	84	0.5%