Unemployment rates are especially volatile on the Cape and Islands
These towns had the greatest changes in unemployment rates between summer and winter in 2025.
The 11 Cape and Island communities with the greatest gaps in unemployment rates between July 2025 and February 2025. Provincetown leads the group. Its unemployment rate was 3.5% in July 2025 and 22.7% in February 2025, a 19.2% difference.
