Employment Rate

Employment Rate is the percentage of residents aged 16 through 64 currently employed. Employment rate is calculated using data from American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates.

Employment status and health are strongly related. Compared with the unemployed, employed people are more likely to have better physical well-being and self-esteem, and a lower likelihood of death and mental health problems. Re-employment after a long period of unemployment is also related to improved mental health. Employment Rate is in the Employment Opportunities domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 74.1% 17
Audubon Park 71.7% 29
Bancroft 75.1% 15
Beltrami 69.1% 41
Bottineau 65.2% 59
Bryant 64.6% 60
Bryn - Mawr 70.6% 33
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 78.2% 8
Camden Industrial 0.0% 86
Cedar - Isles - Dean 72.0% 26
Cedar Riverside 51.5% 77
Central 69.0% 43
Cleveland 67.1% 52
Columbia Park 67.4% 49
Como 75.7% 12
Cooper 79.0% 6
Corcoran 66.0% 58
Diamond Lake 67.3% 50
Downtown East 61.7% 66
Downtown West 60.3% 69
East Calhoun (ECCO) 81.8% 2
East Harriet 72.1% 24
East Isles 75.9% 11
East Phillips 56.6% 70
Elliot Park 56.6% 70
Ericsson 69.8% 36
Field 73.8% 19
Folwell 54.8% 74
Fulton 75.4% 14
Hale 78.2% 8
Harrison 47.9% 79
Hawthorne 44.1% 83
Hiawatha 67.8% 47
Holland 64.5% 61
Howe 73.1% 20
Humboldt Industrial Area 0.0% 86
Jordan 44.5% 81
Keewaydin 70.7% 31
Kenny 74.7% 16
Kenwood 72.0% 26
King Field 78.4% 7
Lind - Bohanon 60.8% 67
Linden Hills 77.0% 10
Logan Park 66.5% 56
Longfellow 67.8% 47
Loring Park 69.3% 39
Lowry Hill 70.7% 31
Lowry Hill East 81.3% 3
Lyndale 67.3% 50
Lynnhurst 73.0% 21
Marcy Holmes 69.8% 36
Marshall Terrace 62.5% 63
McKinley 52.5% 76
Mid - City Industrial 75.7% 12
Midtown Phillips 68.0% 45
Minnehaha 68.1% 44
Morris Park 69.3% 39
Near - North 46.9% 80
Nicollet Island - East Bank 72.8% 22
North Loop 82.2% 1
Northeast Park 69.1% 41
Northrop 73.9% 18
Page 80.2% 4
Phillips West 42.4% 84
Powderhorn Park 70.4% 34
Prospect Park - East River Road 48.8% 78
Regina 66.3% 57
Seward 60.7% 68
Sheridan 70.0% 35
Shingle Creek 62.4% 64
St. Anthony East 66.8% 53
St. Anthony West 61.9% 65
Standish 72.1% 24
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 69.5% 38
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 44.4% 82
Tangletown 71.0% 30
University of Minnesota 41.0% 85
Ventura Village 55.5% 73
Victory 66.8% 53
Waite Park 71.8% 28
Webber - Camden 53.3% 75
Wenonah 66.8% 53
West Calhoun 79.6% 5
Whittier 72.8% 22
Willard - Hay 55.8% 72
Windom 68.0% 45
Windom Park 63.5% 62

Key Citations:
1. An, Jane, et al. “Issue Brief #9 Exploring the Social Determinants of Health; Work, Workplaces and Health” (2011). Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

2. McKee-Ryan, Frances, et al. “Psychological and physical well-being during unemployment (2005). Journal of Applied Psychology.

3. Morris, J.K., et al. “Loss of employment and mortality” (1994). British Medical Journal.

4. Paul, Karsten I. and Klaus Moser. “Unemployment impairs mental health: Meta-analyses” (2009). Journal of Vocational Behavior.

5. Virtanen, Marianna, et al. “Temporary employment and health: a review” (2005). International Journal of Epidemiology.