Home sales in the Greater Rochester region were close to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2021, although there were far fewer homes coming on the market. Medina sales
BATAVIA â Unemployment rates remain elevated a year after the COVID-19 pandemic struck locally in the GLOW region.
The state Department of Labor has released its unemployment statistics for February 2021. They show rates remain at least a full percentage point higher compared to the same time in 2020.
Data includes:
That compared to 5 percent, or about 1,500 people in February 2020.
nOrleans Countyâs unemployment rate was 7.6 percent, equivalent to about 1,300 people.
That compared to 5.9 percent, or about 1,000 people, in February 2020.
nWyoming Countyâs unemployment rate was 7.4 percent, equivalent to about 1,300 people.
That compared to 6.1 percent, or about 1,100 people in Feburary 2020.
nLivingston Countyâs unemployment rate was 6.4 percent, or about 1,900 people.