Atlantic Monthly Says Chelmsford is "More Creative" Than Average Boston Area Town

Recently the Atlantic Monthly did a piece on what types of jobs people in the Greater Boston area using data from the American Community Survey, and their results for Chelmsford show a slightly more skilled labor class much of Eastern Massachusetts.

In their piece, jobs were separated into the "creative" class (people who work in fields requiring more training such as science, technology, business, management, arts, media/entertainment, law and healthcare), the "service" class (fields requiring less training such as retail, restaurants, administration) and the "working" class.

The average Boston area Census Tract had 41.6 percent of its population employed in the "creative" class, 43.4 percent of its population employed in the "service" class, and 14.9 percent of its population employed in the "working" class, with most tracts having a majority in either "creative" or "service."

Here were the results for Chelmsford.

15%

More on the study is available on the Atlantic Monthly website.