Find a Job You Really Want In
When it comes down to it, maintaining a healthy work-life balance is really all about maintaining an appropriate level of happiness. Because that’s the goal of the end day, finding the right level of work that still allows you to enjoy life.
Some people actually enjoy sacrificing a bit of their personal life in pursuit of their career. And some would prefer to get out on the town on Friday nights.
Well, these places in Massachusetts haven’t quite gotten that down yet and are relatively stressed because of it. They are places where people struggle to find steady jobs, can’t always live comfortably, and then don’t get to enjoy things like family and friends as often as they would like.
We took a look at data from the most recent American Community Survey from the Census Department to identify which of the 119 biggest places in Massachusetts have failed to master the art of not bringing work home with them and living a balanced lifestyle.
After getting home late for dinner because of rush hour traffic, we were left with this set of ten places in the Bay State that have the most stress:
- Hull
- West Concord
- East Falmouth
- Scituate
- Medfield
- North Scituate
- Newburyport
- Winthrop Town
- Mansfield Center
- Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Read on to see how we identified the towns that are tearing their hair out from all the stress.
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How we determined the places in Massachusetts with the Most Stress
There are certain characteristics that all people that have achieved work-life balance share — happiness and satisfaction.
They get to spend an adequate amount of time on the job above and then spend the rest of the time doing things that make them happy.
With that in mind, we identified this set of criteria from the American Community Survey:
1. Hull
Population: 10,319
Average Hours Worked: 39.6
2. West Concord
Population: 6,877
Average Hours Worked: 38.5
3. East Falmouth
Population: 5,808
Average Hours Worked: 38.1
4. Scituate
Population: 5,527
Average Hours Worked: 40.2
5. Medfield
Population: 6,258
Average Hours Worked: 39.8
6. North Scituate
Population: 5,268
Average Hours Worked: 38.8
7. Newburyport
Population: 17,569
Average Hours Worked: 38.6
8. Winthrop Town
Population: 17,763
Average Hours Worked: 38.3
9. Mansfield Center
Population: 8,067
Average Hours Worked: 38
10. Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Population: 5,016
Average Hours Worked: 37.4
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