| ECONOMY | Charleston | Barren | Abingdon | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.40% | 9.40% | 6.20% | 0.086 |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.66% | -2.64% | 1.16% | 0.0035 |
| Future Job Growth | 36.92% | 25.32% | 36.12% | 0.321 |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 6.00% | 0.05 |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 5.80% | 7.81% | 0.047 |
| Income per Cap. | $33,792 | $20,196 | $32,791 | 26154 |
| Household Income | $44,069 | $37,989 | $78,993 | 50935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 17.80% | 18.79% | 3.79% | 0.1237 |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 11.41% | 14.31% | 4.28% | 0.1053 |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.44% | 13.20% | 4.42% | 0.1088 |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.32% | 17.32% | 11.37% | 0.1537 |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.70% | 19.52% | 22.28% | 0.2014 |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.44% | 9.16% | 20.48% | 0.1241 |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 10.37% | 5.19% | 23.68% | 0.1127 |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 6.25% | 1.67% | 7.66% | 0.0501 |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 2.98% | 0.78% | 1.86% | 0.0186 |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.29% | 0.06% | 0.19% | 0.0016 |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 15.29% | 11.08% | 17.54% | 0.1404 |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 29.37% | 12.93% | 24.76% | 0.2061 |
| Service | 13.54% | 14.88% | 12.99% | 0.1445 |
| Sales and Office | 28.58% | 24.51% | 26.56% | 0.2675 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.10% | 1.72% | 0.00% | 0.007 |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 5.49% | 9.34% | 8.35% | 0.0942 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 7.62% | 25.54% | 9.80% | 0.1405 |