| ECONOMY | Aiken | Sanford | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.70% | 8.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -2.13% | -0.93% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.04% | 29.24% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $28,796 | $18,512 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $51,880 | $38,866 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 13.78% | 16.50% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 10.59% | 13.88% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 10.36% | 14.59% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 13.47% | 18.24% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.88% | 19.96% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 12.82% | 8.74% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 12.42% | 5.94% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 5.06% | 1.66% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.49% | 0.45% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.12% | 0.04% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 16.33% | 10.97% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 30.21% | 16.77% | 20.61% |
| Service | 12.72% | 17.06% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 21.29% | 30.13% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.49% | 0.28% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.40% | 11.14% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 12.55% | 13.64% | 14.05% |