| ECONOMY | Ruskin | Alamosa | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.80% | 7.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.05% | 0.91% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.30% | 34.62% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 6.90% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 4.63% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $15,288 | $19,906 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $38,079 | $33,007 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 16.51% | 24.30% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.53% | 13.86% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 15.33% | 15.15% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.51% | 14.88% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.62% | 15.27% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.98% | 6.99% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.62% | 7.02% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.56% | 1.86% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.32% | 0.66% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.51% | 12.64% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 10.61% | 20.49% | 20.61% |
| Service | 21.54% | 16.24% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.23% | 30.27% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 7.55% | 4.28% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 14.88% | 7.85% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 13.66% | 8.20% | 14.05% |
