| ECONOMY | Amherst | Pineville | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.00% | 6.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 2.85% | -1.37% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 39.70% | 31.06% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.00% | 9.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.75% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $29,235 | $22,820 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $43,687 | $38,595 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 17.53% | 17.92% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 10.61% | 14.74% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.99% | 12.97% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.80% | 16.15% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.18% | 16.00% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 11.90% | 9.53% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.55% | 8.01% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.14% | 3.12% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.19% | 1.44% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 7.99% | 12.26% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 26.46% | 25.00% | 20.61% |
| Service | 17.39% | 15.77% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.86% | 24.94% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.94% | 0.84% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 5.83% | 10.68% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 12.31% | 10.52% | 14.05% |
