| ECONOMY | Seattle | Ballinger | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.60% | 7.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.05% | 0.54% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 32.50% | 34.08% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.90% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $36,005 | $17,263 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $54,783 | $35,453 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 11.15% | 24.45% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.20% | 11.91% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 10.09% | 13.23% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.30% | 19.46% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.76% | 13.78% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 13.12% | 9.97% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 12.65% | 5.82% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 6.11% | 0.76% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 2.41% | 0.48% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.21% | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 17.19% | 7.54% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 31.11% | 16.30% | 20.61% |
| Service | 13.97% | 19.50% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 24.48% | 22.77% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.29% | 2.06% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 4.85% | 8.99% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 8.12% | 22.85% | 14.05% |
