| ECONOMY | Hot Springs | Belle Fourche | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.80% | 4.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.37% | 0.15% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 35.94% | 36.30% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $24,088 | $19,614 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $36,047 | $38,579 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 18.50% | 14.77% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.57% | 17.31% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 16.55% | 13.55% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.61% | 18.36% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.61% | 21.11% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.79% | 6.80% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.61% | 6.16% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.29% | 1.39% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.52% | 0.51% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.06% | 0.04% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 7.34% | 9.06% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 24.44% | 13.51% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.96% | 21.51% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 24.13% | 23.12% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.68% | 2.48% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 10.95% | 12.96% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 12.38% | 17.33% | 14.05% |