| ECONOMY | Bend | Sarasota | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 11.20% | 10.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.57% | -1.21% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 25.66% | 27.58% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 0.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 9.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $27,461 | $28,483 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $51,433 | $40,695 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 9.66% | 15.16% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 10.34% | 14.45% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.69% | 13.31% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.05% | 17.20% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.66% | 17.97% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 12.96% | 8.69% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 10.72% | 7.24% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.31% | 3.77% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.49% | 2.01% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.13% | 0.19% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 14.67% | 11.75% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 20.84% | 18.34% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.13% | 22.42% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.35% | 26.72% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.54% | 0.37% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 11.80% | 10.73% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 10.67% | 9.66% | 14.05% |
