| ECONOMY | Berea | Lafayette | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.20% | 7.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.10% | 4.44% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.00% | 41.68% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 8.80% | 4.50% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $18,903 | $20,439 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $37,416 | $38,463 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 18.86% | 14.69% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 12.91% | 14.85% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 14.71% | 15.93% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.23% | 18.17% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.50% | 20.62% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.98% | 8.62% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.15% | 5.23% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.32% | 1.34% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.33% | 0.48% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.02% | 0.05% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.52% | 9.42% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 20.31% | 21.08% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.44% | 16.46% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 24.68% | 24.54% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.16% | 0.31% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.23% | 7.60% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 19.64% | 20.58% | 14.05% |
