| ECONOMY | Blacksburg | Fairhope | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 5.90% | 7.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 3.30% | 4.73% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 40.70% | 42.06% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.75% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,123 | $30,387 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $36,074 | $54,393 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 21.79% | 9.69% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 15.62% | 10.47% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.56% | 10.47% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 12.79% | 15.31% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 13.54% | 20.56% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.00% | 13.56% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 9.10% | 13.27% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.82% | 4.86% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.64% | 1.64% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.14% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.09% | 15.48% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 45.49% | 23.50% | 20.61% |
| Service | 17.20% | 13.84% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 19.21% | 27.48% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.48% | 0.33% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 3.19% | 10.52% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 5.34% | 8.82% | 14.05% |
