| ECONOMY | Bristol | Melbourne | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.10% | 11.10% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 3.12% | -2.64% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 37.14% | 23.62% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.75% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,471 | $24,404 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $33,005 | $42,463 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 21.10% | 13.93% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 17.50% | 12.96% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.59% | 13.79% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.90% | 18.57% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.82% | 20.48% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 6.55% | 9.63% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.11% | 7.18% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.59% | 2.62% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.78% | 0.77% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.27% | 11.01% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 17.93% | 21.12% | 20.61% |
| Service | 12.73% | 17.96% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 31.86% | 28.72% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.31% | 0.34% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.99% | 10.09% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 20.91% | 10.77% | 14.05% |
