| ECONOMY | Brookings | Gainesville | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.90% | 7.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.79% | -1.35% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 25.52% | 29.40% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 0.00% | 6.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 9.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,240 | $18,944 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $39,589 | $30,941 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 15.66% | 27.36% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.39% | 15.01% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 15.88% | 12.88% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.23% | 13.60% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.36% | 15.20% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.39% | 7.13% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.59% | 5.71% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.05% | 2.25% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.40% | 0.80% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.04% | 0.07% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 10.12% | 10.49% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 14.75% | 34.38% | 20.61% |
| Service | 22.08% | 17.72% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.25% | 26.86% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 2.59% | 0.38% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 11.97% | 4.55% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 13.24% | 5.63% | 14.05% |
