| ECONOMY | Brookings | Brainerd | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 3.10% | 7.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.68% | 2.37% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 38.26% | 37.54% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 7.05% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $23,580 | $19,796 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $45,309 | $33,836 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 14.19% | 21.04% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.04% | 17.35% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.84% | 12.99% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.82% | 17.59% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.20% | 16.58% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 12.04% | 8.08% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 9.78% | 4.49% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.00% | 1.15% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.00% | 0.64% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.08% | 0.07% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 10.28% | 8.79% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 21.62% | 19.35% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.85% | 20.68% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.16% | 26.16% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 2.16% | 0.03% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.42% | 8.42% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 17.53% | 16.55% | 14.05% |
