| ECONOMY | Lancaster | Charlestown | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.30% | 8.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.27% | 3.18% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.16% | 38.36% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.17% | 5.40% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $17,188 | $18,388 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $36,370 | $41,463 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 18.78% | 18.31% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 15.06% | 11.73% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 14.44% | 12.86% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 19.05% | 18.50% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.06% | 20.66% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.54% | 9.04% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.47% | 6.66% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.09% | 1.82% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.47% | 0.38% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 6.91% | 11.85% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 14.50% | 12.64% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.20% | 16.78% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 24.33% | 24.08% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.54% | 0.44% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.09% | 10.02% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 27.43% | 24.27% | 14.05% |