| ECONOMY | Fairfax | China Grove | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 16.90% | 10.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.42% | 0.72% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 23.94% | 30.84% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 6.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $16,839 | $19,510 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $19,731 | $41,093 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 41.99% | 14.67% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 15.29% | 15.33% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.50% | 12.69% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 11.77% | 16.21% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 8.50% | 22.45% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 4.13% | 10.20% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 3.03% | 6.02% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.82% | 1.83% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.85% | 0.51% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 4.07% | 4.50% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 13.41% | 15.67% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.23% | 16.64% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 21.54% | 22.32% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.63% | 0.91% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.13% | 13.97% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 36.99% | 25.91% | 14.05% |
