| ECONOMY | Hershey | Danbury | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.40% | 7.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.89% | 0.07% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.82% | 32.94% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 3.07% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $33,983 | $31,008 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $53,798 | $69,341 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 10.81% | 7.66% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.83% | 6.68% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.50% | 7.68% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.44% | 12.78% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.79% | 19.17% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 12.81% | 16.04% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 12.81% | 18.06% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 6.54% | 8.71% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 3.18% | 2.97% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.28% | 0.25% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 18.15% | 14.65% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 32.30% | 18.69% | 20.61% |
| Service | 15.56% | 16.20% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 20.60% | 25.77% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.02% | 0.09% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 3.80% | 10.62% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.59% | 13.98% | 14.05% |
