| ECONOMY | Dayton | Mankato | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.60% | 4.10% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -3.38% | 1.92% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 24.64% | 39.74% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.36% | 7.05% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $17,869 | $22,073 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $31,502 | $41,936 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 24.39% | 14.72% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.08% | 13.20% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.76% | 13.11% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.82% | 18.19% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 16.06% | 20.53% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.05% | 9.42% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.49% | 7.08% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 0.97% | 2.75% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.36% | 0.93% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.03% | 0.07% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 8.94% | 9.60% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 17.64% | 20.79% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.79% | 18.63% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.52% | 28.29% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.14% | 0.51% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.06% | 5.90% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 19.91% | 16.27% | 14.05% |
