| ECONOMY | De Soto | Carlsbad | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.00% | 9.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.54% | 1.85% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 35.08% | 34.50% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.35% | 7.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $18,492 | $44,139 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $38,184 | $85,263 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 17.64% | 4.56% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 15.46% | 5.31% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.17% | 6.28% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 19.30% | 10.51% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.35% | 16.95% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.98% | 14.79% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.29% | 20.59% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.50% | 14.34% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.23% | 6.13% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.04% | 0.54% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 4.48% | 23.85% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 15.33% | 26.85% | 20.61% |
| Service | 18.43% | 11.41% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 23.08% | 27.83% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.67% | 0.20% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 18.68% | 5.00% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 19.23% | 4.86% | 14.05% |
