| ECONOMY | Petersburg | Fairview Heights | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.90% | 9.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.65% | -1.83% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 25.80% | 26.44% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.00% | 6.85% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.75% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,807 | $27,839 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $37,181 | $55,036 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 19.70% | 8.12% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.35% | 9.49% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 14.23% | 10.80% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.27% | 16.22% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.04% | 24.74% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.55% | 14.26% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.31% | 11.46% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.78% | 3.86% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.70% | 0.94% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.07% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 8.31% | 13.43% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 18.25% | 21.79% | 20.61% |
| Service | 20.91% | 14.11% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.42% | 28.69% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.32% | 8.68% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 23.70% | 13.25% | 14.05% |
