| ECONOMY | Shelton | Fort Smith | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.20% | 7.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.07% | -0.56% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 32.94% | 30.98% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 9.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $39,243 | $22,554 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $84,184 | $39,041 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 5.01% | 17.16% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 5.10% | 13.56% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 6.02% | 14.19% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 10.23% | 16.09% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 16.36% | 18.47% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 17.70% | 8.96% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 22.83% | 6.93% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 12.21% | 3.13% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 4.15% | 1.39% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.37% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 17.44% | 10.65% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 23.65% | 17.95% | 20.61% |
| Service | 11.94% | 13.19% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.16% | 24.73% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.04% | 0.51% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.98% | 7.88% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 10.78% | 25.09% | 14.05% |
