| ECONOMY | Gastonia | Gurnee | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.70% | 8.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.59% | -1.66% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.12% | 28.08% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.75% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $22,353 | $35,201 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $43,555 | $84,747 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 16.15% | 4.83% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 12.15% | 4.66% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.24% | 5.30% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.47% | 11.45% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.54% | 17.90% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.39% | 17.30% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.76% | 24.57% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.07% | 10.86% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.13% | 2.90% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.10% | 0.25% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.25% | 23.55% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 16.92% | 25.55% | 20.61% |
| Service | 11.70% | 8.05% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.96% | 29.18% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.04% | 0.13% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.85% | 5.78% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 23.29% | 7.77% | 14.05% |
