| ECONOMY | Golden Valley | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.11% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.28% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.85% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 3.36% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $18,585 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $33,074 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 18.72% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.20% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 18.41% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.94% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.04% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 6.49% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 3.19% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 0.64% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.31% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.03% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 4.39% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 13.77% | 20.61% |
| Service | 22.67% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.40% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.06% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 13.98% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 15.77% | 14.05% |