| ECONOMY | Bayfield | Hattiesburg | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.30% | 9.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.43% | 1.41% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.56% | 33.82% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.50% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.50% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $26,290 | $18,779 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $41,174 | $29,694 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 14.13% | 26.73% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 15.55% | 16.46% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.31% | 13.31% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 21.20% | 15.86% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.67% | 13.40% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.54% | 5.99% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.48% | 4.83% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.41% | 2.28% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.35% | 1.05% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 14.12% | 10.38% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 18.70% | 22.70% | 20.61% |
| Service | 18.32% | 18.78% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.95% | 27.79% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.53% | 0.37% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 14.50% | 6.72% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 6.87% | 13.26% | 14.05% |
