| ECONOMY | Pickens | Hendersonville | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.00% | 7.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.64% | 0.42% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.72% | 33.44% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 6.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $17,253 | $24,642 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $33,012 | $38,322 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 25.36% | 18.35% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.61% | 13.25% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.68% | 14.20% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.63% | 18.04% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.72% | 18.76% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 6.97% | 8.59% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 3.78% | 5.95% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 0.92% | 2.12% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.25% | 0.68% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.08% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 5.92% | 9.59% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 11.26% | 20.15% | 20.61% |
| Service | 15.85% | 15.90% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.69% | 23.06% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.33% | 1.06% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 12.51% | 11.83% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 31.44% | 18.39% | 14.05% |
