| ECONOMY | Hernando | Niceville | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.90% | 7.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 3.79% | 3.14% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 40.68% | 39.08% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $26,684 | $26,262 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $60,709 | $51,716 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 8.42% | 10.07% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 8.07% | 11.11% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 8.34% | 10.94% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.37% | 16.09% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 24.30% | 22.24% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 16.30% | 12.83% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 13.60% | 11.52% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.87% | 4.11% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.56% | 1.00% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.15% | 0.07% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 13.67% | 13.75% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 18.91% | 22.35% | 20.61% |
| Service | 11.36% | 19.90% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.02% | 25.03% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.33% | 0.14% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 13.88% | 10.48% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 14.82% | 8.35% | 14.05% |