| ECONOMY | Mount Pleasant | Hilton Head Island | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.40% | 7.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.28% | 0.88% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.16% | 34.36% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.50% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $35,384 | $47,090 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $69,124 | $77,640 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 5.60% | 4.08% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 6.60% | 5.02% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 8.07% | 7.32% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 12.63% | 12.81% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 22.16% | 18.98% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 16.48% | 15.37% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 16.72% | 18.05% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 8.33% | 12.53% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 3.13% | 5.35% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.29% | 0.47% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 19.51% | 20.27% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 29.82% | 15.38% | 20.61% |
| Service | 12.38% | 18.31% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.94% | 27.37% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.24% | 0.39% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.20% | 13.19% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 5.91% | 5.10% | 14.05% |