| ECONOMY | Kinston | Hickory | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.90% | 11.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 3.63% | -2.25% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 37.36% | 24.10% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.75% | 6.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $22,168 | $26,998 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $32,907 | $44,663 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 25.81% | 12.59% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.93% | 12.06% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.11% | 13.70% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.17% | 17.81% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.75% | 19.78% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.39% | 9.83% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.80% | 8.14% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.72% | 4.02% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.24% | 1.91% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.08% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.33% | 14.34% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 19.86% | 16.70% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.01% | 11.34% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.76% | 25.06% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.68% | 0.47% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.03% | 6.86% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 19.31% | 25.23% | 14.05% |
