| ECONOMY | Abilene | Lumberton | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.00% | 12.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -4.01% | 3.04% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 25.98% | 33.68% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 6.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,538 | $17,712 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $41,933 | $31,429 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 14.41% | 27.72% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.74% | 13.44% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.32% | 12.97% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.01% | 13.87% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.63% | 15.87% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.69% | 7.89% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.18% | 5.71% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.86% | 1.79% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.05% | 0.67% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.09% | 0.06% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.74% | 10.58% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 21.68% | 23.65% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.51% | 12.45% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.80% | 25.20% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.32% | 1.11% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.52% | 9.69% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 10.43% | 17.35% | 14.05% |
