| ECONOMY | Fairfax | Mason City | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.10% | 5.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 3.62% | -1.22% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 41.14% | 31.96% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.75% | 7.92% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $39,575 | $24,664 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $85,391 | $42,858 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 3.30% | 13.33% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 3.22% | 15.00% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 5.01% | 13.72% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 10.19% | 15.15% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.38% | 21.15% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 17.56% | 11.14% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 21.29% | 7.15% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 13.96% | 2.27% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 4.66% | 1.00% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.42% | 0.09% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 21.60% | 10.91% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 29.18% | 17.51% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.12% | 16.60% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.70% | 27.74% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.09% | 0.25% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.73% | 7.59% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 5.58% | 19.38% | 14.05% |
