| ECONOMY | Matthews | Farmington | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.80% | 6.30% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.93% | -0.95% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.34% | 31.80% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.25% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 4.90% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $32,733 | $26,319 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $69,936 | $55,683 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 5.04% | 10.51% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 4.91% | 9.27% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 6.33% | 10.31% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 12.65% | 13.71% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 25.97% | 21.21% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 17.01% | 13.37% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 18.69% | 14.47% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 7.21% | 5.33% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 2.02% | 1.68% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.18% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 22.68% | 11.13% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 24.36% | 19.41% | 20.61% |
| Service | 10.53% | 14.72% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.82% | 27.24% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.07% | 0.35% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.14% | 15.12% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 6.40% | 12.02% | 14.05% |
