| ECONOMY | Mercer | Franklin (Venango county) | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.80% | 7.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.38% | -0.29% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 31.44% | 32.42% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.07% | 3.07% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $27,755 | $20,906 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $36,922 | $33,213 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 16.35% | 23.04% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.78% | 17.57% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 16.46% | 11.12% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 12.65% | 15.71% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.26% | 14.63% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.41% | 8.24% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.17% | 7.02% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.12% | 1.86% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.67% | 0.70% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.11% | 0.11% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.55% | 8.17% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 21.91% | 21.26% | 20.61% |
| Service | 17.87% | 16.69% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.49% | 25.90% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.32% | 0.35% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.17% | 6.52% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 14.68% | 21.11% | 14.05% |