| ECONOMY | Metuchen | Belvidere | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.10% | 11.80% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.83% | -1.79% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.56% | 24.62% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 6.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 2.45% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $43,275 | $18,711 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $90,303 | $46,824 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 4.88% | 12.61% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 4.64% | 10.93% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 4.67% | 12.10% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 9.59% | 17.71% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.94% | 25.06% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.84% | 12.56% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 24.34% | 7.00% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 14.00% | 1.58% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 5.62% | 0.42% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.47% | 0.02% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 20.17% | 8.33% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 32.92% | 11.21% | 20.61% |
| Service | 7.21% | 14.49% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.59% | 25.00% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.00% | 0.76% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 4.19% | 10.06% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 7.92% | 30.17% | 14.05% |
