| ECONOMY | Monterey | Owensboro | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.60% | 7.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.23% | 0.15% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 34.86% | 33.30% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 9.75% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 7.48% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $14,357 | $21,781 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $31,605 | $38,753 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 23.42% | 18.97% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.29% | 13.74% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 15.78% | 12.67% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 19.04% | 17.54% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.07% | 19.21% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.13% | 9.25% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 2.65% | 5.80% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 0.41% | 1.87% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.31% | 0.88% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.08% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 6.66% | 10.95% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 11.75% | 18.84% | 20.61% |
| Service | 13.32% | 16.22% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 21.00% | 23.97% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.94% | 0.36% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 12.12% | 10.02% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 33.12% | 19.64% | 14.05% |
