| ECONOMY | Montrose | Colorado Springs | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.50% | 8.70% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 6.66% | 1.23% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 44.82% | 33.76% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.15% | 7.40% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.63% | 4.63% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $22,912 | $27,118 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $44,627 | $53,854 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 14.85% | 8.92% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 12.12% | 9.64% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.85% | 11.46% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.14% | 16.21% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.98% | 22.68% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.51% | 13.46% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.63% | 11.60% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.10% | 4.47% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.73% | 1.45% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.08% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.87% | 14.55% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 15.17% | 25.26% | 20.61% |
| Service | 17.90% | 14.04% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.88% | 27.84% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.23% | 0.07% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 15.72% | 8.58% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 11.23% | 9.66% | 14.05% |
