| ECONOMY | New Paltz | Long Beach | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.50% | 6.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.61% | -1.61% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 31.28% | 30.38% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.00% | 8.63% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.85% | 6.85% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $16,367 | $40,670 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $28,383 | $70,948 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 31.53% | 8.40% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.59% | 6.37% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 9.62% | 7.38% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 10.55% | 10.53% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.46% | 20.60% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.54% | 14.94% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.32% | 17.63% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.79% | 10.14% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.55% | 3.67% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.35% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 5.21% | 15.55% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 28.88% | 26.86% | 20.61% |
| Service | 26.80% | 14.64% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.71% | 30.16% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.28% | 0.04% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 3.51% | 6.09% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 6.53% | 6.66% | 14.05% |