| ECONOMY | Potsdam | Springfield | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.30% | 6.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.31% | 3.55% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.08% | 40.60% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 6.85% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.85% | 6.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $15,084 | $21,485 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $31,004 | $34,817 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 28.10% | 17.64% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.52% | 17.17% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.19% | 15.52% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 12.90% | 18.39% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 14.03% | 16.05% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 6.49% | 7.05% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.64% | 5.06% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.37% | 2.13% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.77% | 0.92% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.08% | 0.07% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 4.57% | 10.82% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 28.58% | 18.09% | 20.61% |
| Service | 27.73% | 17.68% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.88% | 30.37% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.35% | 0.18% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 4.13% | 7.85% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 5.75% | 15.01% | 14.05% |
