| ECONOMY | Elgin | Riverside | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.60% | 12.80% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.33% | 0.39% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 29.74% | 27.98% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.25% | 7.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $23,307 | $20,010 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $59,082 | $50,102 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 7.39% | 12.66% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 7.60% | 10.46% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 9.84% | 11.11% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.49% | 15.60% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 24.94% | 20.37% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.92% | 12.50% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 13.30% | 11.62% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.17% | 4.10% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.24% | 1.46% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 13.44% | 11.27% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 16.63% | 20.69% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.05% | 15.26% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.15% | 26.81% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.23% | 0.35% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.75% | 11.20% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 20.74% | 14.41% | 14.05% |
