| ECONOMY | Fairview (Buncombe county) | Saratoga Springs | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.20% | 6.10% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.11% | -1.33% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.02% | 31.24% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.75% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 6.85% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $27,636 | $34,929 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $56,689 | $59,769 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 9.22% | 9.72% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 8.82% | 9.15% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.69% | 10.79% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 13.78% | 13.09% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.61% | 19.95% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 14.97% | 13.87% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 13.38% | 13.88% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.96% | 6.59% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.39% | 2.71% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.20% | 0.24% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.10% | 14.24% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.81% | 27.59% | 20.61% |
| Service | 13.25% | 17.97% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.08% | 27.76% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.16% | 0.34% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.83% | 4.98% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 16.84% | 7.13% | 14.05% |
