| ECONOMY | Putnam | Stratford | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.10% | 7.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 2.36% | 0.07% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 35.62% | 32.94% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.35% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.00% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $26,580 | $32,772 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $53,562 | $67,732 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 10.64% | 7.46% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.77% | 7.64% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.13% | 7.50% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.88% | 12.69% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 23.45% | 20.91% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.00% | 15.91% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 11.53% | 17.48% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.76% | 7.61% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.82% | 2.58% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.03% | 0.22% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 8.32% | 14.40% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 17.66% | 21.44% | 20.61% |
| Service | 15.90% | 10.82% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.50% | 31.69% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 10.08% | 8.38% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 22.42% | 13.14% | 14.05% |
