| ECONOMY | Valentine | Santa Barbara | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 2.20% | 8.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.66% | 0.23% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 34.48% | 32.26% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 7.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.12% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $22,065 | $32,784 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $37,456 | $56,884 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 15.69% | 10.93% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 17.78% | 9.13% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.82% | 9.65% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.28% | 14.44% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.09% | 19.20% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.63% | 12.64% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.05% | 13.08% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.22% | 7.50% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.50% | 3.16% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.27% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 13.50% | 14.77% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 17.88% | 26.37% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.94% | 19.08% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.88% | 24.10% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 2.06% | 0.61% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.69% | 6.98% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 10.13% | 8.08% | 14.05% |
