| ECONOMY | Virginia Beach | West Des Moines | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 5.80% | 5.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.78% | -0.15% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 35.76% | 34.20% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.75% | 7.92% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $30,048 | $37,473 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $63,453 | $66,930 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 5.52% | 4.68% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 5.91% | 6.61% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 8.86% | 8.12% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.06% | 16.24% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 23.49% | 20.83% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 17.24% | 16.04% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 14.77% | 16.08% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 5.93% | 7.92% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 2.04% | 3.21% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.17% | 0.29% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 14.23% | 24.80% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.28% | 26.68% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.66% | 9.58% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.97% | 29.68% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.13% | 0.12% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.89% | 4.12% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 8.84% | 5.02% | 14.05% |
