| ECONOMY | Walnut Creek | Hercules | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.50% | 9.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.16% | -0.16% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.18% | 30.18% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $48,717 | $33,324 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $77,834 | $87,109 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 5.34% | 2.79% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 5.81% | 3.04% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 7.39% | 4.38% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 11.70% | 10.57% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.98% | 19.33% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 14.87% | 20.11% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 18.92% | 25.34% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 12.42% | 11.24% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 5.12% | 2.94% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.44% | 0.26% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 25.70% | 17.62% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 29.74% | 22.45% | 20.61% |
| Service | 8.86% | 10.63% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.69% | 33.61% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.06% | 0.03% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 4.28% | 6.30% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 3.66% | 9.35% | 14.05% |
