| ECONOMY | Las Cruces | Wheaton | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.30% | 7.70% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -2.36% | -0.79% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.98% | 30.72% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.12% | 7.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.90% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,828 | $40,327 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $39,942 | $82,954 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 18.19% | 3.72% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.97% | 4.17% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.23% | 6.19% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.15% | 10.53% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.13% | 20.21% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.17% | 15.60% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.37% | 20.11% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.06% | 13.05% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.66% | 5.86% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.06% | 0.55% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.79% | 22.58% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 26.72% | 31.25% | 20.61% |
| Service | 18.69% | 8.84% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.19% | 27.85% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.35% | 0.02% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.17% | 4.22% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 8.09% | 5.23% | 14.05% |
