A. Labor and Employment

Employment Rate (NSO, year 2000) = 96.66 %
Dependency Ratio (NSO survey, year 2000) = 66.90 %
Employment Rate (CBMS ,2014) = 98.58%
Underemployment Rate (CBMS, 2014) = 41.82%
Unemployment Rate (CBMS, 2014) = 1.42 %

B. Household Income

HHs w/ income below poverty threshold (CBMS, 2014) = 34.81% (16.29% decrease compared to CBMS 2008 result)
HHs w/ income above poverty threshold (CBMS, 2014) = 65.19%
HHs w/ income below food threshold (CBMS, 2014) = 18.79% (15.21% decrease compared to CBMS 2008 result)
HHs w/ income above food threshold (CBMS, 2014) = 89.21%

C. Income Sources

Main source of income is farming (75.86%, CBMS Survey 2014) as the municipality is mainly an agricultural area covering a total area of 10,856.27 hectares.

Main crops: Palay – 2605 metric tons (OPAG-Benguet data)
Vegetables –sweet/bell pepper, snap beans, cucumber, pechay, chayote, Chinese cabbage, and others
Root crops – camote, gabi, ube, yam, etc.
Fruits – citrus, banana, avocado, mango, guyavano, papaya, etc.
Livestock raising is equivalent to 50.47% (CBMS, 2014).

Other sources of income include employment either in the government service or private sector, inland fishing, etc.

D. Commerce and Industry

Total Number of Business Establishments /Business Operations with Business Permits (renewal /new) including transportation, peddling, etc.= 443 (as of December 31, 2016)

No. of Public Market = 3 buildings with 51 total stalls

Small Scale Industries:
Auto shops/Vulcanizing/Welding, Rice mills, Blacksmith, CHB Making, Broom Making, Handicrafts

E. Tourism
  

Note: These tourist spots are natural in nature.
* Local Tourism-Promotion Programs/Projects /Activities

1. Municipal Festivities/Anitap Festival
2. Christmas ed Kapangan (tour package)
3. Promotion of One -Town, One Product, through Kapangan FB Page
4. Construction/development of tourism /eco-tourism infrastructure-support projects
5. Tour guide Trainings and orientation
6. Tourism Site Validations
7. Local Tourism Activities (trekking, caving, biking, swimming, sightseeing)

(Due to Covid-19 the Provincial Tourism of Benguet has issued an executive order suspending tourism activities and crowd drawing events in the Province However, the MTC and MTAO were able to implement some related tourism programs in accordance to the minimum health standards and protocols.)

F. Roles of the town in Relation to Other Towns, the Province, Region and Country

Kapangan did play a significant role in the past when it served as Fil-American soldier’s camp during Second World War. The Camp is known as Cam Utopia, which served as the general headquarters of the Legendary 66th Infantry and United Armed Forces-Northern Luzon (USAF-NL).