Combat area restrictions, its isolation from outsiders and the fact that it has had no other industries except the liquor distillery, the ceramics factory and the printing plant managed by the Kinmen Political Affairs Commission mean that most people have earned their living by farming or running a small business.
加上因為是戰地，金門不對外開放，因此除戰地政務委員會主管的酒廠、陶瓷廠、印刷廠，金門沒有別的工廠。大部分人務農或以小生意為生。