| ECONOMY | Port Lavaca | Commerce | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.30% | 8.10% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 6.17% | 0.99% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 43.04% | 33.88% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,390 | $21,266 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $43,783 | $32,291 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 15.69% | 26.90% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.11% | 13.52% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.68% | 13.35% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.70% | 11.70% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.35% | 14.63% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.90% | 9.38% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 10.33% | 7.46% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.34% | 1.88% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.83% | 1.01% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.07% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 7.79% | 9.32% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 19.61% | 26.24% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.69% | 14.87% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 17.67% | 25.50% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 2.05% | 0.54% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 16.98% | 11.08% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 21.22% | 12.42% | 14.05% |
