| ECONOMY | East Lansing | Palatine | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.90% | 10.30% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.80% | -0.38% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 31.50% | 28.94% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 8.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.35% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $18,262 | $34,821 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $35,376 | $72,354 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 23.72% | 5.28% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.98% | 5.60% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 10.97% | 7.16% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 12.77% | 12.96% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 13.84% | 21.56% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.04% | 16.83% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.94% | 17.98% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.21% | 9.30% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.40% | 3.05% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.13% | 0.27% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 10.84% | 19.63% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 35.01% | 24.17% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.15% | 10.57% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.02% | 29.99% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.41% | 0.08% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 3.00% | 5.84% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 4.57% | 9.73% | 14.05% |
