| ECONOMY | East Lyme | Mountain Lakes | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.30% | 6.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -2.30% | 2.29% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.10% | 38.08% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.00% | 2.45% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $38,261 | $79,090 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $80,341 | $172,673 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 4.84% | 2.51% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 5.98% | 1.60% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 7.06% | 3.58% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 9.13% | 2.82% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.71% | 8.14% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 20.38% | 8.37% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 21.59% | 17.58% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 9.66% | 30.21% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 3.33% | 23.29% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.32% | 1.90% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 14.61% | 33.84% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 30.63% | 34.87% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.37% | 5.97% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.29% | 19.96% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.70% | 0.00% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.12% | 2.87% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 7.28% | 2.49% | 14.05% |
