| ECONOMY | Forks | Lakeland | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.40% | 11.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -2.79% | -1.87% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 25.02% | 25.26% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.40% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $16,921 | $24,097 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $41,759 | $42,369 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 16.97% | 14.77% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 10.24% | 12.21% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.76% | 13.39% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.45% | 17.88% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 25.41% | 20.20% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.70% | 9.69% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.53% | 7.49% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 0.78% | 3.12% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.16% | 1.15% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.11% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 5.79% | 11.25% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 13.95% | 18.71% | 20.61% |
| Service | 25.08% | 16.32% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 15.85% | 28.49% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 12.88% | 0.45% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.92% | 9.30% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 17.61% | 15.49% | 14.05% |