| ECONOMY | Longview | Kalamazoo | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.20% | 6.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.77% | -1.84% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 35.34% | 29.92% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 4.35% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $23,888 | $18,424 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $45,032 | $32,738 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 14.03% | 23.08% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 11.71% | 15.92% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.67% | 13.74% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.30% | 16.04% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.26% | 16.86% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 11.47% | 7.16% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 9.25% | 4.82% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.60% | 2.24% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.57% | 0.12% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.14% | 0.01% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.81% | 10.39% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 18.73% | 23.51% | 20.61% |
| Service | 15.37% | 19.87% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.25% | 24.72% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.29% | 0.77% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 10.08% | 5.99% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 16.46% | 14.75% | 14.05% |
