| ECONOMY | Lubbock | Portland | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 5.50% | 5.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 3.19% | -1.01% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 40.88% | 32.58% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 5.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,628 | $28,153 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $39,940 | $44,043 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 17.81% | 14.88% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.08% | 11.98% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.94% | 11.83% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.46% | 17.33% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.68% | 20.01% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.78% | 11.41% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.74% | 8.43% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.17% | 2.85% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.23% | 1.18% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.11% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.18% | 15.04% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.79% | 24.36% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.38% | 16.23% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.72% | 28.69% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.46% | 0.40% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.58% | 5.30% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.88% | 9.98% | 14.05% |
