| ECONOMY | Lufkin | Ruston | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.20% | 7.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -2.13% | -5.03% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.54% | 22.34% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 8.50% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,776 | $20,229 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $40,418 | $31,544 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 17.35% | 29.71% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.66% | 12.47% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.72% | 11.51% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.50% | 10.81% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.82% | 15.87% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.72% | 9.16% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.57% | 6.67% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.37% | 2.58% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.17% | 1.12% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.12% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.50% | 11.26% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 20.98% | 26.25% | 20.61% |
| Service | 17.85% | 16.17% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 22.41% | 29.78% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.51% | 0.44% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.50% | 5.96% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 18.24% | 10.15% | 14.05% |
