| ECONOMY | Lakewood | Portsmouth | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.80% | 5.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.74% | 0.88% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 27.72% | 36.56% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.80% | 0.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $24,599 | $34,924 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $44,096 | $57,031 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 14.39% | 10.96% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 12.14% | 8.88% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.30% | 9.13% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.53% | 14.24% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.79% | 20.33% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.10% | 14.76% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 9.24% | 13.61% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.12% | 6.08% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.25% | 1.83% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.13% | 0.18% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.85% | 16.04% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 19.71% | 27.44% | 20.61% |
| Service | 18.94% | 13.87% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.22% | 27.46% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.90% | 6.02% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 13.93% | 8.73% | 14.05% |
