| ECONOMY | Sterling Heights | Lakewood | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.50% | 11.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -2.17% | -0.71% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 26.16% | 27.08% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.35% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $25,433 | $25,735 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $59,780 | $69,361 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 8.38% | 7.64% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 8.09% | 7.12% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 10.08% | 7.57% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.13% | 11.38% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 23.57% | 21.38% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 17.38% | 18.16% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 14.30% | 19.98% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.88% | 5.41% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.18% | 1.27% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.01% | 0.11% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 14.46% | 13.92% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 21.65% | 20.13% | 20.61% |
| Service | 12.19% | 13.04% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.79% | 29.97% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.41% | 10.11% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 14.43% | 12.83% | 14.05% |
