| ECONOMY | Valparaiso | Crown Point | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.50% | 9.70% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.82% | -0.59% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.86% | 29.12% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 3.90% | 3.40% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $27,385 | $28,127 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $54,862 | $59,091 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 11.08% | 7.81% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.67% | 8.95% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 9.96% | 10.20% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.87% | 14.92% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.70% | 22.97% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.51% | 16.67% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 11.68% | 12.61% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.14% | 4.20% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.31% | 1.53% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.99% | 12.73% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 25.95% | 19.86% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.02% | 13.16% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.75% | 30.06% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.06% | 0.15% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.87% | 10.09% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 12.34% | 13.95% | 14.05% |
