Which metro area has the highest median household income?

Los Alamos, NM ranks #1 with $78,993 (2000 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by median household income?

Los Alamos, NM, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, Edwards, CO, Juneau, AK.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2000 ACS 5-year data.

How is median household income measured?

Median income of all households, as reported each year (nominal dollars, not inflation adjusted). Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2000).

RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Highest median household income, US metro areas · 2000

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2000

501Moses Lake, WAWA105,727$35,276+0%

502Utica, NYNY285,611$35,268+0%

503Mountain Home, IDID29,465$35,256+0%

504Montrose, COCO44,591$35,234+0%

505Centralia, ILIL36,382$35,227+0%

506Zanesville, OHOH87,014$35,185+0%

507Milledgeville, GAGA44,029$35,159+0%

508Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137$35,105+0%

509Houma, LALA199,668$35,085+0%

510Panama City, FLFL231,174$35,079+0%

511Tullahoma, TNTN69,339$35,079+0%

512St. Joseph, MOMO119,170$35,075+0%

513Vicksburg, MSMS41,759$35,056+0%

514Sayre, PAPA59,600$35,038+0%

515Bishop, CACA18,158$35,006+0%

516Yuba City, CACA187,478$34,950+0%

517Fresno, CACA1,203,383$34,933+0%

518Beatrice, NENE21,711$34,908+0%

519Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552$34,901+0%

520Richmond, ININ66,169$34,885+0%

521Dumas, TXTX21,891$34,852+0%

522Henderson, KYKY57,184$34,847+0%

523Yakima, WAWA259,185$34,828+0%

524Iron Mountain, MIMI30,575$34,813+0%

525Fairmont, MNMN19,440$34,810+0%

526Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497$34,797+0%

527Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486$34,751+0%

528Sevierville, TNTN101,342$34,719+0%

529Aberdeen, SDSD41,583$34,709+0%

530Ludington, MIMI29,040$34,704+0%

531Coshocton, OHOH37,188$34,701+0%

532Hermitage, PAPA107,860$34,666+0%

533Muncie, ININ113,106$34,659+0%

534Fort Morgan, COCO30,306$34,568+0%

535Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,215$34,553+0%

536Twin Falls, IDID123,901$34,548+0%

537Sheridan, WYWY33,241$34,538+0%

538Vernal, UTUT38,278$34,518+0%

539Bonham, TXTX39,265$34,501+0%

540Jackson, TNTN184,569$34,482+0%

541Kalispell, MTMT115,429$34,466+0%

542Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,081$34,464+0%

543Athens, GAGA224,148$34,413+0%

544Arkansas City, KSKS34,382$34,406+0%

545Marinette, WIWI65,515$34,383+0%

546Cortland, NYNY45,850$34,364+0%

547Atchison, KSKS16,172$34,355+0%

548Redding, CACA181,648$34,335+0%

549Kerrville, TXTX54,037$34,283+0%

550Marietta, OHOH58,389$34,275+0%

551Bangor, MEME157,967$34,274+0%

552Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,691$34,262+0%

553North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,233$34,258+0%

554Lake Charles, LALA244,655$34,255+0%

555Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442$34,247+0%

556Quincy, ILIL74,146$34,233+0%

557Salem, OHOH99,377$34,226+0%

558Columbus, GAGA324,830$34,225+0%

559Cleveland, TNTN134,057$34,202+0%

560Wichita Falls, TXTX149,448$34,199+0%

561Alpena, MIMI28,853$34,177+0%

562Missoula, MTMT128,698$34,169+0%

563Aberdeen, WAWA78,144$34,160+0%

564Scranton, PAPA574,418$34,155+0%

565Cañon City, COCO50,039$34,150+0%

566Greenwood, SCSC95,215$34,117+0%

567Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193$34,094+0%

568Cambridge, MDMD33,628$34,077+0%

569Danville, ILIL71,259$34,071+0%

570Washington, ININ34,209$34,064+0%

571Price, UTUT20,680$34,036+0%

572Andrews, TXTX18,914$34,036+0%

573Longview, TXTX297,315$34,027+0%

574Williamsport, PAPA112,587$34,016+0%

575Watertown, NYNY111,540$34,006+0%

576Visalia, CACA485,146$33,983+0%

577Canton, ILIL32,901$33,952+0%

578Goldsboro, NCNC122,278$33,942+0%

579Springfield, MOMO500,694$33,929+0%

580Bowling Green, KYKY197,180$33,927+0%

581Waynesville, NCNC63,369$33,922+0%

582Terre Haute, ININ169,241$33,892+0%

583Othello, WAWA21,488$33,888+0%

584Ruidoso, NMNM19,844$33,886+0%

585Big Rapids, MIMI42,320$33,849+0%

586Jamestown, NDND21,414$33,848+0%

587Lufkin, TXTX88,154$33,806+0%

588Bloomington, ININ165,231$33,804+0%

589Gaffney, SCSC58,275$33,787+0%

590New Orleans, LALA970,849$33,766+0%

591Farmington, NMNM120,340$33,762+0%

592Jacksonville, NCNC217,175$33,756+0%

593La Grande, OROR25,900$33,738+0%

594Florence, SCSC201,392$33,728+0%

595Mobile, ALAL411,658$33,710+0%

596Albany, GAGA145,510$33,703+0%

597Enterprise, ALAL56,953$33,664+0%

598Gloversville, NYNY52,216$33,663+0%

599Tupelo, MSMS133,167$33,656+0%

600Woodward, OKOK19,827$33,581+0%

601Meadville, PAPA81,792$33,560+0%

602Mount Vernon, ILIL36,147$33,555+0%

603Lawton, OKOK127,590$33,505+0%

604Jamestown, NYNY124,126$33,458+0%

605Oneonta, NYNY60,589$33,444+0%

606Fayetteville, TNTN36,853$33,434+0%

607Mitchell, SDSD25,913$33,410+0%

608Olean, NYNY75,390$33,404+0%

609Bemidji, MNMN47,055$33,392+0%

610Manhattan, KSKS136,122$33,369+0%

611Abilene, TXTX185,429$33,330+0%

612Huntingdon, PAPA43,001$33,313+0%

613Sumter, SCSC105,067$33,278+0%

614Shreveport, LALA383,474$33,272+0%

615LaGrange, GAGA107,097$33,243+0%

616Roseburg, OROR111,951$33,223+0%

617San Angelo, TXTX122,065$33,221+0%

618Parkersburg, WVWV87,264$33,126+0%

619Hannibal, MOMO38,969$33,125+0%

620Wilson, NCNC81,150$33,116+0%

621Cedar City, UTUT67,141$33,114+0%

622Waco, TXTX308,807$33,083+0%

623Hinesville, GAGA91,870$33,071+0%

624Mount Airy, NCNC72,287$33,046+0%

625Bradford, PAPA38,984$33,040+0%

626Enid, OKOK61,779$33,006+0%

627Lafayette, LALA423,758$32,995+0%

628Paducah, KYKY102,259$32,991+0%

629Minot, NDND75,694$32,989+0%

630Great Falls, MTMT85,029$32,971+0%

631Clewiston, FLFL61,546$32,955+0%

632Greenville, NCNC182,936$32,868+0%

633Newberry, SCSC39,561$32,867+0%

634Altoona, PAPA119,541$32,861+0%

635Rexburg, IDID69,380$32,853+0%

636Florence, ALAL156,609$32,816+0%

637Emporia, KSKS34,838$32,806+0%

638Sandpoint, IDID54,420$32,803+0%

639Dyersburg, TNTN36,320$32,788+0%

640Pueblo, COCO169,277$32,775+0%

641Newport, OROR50,636$32,769+0%

642Jesup, GAGA32,481$32,766+0%

643Union City, TNTN30,067$32,764+0%

644Marshall, MOMO23,265$32,743+0%

645Sterling, COCO20,654$32,724+0%

646Pottsville, PAPA145,085$32,699+0%

647Burley, IDID49,308$32,691+0%

648Boone, NCNC54,786$32,611+0%

649DeRidder, LALA36,673$32,582+0%

650Morristown, TNTN128,867$32,555+0%

651Ellensburg, WAWA48,803$32,546+0%

652Athens, TXTX88,595$32,533+0%

653Moscow, IDID41,842$32,524+0%

654Riverton, WYWY39,464$32,503+0%

655Fort Smith, ARAR234,140$32,448+0%

656Sunbury, PAPA107,788$32,407+0%

657Marion, NCNC45,198$32,396+0%

658Charleston, WVWV200,170$32,380+0%

659Massena, NYNY105,488$32,356+0%

660Dothan, ALAL156,266$32,351+0%

661Hays, KSKS29,075$32,339+0%

662Cedartown, GAGA45,514$32,328+0%

663Joplin, MOMO208,796$32,308+0%

664Charleston, ILIL46,607$32,286+0%

665Oil City, PAPA49,346$32,257+0%

666Cullman, ALAL94,009$32,256+0%

667Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850$32,250+0%

668El Campo, TXTX42,060$32,208+0%

669Searcy, ARAR80,085$32,203+0%

670Dickinson, NDND39,142$32,197+0%

671Ottumwa, IAIA35,210$32,188+0%

672Yuma, AZAZ224,449$32,182+0%

673Great Bend, KSKS24,790$32,176+0%

674Lewistown, PAPA46,127$32,175+0%

675Bay City, TXTX36,463$32,174+0%

676Albertville, ALAL103,537$32,167+0%

677Kingsport, TNTN314,834$32,152+0%

678Macomb, ILIL25,916$32,141+0%

679Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,063$32,136+0%

680Amsterdam, NYNY50,046$32,128+0%

681Blacksburg, VAVA181,616$32,120+0%

682Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,332$32,105+0%

683Texarkana, TXTX146,816$32,082+0%

684The Villages, FLFL157,772$32,073+0%

685Mexico, MOMO24,528$32,057+0%

686Scottsboro, ALAL54,281$32,020+0%

687Scottsbluff, NENE36,272$32,001+0%

688Ozark, ALAL49,912$31,998+0%

689Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$31,998+0%

690Marion, ILIL67,225$31,991+0%

691Weirton, WVWV112,468$31,982+0%

692Palestine, TXTX59,805$31,957+0%

693Ocala, FLFL442,660$31,944+0%

694Chico, CACA209,211$31,924+0%

695Batesville, ARAR38,785$31,920+0%

696Pampa, TXTX21,786$31,872+0%

697El Centro, CACA181,411$31,870+0%

698Sedalia, MOMO44,254$31,822+0%

699Maryville, MOMO20,174$31,781+0%

700Oxford, ALAL115,834$31,768+0%

701Spearfish, SDSD29,459$31,755+0%

702Hot Springs, ARAR99,695$31,724+0%

703Lubbock, TXTX368,431$31,681+0%

704Snyder, TXTX16,162$31,646+0%

705Shawnee, OKOK75,102$31,573+0%

706Malvern, ARAR33,451$31,543+0%

707Coos Bay, OROR63,992$31,542+0%

708Klamath Falls, OROR70,274$31,537+0%

709Danville, VAVA101,137$31,526+0%

710Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,102$31,521+0%

711Williston, NDND41,767$31,491+0%

712Huntsville, TXTX83,842$31,468+0%

713Moberly, MOMO24,513$31,464+0%

714Athens, TNTN71,590$31,446+0%

715Pine Bluff, ARAR70,211$31,427+0%

716Talladega, ALAL91,764$31,397+0%

717Vincennes, ININ35,652$31,362+0%

718DuBois, PAPA78,100$31,357+0%

719Ontario, OROR60,085$31,347+0%

720Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,076$31,318+0%

721Henderson, NCNC42,638$31,301+0%

722Corsicana, TXTX57,181$31,268+0%

723Danville, KYKY56,985$31,261+0%

724Tifton, GAGA51,237$31,239+0%

725Grants Pass, OROR87,867$31,229+0%

726Eureka, CACA131,647$31,226+0%

727Red Bluff, CACA64,665$31,206+0%

728New Iberia, LALA66,846$31,204+0%

729Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791$31,203+0%

730Thomaston, GAGA28,500$31,201+0%

731Farmington, MOMO67,809$31,199+0%

732Kinston, NCNC55,837$31,191+0%

733Russellville, ARAR84,932$31,187+0%

734Gadsden, ALAL103,886$31,170+0%

735Odessa, TXTX173,801$31,152+0%

736Forest City, NCNC65,745$31,122+0%

737Washington, NCNC44,670$31,066+0%

738Lock Haven, PAPA37,870$31,064+0%

739Valdosta, GAGA153,276$31,037+0%

740Jonesboro, ARAR139,440$31,030+0%

741Americus, GAGA33,394$31,019+0%

742Laurinburg, NCNC33,322$31,010+0%

743Johnson City, TNTN216,416$31,005+0%

744El Paso, TXTX881,291$31,002+0%

745Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666$31,001+0%

746Brownwood, TXTX38,711$30,974+0%

747McMinnville, TNTN43,717$30,920+0%

748Payson, AZAZ53,801$30,917+0%

749Picayune, MSMS59,363$30,912+0%

750Somerset, PAPA72,004$30,911+0%

751Cumberland, MDMD93,640$30,908+0%

752Crossville, TNTN66,300$30,901+0%

753Branson, MOMO57,001$30,898+0%

754Martinsville, VAVA63,091$30,896+0%

755Lake City, FLFL74,094$30,881+0%

756Mayfield, KYKY37,050$30,874+0%

757Madisonville, KYKY45,127$30,868+0%

758Alamogordo, NMNM70,368$30,861+0%

759Paragould, ARAR47,411$30,828+0%

760Big Spring, TXTX30,504$30,805+0%

761Gainesville, FLFL359,036$30,790+0%

762Ponca City, OKOK43,490$30,762+0%

763Huntington, WVWV365,965$30,751+0%

764Alexander City, ALAL40,953$30,745+0%

765Altus, OKOK24,764$30,737+0%

766Arcadia, FLFL37,078$30,714+0%

767Duncan, OKOK44,310$30,709+0%

768Stephenville, TXTX43,911$30,708+0%

769Dublin, GAGA60,351$30,702+0%

770Paris, TXTX63,319$30,686+0%

771Summerville, GAGA25,300$30,664+0%

772Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014$30,619+0%

773Huron, SDSD19,624$30,510+0%

774Plainview, TXTX36,700$30,504+0%

775Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,914$30,498+0%

776Columbus, MSMS67,144$30,465+0%

777Okeechobee, FLFL42,608$30,456+0%

778Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201$30,444+0%

779Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,118$30,402+0%

780Greeneville, TNTN73,831$30,382+0%

781Baker City, OROR16,658$30,367+0%

782Wheeling, WVWV134,089$30,357+0%

783Thomasville, GAGA72,958$30,239+0%

784Indiana, PAPA82,878$30,233+0%

785Gallipolis, OHOH29,072$30,191+0%

786Johnstown, PAPA128,968$30,179+0%

787Paris, TNTN32,896$30,169+0%

788Sebring, FLFL111,122$30,160+0%

789Fort Payne, ALAL74,085$30,137+0%

790Murray, KYKY39,421$30,134+0%

791Brookings, OROR22,621$30,117+0%

792Cambridge, OHOH38,379$30,110+0%

793Martin, TNTN33,261$30,008+0%

794Douglas, GAGA52,861$29,993+0%

795Meridian, MSMS85,419$29,991+0%

796Monroe, LALA222,390$29,982+0%

797Richmond, KYKY131,806$29,925+0%

798Alexandria, LALA147,952$29,826+0%

799El Dorado, ARAR36,926$29,809+0%

800Las Cruces, NMNM229,091$29,808+0%

801Hobbs, NMNM74,749$29,799+0%

802Nogales, AZAZ50,020$29,710+0%

803Safford, AZAZ40,157$29,668+0%

804Clarksburg, WVWV88,142$29,655+0%

805Crescent City, CACA26,410$29,642+0%

806Glasgow, KYKY56,224$29,632+0%

807Clearlake, CACA67,772$29,627+0%

808Hereford, TXTX18,626$29,601+0%

809Orangeburg, SCSC83,177$29,567+0%

810Lebanon, MOMO36,943$29,562+0%

811Cookeville, TNTN152,477$29,504+0%

812Vernon, TXTX12,481$29,500+0%

813Toccoa, GAGA27,854$29,466+0%

814College Station, TXTX287,476$29,435+0%

815Española, NMNM39,832$29,429+0%

816Hammond, LALA141,346$29,412+0%

817Pittsburg, KSKS39,008$29,409+0%

818Ardmore, OKOK48,910$29,405+0%

819Rolla, MOMO45,247$29,378+0%

820Jacksonville, TXTX53,337$29,313+0%

821Kingsville, TXTX30,315$29,313+0%

822Sikeston, MOMO49,978$29,272+0%

823Auburn, ALAL208,013$29,260+0%

824Camden, ARAR26,363$29,191+0%

825Silver City, NMNM27,252$29,134+0%

826Mountain Home, ARAR42,982$29,106+0%

827Corinth, MSMS34,569$29,041+0%

828Harrison, ARAR45,654$28,930+0%

829Statesboro, GAGA97,977$28,859+0%

830Arkadelphia, ARAR20,938$28,845+0%

831Weatherford, OKOK39,059$28,842+0%

832Rockingham, NCNC42,041$28,830+0%

833Waycross, GAGA57,670$28,830+0%

834Bainbridge, GAGA29,432$28,820+0%

835Laramie, WYWY38,558$28,790+0%

836Houghton, MIMI40,028$28,776+0%

837Stillwater, OKOK83,889$28,733+0%

838McAlester, OKOK43,320$28,679+0%

839Fairmont, WVWV55,584$28,626+0%

840Mount Sterling, KYKY48,428$28,587+0%

841Pullman, WAWA48,512$28,584+0%

842Show Low, AZAZ109,946$28,569+0%

843Moultrie, GAGA47,438$28,539+0%

844Roswell, NMNM63,364$28,513+0%

845Morgantown, WVWV141,995$28,441+0%

846Muskogee, OKOK66,708$28,438+0%

847Minden, LALA34,948$28,408+0%

848Beeville, TXTX32,515$28,392+0%

849Del Rio, TXTX47,835$28,376+0%

850Nacogdoches, TXTX66,035$28,301+0%

851Clovis, NMNM65,270$28,251+0%

852Lumberton, NCNC119,941$28,202+0%

853Palatka, FLFL77,734$28,180+0%

854Laredo, TXTX281,224$28,100+0%

855Morgan City, LALA46,552$28,072+0%

856Portsmouth, OHOH71,365$28,008+0%

857Oxford, MSMS71,972$27,962+0%

858Durant, OKOK51,367$27,888+0%

859Laurel, MSMS82,281$27,837+0%

860Magnolia, ARAR21,894$27,640+0%

861Vidalia, GAGA36,180$27,637+0%

862Vermillion, SDSD15,031$27,535+0%

863Miami, OKOK30,438$27,507+0%

864Blytheville, ARAR37,828$27,479+0%

865Elk City, OKOK22,159$27,402+0%

866Somerset, KYKY67,384$27,370+0%

867Athens, OHOH63,197$27,322+0%

868Elkins, WVWV26,882$27,299+0%

869Brookhaven, MSMS35,012$27,279+0%

870Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,904$27,228+0%

871Campbellsville, KYKY38,407$27,211+0%

872Russellville, ALAL32,449$27,177+0%

873Uvalde, TXTX24,963$27,164+0%

874Alice, TXTX45,383$27,120+0%

875Fitzgerald, GAGA17,099$27,100+0%

876Ruston, LALA48,360$26,977+0%

877Ada, OKOK38,528$26,955+0%

878Bluefield, WVWV96,138$26,908+0%

879Beckley, WVWV109,940$26,908+0%

880Kirksville, MOMO29,824$26,778+0%

881Taos, NMNM34,564$26,762+0%

882Grenada, MSMS30,222$26,658+0%

883Alamosa, COCO27,896$26,642+0%

884Cordele, GAGA19,237$26,547+0%

885Tahlequah, OKOK49,196$26,536+0%

886Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,025$26,513+0%

887Las Vegas, NMNM30,311$26,230+0%

888Sweetwater, TXTX14,117$26,209+0%

889Brownsville, TXTX433,946$26,155+0%

890Forrest City, ARAR21,800$26,146+0%

891Greenville, MSMS40,446$25,757+0%

892Natchitoches, LALA36,089$25,722+0%

893Starkville, MSMS62,063$25,660+0%

894West Plains, MOMO40,798$25,628+0%

895Newport, TNTN37,889$25,553+0%

896Troy, ALAL33,688$25,551+0%

897Eufaula, ALAL26,861$25,165+0%

898Gallup, NMNM68,119$25,005+0%

899Carbondale, ILIL52,501$24,946+0%

900Kennett, MOMO26,855$24,878+0%

901McAllen, TXTX921,549$24,863+0%

902Zapata, TXTX13,753$24,635+0%

903Bogalusa, LALA44,937$24,264+0%

904McComb, MSMS52,640$24,109+0%

905Cleveland, MSMS28,262$23,428+0%

906Natchez, MSMS54,722$23,422+0%

907Selma, ALAL35,140$23,370+0%

908Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138$23,306+0%

909Greenwood, MSMS34,912$23,145+0%

910Pikeville, KYKY89,122$22,876+0%

911Opelousas, LALA80,765$22,855+0%

912Clarksdale, MSMS19,849$22,338+0%

913Raymondville, TXTX19,971$22,114+0%

914Corbin, KYKY150,040$22,059+0%

915Eagle Pass, TXTX58,823$21,232+0%

916Deming, NMNM25,407$20,784+0%

917Middlesborough, KYKY22,829$19,057+0%

918Rio Grande City, TXTX66,319$16,504+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES