Which metro area has the highest median household income?

Los Alamos, NM ranks #1 with $78,993 (2000 Decennial Census).

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 Decennial Census 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, 2000 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Highest median household income, US metro areas · 2000

US metro areas ranked by median household income from the 2000 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 1990

501Moses Lake, WAWA105,727$35,276+58%

502Utica, NYNY285,611$35,268+36%

503Mountain Home, IDID29,465$35,256+48%

504Montrose, COCO44,591$35,234+56%

505Centralia, ILIL36,382$35,227+54%

506Zanesville, OHOH87,014$35,185+47%

507Milledgeville, GAGA44,029$35,159+38%

508Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137$35,105+61%

509Houma, LALA199,668$35,085+62%

510Panama City, FLFL231,174$35,079+47%

511Tullahoma, TNTN69,339$35,079+40%

512St. Joseph, MOMO119,170$35,075+50%

513Vicksburg, MSMS41,759$35,056+54%

514Sayre, PAPA59,600$35,038+46%

515Bishop, CACA18,158$35,006+44%

516Yuba City, CACA187,478$34,950+43%

517Fresno, CACA1,203,383$34,933+32%

518Beatrice, NENE21,711$34,908+53%

519Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552$34,901+58%

520Richmond, ININ66,169$34,885+49%

521Dumas, TXTX21,891$34,852+27%

522Henderson, KYKY57,184$34,847+42%

523Yakima, WAWA259,185$34,828+48%

524Iron Mountain, MIMI30,575$34,813+42%

525Fairmont, MNMN19,440$34,810+43%

526Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497$34,797+66%

527Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486$34,751+45%

528Sevierville, TNTN101,342$34,719+51%

529Aberdeen, SDSD41,583$34,709+53%

530Ludington, MIMI29,040$34,704+60%

531Coshocton, OHOH37,188$34,701+47%

532Hermitage, PAPA107,860$34,666+41%

533Muncie, ININ113,106$34,659+42%

534Fort Morgan, COCO30,306$34,568+51%

535Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,215$34,553+53%

536Twin Falls, IDID123,901$34,548+50%

537Sheridan, WYWY33,241$34,538+39%

538Vernal, UTUT38,278$34,518+44%

539Bonham, TXTX39,265$34,501+67%

540Jackson, TNTN184,569$34,482+55%

541Kalispell, MTMT115,429$34,466+43%

542Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,081$34,464+61%

543Athens, GAGA224,148$34,413+46%

544Arkansas City, KSKS34,382$34,406+37%

545Marinette, WIWI65,515$34,383+56%

546Cortland, NYNY45,850$34,364+28%

547Atchison, KSKS16,172$34,355+54%

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

549Kerrville, TXTX54,037$34,283+48%

550Marietta, OHOH58,389$34,275+40%

551Bangor, MEME157,967$34,274+29%

552Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,691$34,262+51%

553North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,233$34,258+54%

554Lake Charles, LALA244,655$34,255+46%

555Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442$34,247+59%

556Quincy, ILIL74,146$34,233+49%

557Salem, OHOH99,377$34,226+46%

558Columbus, GAGA324,830$34,225+46%

559Cleveland, TNTN134,057$34,202+37%

560Wichita Falls, TXTX149,448$34,199+43%

561Alpena, MIMI28,853$34,177+51%

562Missoula, MTMT128,698$34,169+47%

563Aberdeen, WAWA78,144$34,160+48%

564Scranton, PAPA574,418$34,155+41%

565Cañon City, COCO50,039$34,150+71%

566Greenwood, SCSC95,215$34,117+45%

567Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193$34,094+41%

568Cambridge, MDMD33,628$34,077+37%

569Danville, ILIL71,259$34,071+43%

570Washington, ININ34,209$34,064+49%

571Price, UTUT20,680$34,036+33%

572Andrews, TXTX18,914$34,036+29%

573Longview, TXTX297,315$34,027+43%

574Williamsport, PAPA112,587$34,016+33%

575Watertown, NYNY111,540$34,006+31%

576Visalia, CACA485,146$33,983+39%

577Canton, ILIL32,901$33,952+56%

578Goldsboro, NCNC122,278$33,942+44%

579Springfield, MOMO500,694$33,929+45%

580Bowling Green, KYKY197,180$33,927+55%

581Waynesville, NCNC63,369$33,922+51%

582Terre Haute, ININ169,241$33,892+45%

583Othello, WAWA21,488$33,888+38%

584Ruidoso, NMNM19,844$33,886+74%

585Big Rapids, MIMI42,320$33,849+63%

586Jamestown, NDND21,414$33,848+51%

587Lufkin, TXTX88,154$33,806+47%

588Bloomington, ININ165,231$33,804+37%

589Gaffney, SCSC58,275$33,787+37%

590New Orleans, LALA970,849$33,766+43%

591Farmington, NMNM120,340$33,762+51%

592Jacksonville, NCNC217,175$33,756+44%

593La Grande, OROR25,900$33,738+50%

594Florence, SCSC201,392$33,728+42%

595Mobile, ALAL411,658$33,710+47%

596Albany, GAGA145,510$33,703+42%

597Enterprise, ALAL56,953$33,664+41%

598Gloversville, NYNY52,216$33,663+41%

599Tupelo, MSMS133,167$33,656+50%

600Woodward, OKOK19,827$33,581+41%

601Meadville, PAPA81,792$33,560+45%

602Mount Vernon, ILIL36,147$33,555+50%

603Lawton, OKOK127,590$33,505+39%

604Jamestown, NYNY124,126$33,458+38%

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

606Fayetteville, TNTN36,853$33,434+52%

607Mitchell, SDSD25,913$33,410+61%

608Olean, NYNY75,390$33,404+43%

609Bemidji, MNMN47,055$33,392+60%

610Manhattan, KSKS136,122$33,369+50%

611Abilene, TXTX185,429$33,330+40%

612Huntingdon, PAPA43,001$33,313+44%

613Sumter, SCSC105,067$33,278+49%

614Shreveport, LALA383,474$33,272+46%

615LaGrange, GAGA107,097$33,243+42%

616Roseburg, OROR111,951$33,223+40%

617San Angelo, TXTX122,065$33,221+36%

618Parkersburg, WVWV87,264$33,126+34%

619Hannibal, MOMO38,969$33,125+54%

620Wilson, NCNC81,150$33,116+38%

621Cedar City, UTUT67,141$33,114+43%

622Waco, TXTX308,807$33,083+49%

623Hinesville, GAGA91,870$33,071+55%

624Mount Airy, NCNC72,287$33,046+41%

625Bradford, PAPA38,984$33,040+43%

626Enid, OKOK61,779$33,006+42%

627Lafayette, LALA423,758$32,995+56%

628Paducah, KYKY102,259$32,991+53%

629Minot, NDND75,694$32,989+46%

630Great Falls, MTMT85,029$32,971+39%

631Clewiston, FLFL61,546$32,955+38%

632Greenville, NCNC182,936$32,868+41%

633Newberry, SCSC39,561$32,867+40%

634Altoona, PAPA119,541$32,861+41%

635Rexburg, IDID69,380$32,853+42%

636Florence, ALAL156,609$32,816+42%

637Emporia, KSKS34,838$32,806+38%

638Sandpoint, IDID54,420$32,803+53%

639Dyersburg, TNTN36,320$32,788+48%

640Pueblo, COCO169,277$32,775+52%

641Newport, OROR50,636$32,769+43%

642Jesup, GAGA32,481$32,766+41%

643Union City, TNTN30,067$32,764+47%

644Marshall, MOMO23,265$32,743+51%

645Sterling, COCO20,654$32,724+48%

646Pottsville, PAPA145,085$32,699+42%

647Burley, IDID49,308$32,691+40%

648Boone, NCNC54,786$32,611+61%

649DeRidder, LALA36,673$32,582+45%

650Morristown, TNTN128,867$32,555+40%

651Ellensburg, WAWA48,803$32,546+59%

652Athens, TXTX88,595$32,533+57%

653Moscow, IDID41,842$32,524+44%

654Riverton, WYWY39,464$32,503+46%

655Fort Smith, ARAR234,140$32,448+45%

656Sunbury, PAPA107,788$32,407+41%

657Marion, NCNC45,198$32,396+44%

658Charleston, WVWV200,170$32,380+42%

659Massena, NYNY105,488$32,356+36%

660Dothan, ALAL156,266$32,351+37%

661Hays, KSKS29,075$32,339+44%

662Cedartown, GAGA45,514$32,328+45%

663Joplin, MOMO208,796$32,308+54%

664Charleston, ILIL46,607$32,286+34%

665Oil City, PAPA49,346$32,257+43%

666Cullman, ALAL94,009$32,256+49%

667Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850$32,250+52%

668El Campo, TXTX42,060$32,208+35%

669Searcy, ARAR80,085$32,203+63%

670Dickinson, NDND39,142$32,197+48%

671Ottumwa, IAIA35,210$32,188+53%

672Yuma, AZAZ224,449$32,182+36%

673Great Bend, KSKS24,790$32,176+37%

674Lewistown, PAPA46,127$32,175+41%

675Bay City, TXTX36,463$32,174+27%

676Albertville, ALAL103,537$32,167+50%

677Kingsport, TNTN314,834$32,152+39%

678Macomb, ILIL25,916$32,141+48%

679Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,063$32,136+55%

680Amsterdam, NYNY50,046$32,128+33%

681Blacksburg, VAVA181,616$32,120+41%

682Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,332$32,105+43%

683Texarkana, TXTX146,816$32,082+41%

684The Villages, FLFL157,772$32,073+64%

685Mexico, MOMO24,528$32,057+37%

686Scottsboro, ALAL54,281$32,020+46%

687Scottsbluff, NENE36,272$32,001+50%

688Ozark, ALAL49,912$31,998+33%

689Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$31,998+37%

690Marion, ILIL67,225$31,991+45%

691Weirton, WVWV112,468$31,982+34%

692Palestine, TXTX59,805$31,957+41%

693Ocala, FLFL442,660$31,944+42%

694Chico, CACA209,211$31,924+40%

695Batesville, ARAR38,785$31,920+58%

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

697El Centro, CACA181,411$31,870+42%

698Sedalia, MOMO44,254$31,822+44%

699Maryville, MOMO20,174$31,781+56%

700Oxford, ALAL115,834$31,768+33%

701Spearfish, SDSD29,459$31,755+28%

702Hot Springs, ARAR99,695$31,724+57%

703Lubbock, TXTX368,431$31,681+33%

704Snyder, TXTX16,162$31,646+32%

705Shawnee, OKOK75,102$31,573+44%

706Malvern, ARAR33,451$31,543+63%

707Coos Bay, OROR63,992$31,542+42%

708Klamath Falls, OROR70,274$31,537+37%

709Danville, VAVA101,137$31,526+37%

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

711Williston, NDND41,767$31,491+35%

712Huntsville, TXTX83,842$31,468+45%

713Moberly, MOMO24,513$31,464+47%

714Athens, TNTN71,590$31,446+45%

715Pine Bluff, ARAR70,211$31,427+48%

716Talladega, ALAL91,764$31,397+48%

717Vincennes, ININ35,652$31,362+46%

718DuBois, PAPA78,100$31,357+44%

719Ontario, OROR60,085$31,347+54%

720Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,076$31,318+49%

721Henderson, NCNC42,638$31,301+45%

722Corsicana, TXTX57,181$31,268+46%

723Danville, KYKY56,985$31,261+52%

724Tifton, GAGA51,237$31,239+45%

725Grants Pass, OROR87,867$31,229+49%

726Eureka, CACA131,647$31,226+32%

727Red Bluff, CACA64,665$31,206+39%

728New Iberia, LALA66,846$31,204+50%

729Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791$31,203+53%

730Thomaston, GAGA28,500$31,201+37%

731Farmington, MOMO67,809$31,199+50%

732Kinston, NCNC55,837$31,191+47%

733Russellville, ARAR84,932$31,187+45%

734Gadsden, ALAL103,886$31,170+40%

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

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

737Washington, NCNC44,670$31,066+43%

738Lock Haven, PAPA37,870$31,064+40%

739Valdosta, GAGA153,276$31,037+39%

740Jonesboro, ARAR139,440$31,030+50%

741Americus, GAGA33,394$31,019+48%

742Laurinburg, NCNC33,322$31,010+37%

743Johnson City, TNTN216,416$31,005+42%

744El Paso, TXTX881,291$31,002+37%

745Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666$31,001+46%

746Brownwood, TXTX38,711$30,974+61%

747McMinnville, TNTN43,717$30,920+47%

748Payson, AZAZ53,801$30,917+47%

749Picayune, MSMS59,363$30,912+54%

750Somerset, PAPA72,004$30,911+43%

751Cumberland, MDMD93,640$30,908+43%

752Crossville, TNTN66,300$30,901+51%

753Branson, MOMO57,001$30,898+53%

754Martinsville, VAVA63,091$30,896+23%

755Lake City, FLFL74,094$30,881+41%

756Mayfield, KYKY37,050$30,874+50%

757Madisonville, KYKY45,127$30,868+39%

758Alamogordo, NMNM70,368$30,861+36%

759Paragould, ARAR47,411$30,828+55%

760Big Spring, TXTX30,504$30,805+33%

761Gainesville, FLFL359,036$30,790+42%

762Ponca City, OKOK43,490$30,762+27%

763Huntington, WVWV365,965$30,751+42%

764Alexander City, ALAL40,953$30,745+40%

765Altus, OKOK24,764$30,737+42%

766Arcadia, FLFL37,078$30,714+47%

767Duncan, OKOK44,310$30,709+36%

768Stephenville, TXTX43,911$30,708+54%

769Dublin, GAGA60,351$30,702+45%

770Paris, TXTX63,319$30,686+52%

771Summerville, GAGA25,300$30,664+51%

772Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014$30,619+59%

773Huron, SDSD19,624$30,510+36%

774Plainview, TXTX36,700$30,504+47%

775Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,914$30,498+46%

776Columbus, MSMS67,144$30,465+42%

777Okeechobee, FLFL42,608$30,456+42%

778Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201$30,444+40%

779Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,118$30,402+43%

780Greeneville, TNTN73,831$30,382+41%

781Baker City, OROR16,658$30,367+37%

782Wheeling, WVWV134,089$30,357+39%

783Thomasville, GAGA72,958$30,239+48%

784Indiana, PAPA82,878$30,233+32%

785Gallipolis, OHOH29,072$30,191+44%

786Johnstown, PAPA128,968$30,179+41%

787Paris, TNTN32,896$30,169+60%

788Sebring, FLFL111,122$30,160+43%

789Fort Payne, ALAL74,085$30,137+50%

790Murray, KYKY39,421$30,134+55%

791Brookings, OROR22,621$30,117+33%

792Cambridge, OHOH38,379$30,110+42%

793Martin, TNTN33,261$30,008+43%

794Douglas, GAGA52,861$29,993+49%

795Meridian, MSMS85,419$29,991+49%

796Monroe, LALA222,390$29,982+52%

797Richmond, KYKY131,806$29,925+54%

798Alexandria, LALA147,952$29,826+46%

799El Dorado, ARAR36,926$29,809+42%

800Las Cruces, NMNM229,091$29,808+36%

801Hobbs, NMNM74,749$29,799+28%

802Nogales, AZAZ50,020$29,710+35%

803Safford, AZAZ40,157$29,668+61%

804Clarksburg, WVWV88,142$29,655+50%

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

806Glasgow, KYKY56,224$29,632+60%

807Clearlake, CACA67,772$29,627+36%

808Hereford, TXTX18,626$29,601+40%

809Orangeburg, SCSC83,177$29,567+46%

810Lebanon, MOMO36,943$29,562+47%

811Cookeville, TNTN152,477$29,504+45%

812Vernon, TXTX12,481$29,500+41%

813Toccoa, GAGA27,854$29,466+33%

814College Station, TXTX287,476$29,435+47%

815Española, NMNM39,832$29,429+60%

816Hammond, LALA141,346$29,412+75%

817Pittsburg, KSKS39,008$29,409+50%

818Ardmore, OKOK48,910$29,405+35%

819Rolla, MOMO45,247$29,378+41%

820Jacksonville, TXTX53,337$29,313+52%

821Kingsville, TXTX30,315$29,313+34%

822Sikeston, MOMO49,978$29,272+50%

823Auburn, ALAL208,013$29,260+46%

824Camden, ARAR26,363$29,191+38%

825Silver City, NMNM27,252$29,134+36%

826Mountain Home, ARAR42,982$29,106+55%

827Corinth, MSMS34,569$29,041+57%

828Harrison, ARAR45,654$28,930+49%

829Statesboro, GAGA97,977$28,859+41%

830Arkadelphia, ARAR20,938$28,845+60%

831Weatherford, OKOK39,059$28,842+35%

832Rockingham, NCNC42,041$28,830+31%

833Waycross, GAGA57,670$28,830+41%

834Bainbridge, GAGA29,432$28,820+38%

835Laramie, WYWY38,558$28,790+39%

836Houghton, MIMI40,028$28,776+65%

837Stillwater, OKOK83,889$28,733+47%

838McAlester, OKOK43,320$28,679+52%

839Fairmont, WVWV55,584$28,626+40%

840Mount Sterling, KYKY48,428$28,587+58%

841Pullman, WAWA48,512$28,584+32%

842Show Low, AZAZ109,946$28,569+47%

843Moultrie, GAGA47,438$28,539+40%

844Roswell, NMNM63,364$28,513+31%

845Morgantown, WVWV141,995$28,441+32%

846Muskogee, OKOK66,708$28,438+39%

847Minden, LALA34,948$28,408+52%

848Beeville, TXTX32,515$28,392+38%

849Del Rio, TXTX47,835$28,376+57%

850Nacogdoches, TXTX66,035$28,301+46%

851Clovis, NMNM65,270$28,251+37%

852Lumberton, NCNC119,941$28,202+43%

853Palatka, FLFL77,734$28,180+40%

854Laredo, TXTX281,224$28,100+55%

855Morgan City, LALA46,552$28,072+34%

856Portsmouth, OHOH71,365$28,008+59%

857Oxford, MSMS71,972$27,962+59%

858Durant, OKOK51,367$27,888+68%

859Laurel, MSMS82,281$27,837+50%

860Magnolia, ARAR21,894$27,640+50%

861Vidalia, GAGA36,180$27,637+41%

862Vermillion, SDSD15,031$27,535+42%

863Miami, OKOK30,438$27,507+55%

864Blytheville, ARAR37,828$27,479+48%

865Elk City, OKOK22,159$27,402+43%

866Somerset, KYKY67,384$27,370+50%

867Athens, OHOH63,197$27,322+43%

868Elkins, WVWV26,882$27,299+49%

869Brookhaven, MSMS35,012$27,279+50%

870Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,904$27,228+67%

871Campbellsville, KYKY38,407$27,211+35%

872Russellville, ALAL32,449$27,177+52%

873Uvalde, TXTX24,963$27,164+51%

874Alice, TXTX45,383$27,120+55%

875Fitzgerald, GAGA17,099$27,100+42%

876Ruston, LALA48,360$26,977+40%

877Ada, OKOK38,528$26,955+50%

878Bluefield, WVWV96,138$26,908+38%

879Beckley, WVWV109,940$26,908+46%

880Kirksville, MOMO29,824$26,778+56%

881Taos, NMNM34,564$26,762+58%

882Grenada, MSMS30,222$26,658+46%

883Alamosa, COCO27,896$26,642+53%

884Cordele, GAGA19,237$26,547+49%

885Tahlequah, OKOK49,196$26,536+52%

886Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,025$26,513+42%

887Las Vegas, NMNM30,311$26,230+53%

888Sweetwater, TXTX14,117$26,209+29%

889Brownsville, TXTX433,946$26,155+51%

890Forrest City, ARAR21,800$26,146+74%

891Greenville, MSMS40,446$25,757+47%

892Natchitoches, LALA36,089$25,722+63%

893Starkville, MSMS62,063$25,660+41%

894West Plains, MOMO40,798$25,628+55%

895Newport, TNTN37,889$25,553+52%

896Troy, ALAL33,688$25,551+48%

897Eufaula, ALAL26,861$25,165+32%

898Gallup, NMNM68,119$25,005+43%

899Carbondale, ILIL52,501$24,946+42%

900Kennett, MOMO26,855$24,878+62%

901McAllen, TXTX921,549$24,863+49%

902Zapata, TXTX13,753$24,635+65%

903Bogalusa, LALA44,937$24,264+49%

904McComb, MSMS52,640$24,109+62%

905Cleveland, MSMS28,262$23,428+67%

906Natchez, MSMS54,722$23,422+44%

907Selma, ALAL35,140$23,370+42%

908Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138$23,306+30%

909Greenwood, MSMS34,912$23,145+49%

910Pikeville, KYKY89,122$22,876+36%

911Opelousas, LALA80,765$22,855+56%

912Clarksdale, MSMS19,849$22,338+62%

913Raymondville, TXTX19,971$22,114+52%

914Corbin, KYKY150,040$22,059+44%

915Eagle Pass, TXTX58,823$21,232+73%

916Deming, NMNM25,407$20,784+33%

917Middlesborough, KYKY22,829$19,057+46%

918Rio Grande City, TXTX66,319$16,504+62%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS