Which metro area has the lowest median household income?

Middlesborough, KY ranks #1 with $31,354 (2024 American Community Survey).

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

Middlesborough, KY, Selma, AL, Deming, NM, Clarksdale, MS, Rio Grande City-Roma, TX.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 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 (2024).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2000

501Columbia, SCSC879,918$68,275+67%

502Pottsville, PAPA145,085$68,313+109%

503Twin Falls, IDID123,901$68,322+98%

504Enterprise, ALAL56,953$68,353+103%

505San Angelo, TXTX122,065$68,393+106%

506Washington, ININ34,209$68,503+101%

507Elkhart, ININ208,774$68,561+54%

508Grand Rapids, MNMN45,404$68,603+89%

509Rutland, VTVT59,653$68,616+87%

510Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,912$68,713+95%

511Hermiston, OROR93,721$68,757+89%

512Rockford, ILIL337,242$68,800+53%

513Oneonta, NYNY60,589$68,885+106%

514Bemidji, MNMN47,055$68,975+107%

515Fort Dodge, IAIA36,838$68,975+95%

516Augusta, MEME129,067$69,077+89%

517Manitowoc, WIWI81,710$69,148+60%

518Mitchell, SDSD25,913$69,366+108%

519New Ulm, MNMN25,517$69,378+74%

520Kerrville, TXTX54,037$69,395+102%

521Muscatine, IAIA41,853$69,396+66%

522Sparta, WIWI46,572$69,467+87%

523Topeka, KSKS233,052$69,483+69%

524Grand Forks, NDND105,046$69,566+96%

525Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552$69,613+99%

526Hastings, NENE40,577$69,630+93%

527Mason City, IAIA49,710$69,633+94%

528Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273$69,648+84%

529Big Spring, TXTX30,504$69,649+126%

530Athens, GAGA224,148$69,695+103%

531Lawrence, KSKS120,920$69,746+86%

532Greensburg, ININ26,576$69,783+73%

533Grand Island, NENE78,076$69,800+92%

534Utica, NYNY285,611$69,815+98%

535Ashland, OHOH52,523$69,860+78%

536Killeen, TXTX511,497$69,874+91%

537Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212$69,952+92%

538Evansville, ININ273,786$69,981+74%

539Victoria, TXTX99,864$70,060+83%

540Brookings, SDSD37,635$70,064+98%

541Clarksville, TNTN349,001$70,081+95%

542Bakersfield, CACA927,068$70,210+98%

543Seymour, ININ47,370$70,262+78%

544Dixon, ILIL32,914$70,292+72%

545Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685$70,315+91%

546Port Angeles, WAWA78,202$70,370+93%

547Roanoke, VAVA316,547$70,385+77%

548Wilmington, OHOH42,301$70,407+74%

549Cortland, NYNY45,850$70,418+105%

550Lexington, NENE26,255$70,472+95%

551Adrian, MIMI97,779$70,518+54%

552Burley, IDID49,308$70,619+116%

553Yakima, WAWA259,185$70,656+103%

554Baton Rouge, LALA888,699$70,666+90%

555Wichita, KSKS663,809$70,720+66%

556Amarillo, TXTX276,235$70,728+97%

557Winona, MNMN50,523$70,744+83%

558Dodge City, KSKS33,993$70,781+87%

559Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,063$70,888+121%

560Augusta, GAGA641,231$70,929+86%

561Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880$70,940+90%

562Waterloo, IAIA169,189$70,988+87%

563Hanford, CACA154,327$70,995+99%

564Albert Lea, MNMN30,440$71,023+92%

565Lewisburg, TNTN38,071$71,049+85%

566Michigan City, ININ111,294$71,055+72%

567Greenville, SCSC1,014,101$71,083+84%

568Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138$71,224+92%

569Albuquerque, NMNM925,279$71,241+83%

570Kankakee, ILIL105,525$71,281+72%

571Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137$71,287+103%

572Visalia, CACA485,146$71,300+110%

573Springfield, MAMA464,338$71,306+80%

574Deltona, FLFL746,933$71,355+100%

575Fort Wayne, ININ466,258$71,372+66%

576Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497$71,388+105%

577Sheridan, WYWY33,241$71,388+107%

578Brainerd, MNMN100,562$71,422+96%

579Crawfordsville, ININ38,954$71,479+73%

580Odessa, TXTX173,801$71,536+130%

581Eugene, OROR381,584$71,544+94%

582Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302$71,551+72%

583Panama City, FLFL231,174$71,687+104%

584Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775$71,710+68%

585Storm Lake, IAIA20,449$71,719+103%

586Kendallville, ININ47,937$71,723+68%

587Plymouth, ININ46,599$71,808+69%

588Asheville, NCNC422,345$71,812+96%

589Astoria, OROR40,926$71,822+98%

590Lexington, KYKY535,174$71,865+76%

591Aberdeen, SDSD41,583$71,934+107%

592Dayton, OHOH826,554$71,984+71%

593Montrose, COCO44,591$72,120+105%

594Casper, WYWY80,526$72,156+97%

595Sherman, TXTX153,613$72,182+94%

596Brattleboro, VTVT45,204$72,217+89%

597Duluth, MNMN281,219$72,227+98%

598Andrews, TXTX18,914$72,242+112%

599Fergus Falls, MNMN61,041$72,255+104%

600Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653$72,257+88%

601Columbia, MOMO219,062$72,269+96%

602Bonham, TXTX39,265$72,295+110%

603Ottawa, ILIL145,902$72,296+79%

604Morehead City, NCNC70,469$72,322+89%

605Carson, NVNV58,571$72,355+73%

606Monticello, NYNY80,586$72,382+96%

607Chattanooga, TNTN594,530$72,439+93%

608Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766$72,464+88%

609Knoxville, TNTN968,137$72,472+103%

610Lewiston, IDID65,450$72,490+105%

611Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795$72,532+73%

612Akron, OHOH701,780$72,581+70%

613Ames, IAIA128,090$72,589+79%

614Lansing, MIMI479,722$72,596+63%

615Redding, CACA181,648$72,636+112%

616Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813$72,641+96%

617Peoria, ILIL363,505$72,642+69%

618Watertown, SDSD29,562$72,727+101%

619Yankton, SDSD23,635$72,821+106%

620Carroll, IAIA20,303$72,930+96%

621Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368$72,966+91%

622Garden City, KSKS37,505$73,009+90%

623Cody, WYWY31,171$73,035+104%

624Defiance, OHOH38,292$73,064+63%

625Austin, MNMN40,971$73,074+99%

626Sheboygan, WIWI118,047$73,094+58%

627Davenport, IAIA380,452$73,139+80%

628Findlay, OHOH75,034$73,141+67%

629Moses Lake, WAWA105,727$73,267+108%

630Fort Morgan, COCO30,306$73,278+112%

631Batavia, NYNY58,416$73,314+81%

632Marshalltown, IAIA39,890$73,315+92%

633Bennington, VTVT36,630$73,325+84%

634Spearfish, SDSD29,459$73,384+131%

635Sandusky, OHOH112,777$73,427+70%

636Sebastian, FLFL172,799$73,491+85%

637La Crosse, WIWI171,182$73,555+91%

638Wooster, OHOH116,758$73,574+77%

639Grand Junction, COCO162,845$73,658+105%

640Vernal, UTUT38,278$73,746+114%

641Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155$73,776+101%

642Pontiac, ILIL35,057$73,790+78%

643Ellensburg, WAWA48,803$73,804+127%

644Mount Vernon, OHOH64,002$73,878+90%

645Jefferson City, MOMO152,712$73,899+81%

646Kalispell, MTMT115,429$73,925+114%

647Gainesville, TXTX44,461$73,932+96%

648Sidney, OHOH48,065$73,978+66%

649Bishop, CACA18,158$73,991+111%

650Medford, OROR221,795$73,999+103%

651Ithaca, NYNY104,047$74,024+99%

652Port Townsend, WAWA33,970$74,048+96%

653Salisbury, MDMD131,872$74,054+100%

654Columbus, NENE46,583$74,127+93%

655Tyler, TXTX252,549$74,192+100%

656Walla Walla, WAWA62,361$74,202+107%

657Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669$74,275+63%

658State College, PAPA157,393$74,291+105%

659Wahpeton, NDND23,019$74,316+103%

660Fremont, NENE38,057$74,329+100%

661Auburn, ININ44,535$74,331+66%

662Kingsland, GAGA60,143$74,378+81%

663Dover, DEDE194,786$74,477+82%

664Fresno, CACA1,203,383$74,533+113%

665Eau Claire, WIWI176,647$74,597+90%

666Staunton, VAVA129,692$74,707+92%

667Centralia, WAWA88,062$74,796+111%

668Menomonie, WIWI46,223$74,824+93%

669Greenfield, MAMA70,698$74,907+84%

670Angola, ININ34,799$74,911+70%

671Oshkosh, WIWI174,218$74,925+69%

672Tampa, FLFL3,418,895$75,011+99%

673Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721$75,021+92%

674Iowa City, IAIA182,711$75,025+88%

675Rock Springs, WYWY41,267$75,034+61%

676Sioux City, IAIA145,738$75,053+92%

677Missoula, MTMT128,698$75,118+120%

678Louisville, KYKY1,402,509$75,127+82%

679Rapid City, SDSD156,934$75,129+101%

680Lincoln, NENE352,081$75,185+79%

681Marshall, MNMN25,684$75,303+93%

682Warsaw, ININ80,892$75,317+71%

683Syracuse, NYNY652,273$75,402+89%

684Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077$75,432+93%

685Urbana, OHOH38,820$75,556+75%

686Janesville, WIWI166,472$75,673+66%

687Springfield, ILIL206,033$75,755+75%

688Beaver Dam, WIWI89,097$75,929+68%

689Jasper, ININ44,016$75,979+72%

690Pittsfield, MAMA128,224$76,013+95%

691Glens Falls, NYNY124,373$76,067+98%

692Stevens Point, WIWI71,943$76,070+75%

693Cape Coral, FLFL875,607$76,107+89%

694Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527$76,162+100%

695Mankato, MNMN104,907$76,219+84%

696Kearney, NENE57,962$76,230+105%

697Rochester, NYNY1,056,149$76,325+72%

698Albany, OROR132,843$76,329+103%

699Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992$76,360+105%

700Lewisburg, PAPA42,313$76,404+89%

701Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226$76,472+71%

702The Villages, FLFL157,772$76,508+139%

703Miami, FLFL6,391,072$76,516+92%

704St. Cloud, MNMN205,854$76,520+81%

705Longview, WAWA114,885$76,531+92%

706Wilmington, NCNC492,772$76,547+99%

707Willmar, MNMN44,720$76,592+93%

708Pensacola, FLFL544,949$76,743+107%

709Celina, OHOH42,737$76,782+80%

710Fargo, NDND269,528$76,985+102%

711Chambersburg, PAPA160,652$77,003+90%

712San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140$77,094+98%

713Billings, MTMT193,603$77,183+111%

714Ottawa, KSKS26,299$77,207+98%

715Monroe, MIMI156,004$77,335+49%

716Sonora, CACA53,160$77,404+100%

717Detroit, MIMI4,390,913$77,535+56%

718Dubuque, IAIA99,381$77,630+96%

719Savannah, GAGA438,314$77,692+96%

720Corvallis, OROR97,728$77,702+85%

721Midland, MIMI83,754$77,705+70%

722Brenham, TXTX38,288$77,825+112%

723Spokane, WAWA608,012$77,837+110%

724Blackfoot, IDID51,153$77,878+114%

725Wausau, WIWI139,432$77,884+72%

726Racine, WIWI198,919$78,096+63%

727Petoskey, MIMI33,775$78,112+94%

728Yuba City, CACA187,478$78,169+124%

729Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285$78,204+74%

730Minot, NDND75,694$78,289+137%

731Greencastle, ININ37,876$78,378+102%

732Lebanon, PAPA146,380$78,425+92%

733Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$78,426+145%

734Palm Bay, FLFL663,982$78,476+96%

735Hilo, HIHI210,043$78,639+98%

736Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909$78,660+81%

737Pella, IAIA34,192$78,680+86%

738Orlando, FLFL2,957,672$78,708+87%

739Hagerstown, MDMD315,280$78,739+99%

740Effingham, ILIL44,727$78,774+104%

741Daphne, ALAL267,761$78,775+96%

742McPherson, KSKS30,064$78,851+92%

743Salem, OROR445,814$78,938+94%

744Alexandria, MNMN40,120$79,043+110%

745Santa Fe, NMNM156,907$79,071+87%

746Fallon, NVNV25,851$79,163+94%

747Green Bay, WIWI336,756$79,291+74%

748Warner Robins, GAGA208,091$79,343+89%

749Baraboo, WIWI66,652$79,541+90%

750Reading, PAPA440,072$79,777+78%

751Columbus, ININ85,729$79,901+81%

752Bloomington, ILIL171,419$79,905+70%

753Helena, MTMT97,153$79,942+112%

754Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599$79,959+123%

755Hutchinson, MNMN36,631$80,084+74%

756Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010$80,098+71%

757Idaho Falls, IDID173,851$80,171+97%

758Cheyenne, WYWY102,938$80,173+102%

759Whitewater, WIWI106,127$80,520+74%

760St. George, UTUT213,670$80,632+117%

761Logan, UTUT160,889$80,722+105%

762Gainesville, GAGA226,568$80,901+80%

763North Port, FLFL948,158$81,019+100%

764Winnemucca, NVNV17,267$81,073+72%

765Slidell, LALA279,108$81,202+70%

766Kenosha, WIWI168,448$81,239+73%

767Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808$81,323+82%

768Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047$81,395+88%

769Modesto, CACA557,719$81,468+103%

770Harrisburg, PAPA617,427$81,484+86%

771Seaford, DEDE277,140$81,497+108%

772Hudson, NYNY60,168$81,528+95%

773St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421$81,650+81%

774Wenatchee, WAWA128,414$81,662+117%

775Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459$81,745+101%

776Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500$81,763+90%

777Bellingham, WAWA236,392$81,784+104%

778Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864$81,861+117%

779Traverse City, MIMI156,972$81,911+94%

780Crestview, FLFL315,098$81,995+106%

781Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858$82,044+82%

782Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638$82,081+93%

783Rochelle, ILIL51,399$82,132+81%

784Fayetteville, ARAR622,177$82,242+122%

785Pierre, SDSD20,588$82,316+93%

786Evanston, WYWY23,415$82,531+87%

787Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645$83,097+77%

788Faribault, MNMN69,939$83,181+71%

789Lebanon, NHNH224,500$83,244+102%

790Le Mars, IAIA25,697$83,251+100%

791Shelton, WAWA71,165$83,270+110%

792Holland, MIMI123,188$83,283+82%

793Keene, NHNH78,269$83,329+97%

794Barre, VTVT59,652$83,449+104%

795East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179$83,565+81%

796Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966$83,609+87%

797Houston, TXTX7,904,627$83,674+86%

798Watertown, WIWI86,505$83,750+79%

799Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695$83,841+79%

800Brigham City, UTUT70,405$83,857+92%

801Gettysburg, PAPA107,594$84,092+97%

802Red Wing, MNMN48,195$84,171+79%

803Owatonna, MNMN37,464$84,196+83%

804Columbus, OHOH2,242,028$84,300+88%

805Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830$84,370+86%

806Durham, NCNC625,485$84,598+99%

807Easton, MDMD38,238$84,811+95%

808York, PAPA473,197$84,829+87%

809Bismarck, NDND139,750$84,869+112%

810Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213$84,869+97%

811Allentown, PAPA887,615$85,100+88%

812Charleston, SCSC889,263$85,207+117%

813Omaha, NENE1,009,836$85,433+91%

814Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682$85,452+83%

815Williston, NDND41,767$85,595+172%

816Boise City, IDID864,243$85,629+102%

817Winchester, VAVA152,332$85,664+109%

818Appleton, WIWI249,876$85,875+71%

819Huntsville, ALAL556,444$85,881+98%

820Dickinson, NDND39,142$85,906+167%

821Elko, NVNV56,682$86,031+79%

822Durango, COCO56,898$86,056+114%

823Pinehurst, NCNC110,619$86,080+109%

824Waterbury, CTCT463,349$86,191–

825Kingston, NYNY183,330$86,271+103%

826Norwich, CTCT284,015$86,586–

827Des Moines, IAIA758,539$86,618+88%

828Lancaster, PAPA563,159$86,959+91%

829Amherst, MAMA164,065$87,001+89%

830Providence, RIRI1,708,161$87,204+104%

831Reno, NVNV578,734$87,337+93%

832Hailey, IDID32,436$87,729+87%

833Key West, FLFL80,406$87,738+108%

834Granbury, TXTX70,501$88,160+102%

835New Haven, CTCT578,741$88,197–

836Fairbanks, AKAK93,972$88,267+80%

837Albany, NYNY915,835$88,339+101%

838Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938$88,457+97%

839Nashville, TNTN2,197,416$88,637+99%

840Kennewick, WAWA324,334$88,872+98%

841Madison, WIWI709,685$88,936+85%

842Hood River, OROR23,720$88,947+132%

843Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245$88,994+110%

844Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214$89,180+72%

845Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975$89,263+111%

846Riverside, CACA4,769,007$89,505+111%

847Jefferson, GAGA99,265$89,544+122%

848Richmond, VAVA1,389,338$89,669+89%

849Gillette, WYWY48,145$89,869+81%

850Truckee, CACA101,911$89,882+96%

851Naples, FLFL417,131$90,045+86%

852Bend, OROR266,376$90,045+124%

853Colorado Springs, COCO781,796$90,201+92%

854Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657$90,551+99%

855Putnam, CTCT98,096$90,589–

856Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182$91,036+75%

857Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154$91,220+77%

858Chicago, ILIL9,434,123$91,900+78%

859Dallas, TXTX8,477,157$92,044+91%

860Stockton, CACA823,815$92,179+123%

861Portland, MEME577,635$92,328+111%

862Rochester, MNMN231,184$92,495+92%

863Laconia, NHNH65,147$92,783+113%

864Ketchikan, AKAK13,549$92,885+81%

865Midland, TXTX193,139$92,899+139%

866Burlington, VTVT227,803$93,347+102%

867Bozeman, MTMT128,740$93,528+145%

868Torrington, CTCT114,690$93,551–

869Rifle, COCO80,099$93,592+87%

870Fort Collins, COCO377,292$93,765+93%

871Charlottesville, VAVA228,597$93,985+116%

872Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083$94,008+119%

873Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118$94,031+91%

874Hartford, CTCT1,171,426$95,076–

875Steamboat Springs, COCO38,451$95,231+95%

876Barnstable, MAMA233,539$95,241+107%

877Worcester, MAMA888,502$95,939+100%

878Los Angeles, CACA12,844,441$96,499+110%

879Lacey, WAWA304,261$96,563+106%

880Concord, NHNH158,078$97,004+100%

881Greeley, COCO378,426$97,097+129%

882Kahului, HIHI160,674$97,151+96%

883Salinas, CACA433,729$97,230+101%

884San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367$97,446+130%

885Sacramento, CACA2,477,274$97,576+112%

886Portland, OROR2,542,282$97,649+107%

887Kapaa, HIHI73,400$97,668+117%

888Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377$98,059+103%

889Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377$98,151+87%

890Santa Maria, CACA442,065$98,161+110%

891Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295$100,194+85%

892Vallejo, CACA455,376$100,401+86%

893Austin, TXTX2,620,945$100,512+105%

894Trenton, NJNJ399,289$100,645+78%

895Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720$100,665+94%

896Anchorage, AKAK405,821$100,683+84%

897Provo, UTUT773,426$100,691+120%

898Juneau city and, AKAK31,609$101,661+64%

899New York, NYNY20,112,448$102,164+99%

900Ogden, UTUT672,784$102,660+108%

901Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781$103,525+103%

902Manchester, NHNH433,415$103,545+94%

903Boulder, COCO328,560$103,994+86%

904Edwards, COCO54,291$104,096+66%

905Bremerton, WAWA283,374$104,158+122%

906Santa Rosa, CACA486,444$104,674+97%

907Honolulu, HIHI988,703$106,195+105%

908San Diego, CACA3,282,248$106,268+126%

909Denver, COCO3,092,037$107,207+105%

910Breckenridge, COCO39,069$107,236+107%

911Oxnard, CACA830,851$109,797+84%

912Santa Cruz, CACA258,852$111,093+106%

913Napa, CACA132,949$111,471+115%

914Bridgeport, CTCT978,179$114,925–

915Jackson, WYWY36,587$115,720+125%

916Seattle, WAWA4,161,883$116,172+126%

917Boston, MAMA5,034,221$116,759+112%

918Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219$125,786+176%

919Lexington Park, MDMD211,176$125,965+110%

920Heber, UTUT81,655$128,676+115%

921Washington, DCDC6,465,724$130,074+103%

922San Francisco, CACA4,630,041$136,713+124%

923Nantucket, MAMA14,758$139,688+152%

924Los Alamos, NMNM19,407$147,139+86%

925San Jose, CACA1,984,473$162,576+120%

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