Which metro area has the lowest median household income?

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX ranks #1 with $16,504 (2000 Decennial Census).

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

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX, Middlesborough, KY, Deming, NM, Eagle Pass, TX, Corbin, KY.

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

Lowest median household income, US metro areas · 2000

US metro areas with the lowest median household income in 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

501Borger, TXTX19,633$36,588+37%

502Gulfport, MSMS431,329$36,607+56%

503Casper, WYWY80,526$36,619+33%

504Erie, PAPA265,832$36,627+38%

505Killeen, TXTX511,497$36,637+55%

506Austin, MNMN40,971$36,654+54%

507Wahpeton, NDND23,019$36,665+53%

508Seneca, SCSC83,775$36,666+43%

509Youngstown, OHOH423,678$36,671+41%

510Pocatello, IDID91,591$36,683+40%

511Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155$36,709+30%

512Asheville, NCNC422,345$36,720+43%

513Burlington, IAIA44,061$36,727+42%

514Shelbyville, TNTN55,273$36,729+56%

515Washington Court House, OHOH28,552$36,735+62%

516Rutland, VTVT59,653$36,743+30%

517Liberal, KSKS21,073$36,752+41%

518Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685$36,758+45%

519Brenham, TXTX38,288$36,760+59%

520Jacksonville, ILIL37,381$36,885+42%

521Columbia, MOMO219,062$36,893+47%

522Albemarle, NCNC68,830$36,898+45%

523Spartanburg, SCSC407,656$36,932+40%

524Eugene, OROR381,584$36,942+46%

525Albert Lea, MNMN30,440$36,964+49%

526Salisbury, MDMD131,872$36,969+36%

527Monticello, NYNY80,586$36,998+34%

528Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138$37,028+38%

529Fayetteville, ARAR622,177$37,029+53%

530Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666$37,037+53%

531Fayetteville, NCNC395,412$37,043+47%

532Lima, OHOH100,881$37,048+36%

533Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813$37,076+37%

534Spokane, WAWA608,012$37,077+44%

535Baton Rouge, LALA888,699$37,108+45%

536Chillicothe, OHOH76,429$37,117+53%

537Kearney, NENE57,962$37,127+52%

538Pensacola, FLFL544,949$37,133+44%

539Seneca Falls, NYNY32,883$37,140+30%

540Tyler, TXTX252,549$37,148+44%

541Sparta, WIWI46,572$37,170+50%

542Sherman, TXTX153,613$37,178+47%

543Fremont, NENE38,057$37,188+50%

544Shawano, WIWI45,759$37,199+62%

545St. George, UTUT213,670$37,212+51%

546Montgomery, ALAL388,747$37,226+42%

547Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992$37,242+41%

548Alma, MIMI41,190$37,262+52%

549Ithaca, NYNY104,047$37,272+34%

550Rice Lake, WIWI46,484$37,275+65%

551Carroll, IAIA20,303$37,275+53%

552Rapid City, SDSD156,934$37,314+49%

553Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880$37,314+61%

554Lynchburg, VAVA269,169$37,357+39%

555Salina, KSKS59,121$37,380+48%

556Mansfield, OHOH124,893$37,397+37%

557Clinton, IAIA46,002$37,423+47%

558Chattanooga, TNTN594,530$37,469+48%

559Auburn, NYNY74,365$37,487+36%

560Albany, OROR132,843$37,518+49%

561Lawrence, KSKS120,920$37,547+49%

562St. Marys, PAPA29,926$37,550+51%

563Gainesville, TXTX44,461$37,649+54%

564Helena, MTMT97,153$37,662+41%

565Wenatchee, WAWA128,414$37,693+49%

566Alexandria, MNMN40,120$37,703+71%

567Tampa, FLFL3,418,895$37,748+43%

568Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864$37,754+48%

569Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273$37,761+43%

570Decatur, ILIL99,300$37,859+32%

571Dodge City, KSKS33,993$37,860+51%

572Port Townsend, WAWA33,970$37,869+50%

573Waterloo, IAIA169,189$37,934+46%

574Hickory, NCNC376,890$37,988+39%

575Muskegon, MIMI177,901$38,008+48%

576Tiffin, OHOH54,522$38,037+41%

577Fargo, NDND269,528$38,071+44%

578Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527$38,109+61%

579Bozeman, MTMT128,740$38,120+63%

580New Castle, ININ49,137$38,150+49%

581Madison, ININ33,279$38,189+54%

582Brattleboro, VTVT45,204$38,204+38%

583Augusta, GAGA641,231$38,209+36%

584Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368$38,256+47%

585Marshalltown, IAIA39,890$38,268+35%

586Hood River, OROR23,720$38,326+52%

587Morehead City, NCNC70,469$38,344+49%

588Victoria, TXTX99,864$38,387+45%

589Wilmington, NCNC492,772$38,392+49%

590Champaign, ILIL239,979$38,420+43%

591Glens Falls, NYNY124,373$38,447+30%

592Lewisburg, TNTN38,071$38,457+61%

593Garden City, KSKS37,505$38,474+39%

594La Crosse, WIWI171,182$38,486+49%

595Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653$38,486+37%

596Columbus, NENE46,583$38,489+53%

597Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766$38,551+48%

598Niles, MIMI152,444$38,567+42%

599Effingham, ILIL44,727$38,580+47%

600Brevard, NCNC34,211$38,587+53%

601Saginaw, MIMI187,688$38,637+38%

602Bay City, MIMI102,123$38,646+38%

603Dalton, GAGA147,819$38,653+41%

604Winona, MNMN50,523$38,700+49%

605Marion, OHOH65,115$38,709+47%

606Greenville, SCSC1,014,101$38,712+41%

607Sonora, CACA53,160$38,725+43%

608Menomonie, WIWI46,223$38,753+58%

609Coldwater, MIMI45,993$38,760+53%

610Little Rock, ARAR777,607$38,787+48%

611Midland, TXTX193,139$38,797+26%

612Calhoun, GAGA61,701$38,831+44%

613Connersville, ININ23,533$38,840+52%

614Mount Vernon, OHOH64,002$38,877+57%

615Greencastle, ININ37,876$38,882+40%

616Sanford, NCNC70,258$38,900+47%

617Battle Creek, MIMI133,408$38,918+42%

618Albuquerque, NMNM925,279$38,929+43%

619Staunton, VAVA129,692$38,978+40%

620Marshall, MNMN25,684$38,996+58%

621San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140$39,000+51%

622Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077$39,020+55%

623Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721$39,029+33%

624Pittsfield, MAMA128,224$39,047+28%

625Ottawa, KSKS26,299$39,052+56%

626Sioux City, IAIA145,738$39,135+57%

627Vineland, NJNJ157,148$39,150+31%

628Burlington, NCNC186,177$39,168+44%

629Ashland, OHOH52,523$39,179+47%

630Peru, ININ34,487$39,184+60%

631Logansport, ININ37,836$39,193+51%

632Seaford, DEDE277,140$39,208+46%

633Lafayette, ININ228,468$39,288+42%

634Greenville, OHOH51,520$39,307+42%

635Charleston, SCSC889,263$39,322+40%

636Logan, UTUT160,889$39,325+47%

637Eau Claire, WIWI176,647$39,359+52%

638Lincoln, ILIL27,182$39,389+43%

639Seymour, ININ47,370$39,401+53%

640Memphis, TNTN1,341,412$39,451+50%

641Van Wert, OHOH29,013$39,497+38%

642Canton, OHOH400,246$39,518+43%

643Dubuque, IAIA99,381$39,582+40%

644Shelton, WAWA71,165$39,586+50%

645Cheyenne, WYWY102,938$39,607+44%

646Hagerstown, MDMD315,280$39,610+38%

647Sebastian, FLFL172,799$39,635+37%

648Toledo, OHOH599,376$39,678+37%

649Roanoke, VAVA316,547$39,704+37%

650Springfield, MAMA464,338$39,718+28%

651Savannah, GAGA438,314$39,720+47%

652Crestview, FLFL315,098$39,730+48%

653Willmar, MNMN44,720$39,772+57%

654Longview, WAWA114,885$39,797+43%

655New Ulm, MNMN25,517$39,800+59%

656Hilo, HIHI210,043$39,805+34%

657Miami, FLFL6,391,072$39,876+27%

658Iowa City, IAIA182,711$39,910+45%

659Bennington, VTVT36,630$39,926+40%

660Syracuse, NYNY652,273$39,976+29%

661Bellingham, WAWA236,392$40,005+41%

662Bismarck, NDND139,750$40,090+49%

663Palm Bay, FLFL663,982$40,099+31%

664Modesto, CACA557,719$40,101+35%

665Evansville, ININ273,786$40,117+43%

666Durango, COCO56,898$40,159+56%

667Petoskey, MIMI33,775$40,222+55%

668Daphne, ALAL267,761$40,250+57%

669Bend, OROR266,376$40,273+53%

670Cape Coral, FLFL875,607$40,319+42%

671Lewisburg, PAPA42,313$40,336+46%

672Springfield, OHOH135,340$40,340+45%

673Jefferson, GAGA99,265$40,349+59%

674Sterling, ILIL54,121$40,354+49%

675Sturgis, MIMI60,968$40,355+47%

676Freeport, ILIL43,220$40,366+42%

677Hillsdale, MIMI45,738$40,396+55%

678Greensburg, ININ26,576$40,401+46%

679Wabash, ININ30,713$40,413+51%

680Wilmington, OHOH42,301$40,467+49%

681Chambersburg, PAPA160,652$40,476+41%

682Winston-Salem, NCNC712,206$40,479+39%

683North Port, FLFL948,158$40,487+44%

684Greensboro, NCNC805,945$40,490+41%

685Ottawa, ILIL145,902$40,497+50%

686Ames, IAIA128,090$40,521+53%

687Batavia, NYNY58,416$40,542+31%

688South Bend, ININ324,538$40,556+44%

689Norwalk, OHOH58,250$40,558+48%

690Fremont, OHOH58,655$40,584+40%

691Davenport, IAIA380,452$40,607+45%

692Decatur, ININ36,650$40,625+41%

693Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459$40,650+47%

694Salem, OROR445,814$40,673+52%

695Monticello, ININ25,164$40,707+53%

696Idaho Falls, IDID173,851$40,746+39%

697Frankfort, ININ33,322$40,759+56%

698Lexington, KYKY535,174$40,763+47%

699Greenfield, MAMA70,698$40,768+34%

700Columbia, SCSC879,918$40,794+39%

701Fallon, NVNV25,851$40,808+41%

702Lebanon, PAPA146,380$40,838+39%

703Jefferson City, MOMO152,712$40,891+46%

704Dover, DEDE194,786$40,950+39%

705Dixon, ILIL32,914$40,967+45%

706Barre, VTVT59,652$40,972+38%

707Kingsland, GAGA60,143$41,056+46%

708Winchester, VAVA152,332$41,058+43%

709Lebanon, NHNH224,500$41,125+40%

710Topeka, KSKS233,052$41,125+41%

711McPherson, KSKS30,064$41,138+52%

712Pinehurst, NCNC110,619$41,240+47%

713Louisville, KYKY1,402,509$41,247+51%

714Stockton, CACA823,815$41,282+35%

715Crawfordsville, ININ38,954$41,297+47%

716Pontiac, ILIL35,057$41,342+39%

717Michigan City, ININ111,294$41,430+46%

718Mankato, MNMN104,907$41,451+53%

719Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302$41,479+54%

720Kankakee, ILIL105,525$41,532+47%

721Wooster, OHOH116,758$41,538+42%

722Frankfort, KYKY77,874$41,562+51%

723Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,060$41,595+40%

724Huntington, ININ37,224$41,620+40%

725Le Mars, IAIA25,697$41,638+55%

726Muscatine, IAIA41,853$41,803+40%

727Carson, NVNV58,571$41,809+32%

728Corvallis, OROR97,728$41,897+53%

729Lincoln, NENE352,081$41,903+46%

730Hudson, NYNY60,168$41,915+41%

731Baraboo, WIWI66,652$41,941+60%

732Flint, MIMI401,093$41,951+35%

733Warner Robins, GAGA208,091$42,021+39%

734Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795$42,022+35%

735Traverse City, MIMI156,972$42,191+55%

736Dayton, OHOH826,554$42,201+36%

737Orlando, FLFL2,957,672$42,202+39%

738Santa Fe, NMNM156,907$42,207+44%

739Key West, FLFL80,406$42,283+44%

740Greeley, COCO378,426$42,321+65%

741St. Cloud, MNMN205,854$42,332+55%

742Boise City, IDID864,243$42,343+54%

743Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975$42,381+49%

744Keene, NHNH78,269$42,382+34%

745Pella, IAIA34,192$42,401+51%

746Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245$42,411+45%

747San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367$42,428+36%

748Riverside, CACA4,769,007$42,456+28%

749Durham, NCNC625,485$42,497+43%

750Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638$42,548+58%

751Kingston, NYNY183,330$42,551+25%

752Owosso, MIMI67,681$42,553+41%

753Wichita, KSKS663,809$42,566+42%

754Plymouth, ININ46,599$42,581+50%

755Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775$42,685+41%

756Kendallville, ININ47,937$42,700+43%

757Gettysburg, PAPA107,594$42,704+41%

758Pierre, SDSD20,588$42,711+62%

759Providence, RIRI1,708,161$42,717+33%

760Celina, OHOH42,737$42,742+44%

761Akron, OHOH701,780$42,751+46%

762Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083$42,889+35%

763Peoria, ILIL363,505$42,914+45%

764Fort Wayne, ININ466,258$42,983+35%

765Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500$43,016+46%

766Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213$43,124+40%

767Urbana, OHOH38,820$43,139+38%

768Jackson, MIMI159,552$43,171+48%

769Springfield, ILIL206,033$43,183+43%

770Sandusky, OHOH112,777$43,249+41%

771Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047$43,258+32%

772Manitowoc, WIWI81,710$43,286+58%

773Huntsville, ALAL556,444$43,304+36%

774Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909$43,367+44%

775Kokomo, ININ83,904$43,487+38%

776Stevens Point, WIWI71,943$43,487+52%

777Easton, MDMD38,238$43,532+37%

778Charlottesville, VAVA228,597$43,552+40%

779Laconia, NHNH65,147$43,605+39%

780Granbury, TXTX70,501$43,668+38%

781Brigham City, UTUT70,405$43,722+34%

782Harrisburg, PAPA617,427$43,724+35%

783Portland, MEME577,635$43,733+35%

784Findlay, OHOH75,034$43,856+37%

785Warsaw, ININ80,892$43,939+39%

786Albany, NYNY915,835$44,060+33%

787Angola, ININ34,799$44,089+51%

788Evanston, WYWY23,415$44,112+35%

789Jasper, ININ44,016$44,169+41%

790Columbus, ININ85,729$44,184+43%

791Rochester, NYNY1,056,149$44,325+29%

792Oshkosh, WIWI174,218$44,445+48%

793Elkhart, ININ208,774$44,478+44%

794Nashville, TNTN2,197,416$44,507+49%

795Sidney, OHOH48,065$44,507+44%

796Lansing, MIMI479,722$44,555+39%

797Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808$44,608+47%

798Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226$44,616+45%

799Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966$44,617+56%

800Omaha, NENE1,009,836$44,635+49%

801Reading, PAPA440,072$44,714+40%

802Columbus, OHOH2,242,028$44,759+48%

803Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938$44,833+48%

804Houston, TXTX7,904,627$44,876+42%

805Gainesville, GAGA226,568$44,908+51%

806Auburn, ININ44,535$44,909+45%

807Defiance, OHOH38,292$44,938+43%

808Kennewick, WAWA324,334$44,972+47%

809Rockford, ILIL337,242$44,997+42%

810St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421$45,007+41%

811Kapaa, HIHI73,400$45,020+20%

812Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285$45,056+46%

813Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858$45,062+47%

814Wausau, WIWI139,432$45,165+50%

815Allentown, PAPA887,615$45,181+37%

816Beaver Dam, WIWI89,097$45,190+55%

817York, PAPA473,197$45,268+39%

818Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830$45,328+49%

819Reno, NVNV578,734$45,344+44%

820Rochelle, ILIL51,399$45,448+47%

821Lancaster, PAPA563,159$45,507+37%

822Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657$45,513+56%

823Janesville, WIWI166,472$45,517+49%

824Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219$45,559+42%

825Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669$45,578+55%

826Green Bay, WIWI336,756$45,598+52%

827Provo, UTUT773,426$45,665+67%

828Midland, MIMI83,754$45,674+35%

829Adrian, MIMI97,779$45,739+47%

830Holland, MIMI123,188$45,813+50%

831Truckee, CACA101,911$45,864+42%

832Barnstable, MAMA233,539$45,933+45%

833Hutchinson, MNMN36,631$45,953+56%

834Des Moines, IAIA758,539$45,993+50%

835Los Angeles, CACA12,844,441$46,017+23%

836Sacramento, CACA2,477,274$46,094+40%

837Amherst, MAMA164,065$46,098+35%

838Owatonna, MNMN37,464$46,106+51%

839Burlington, VTVT227,803$46,139+33%

840Sheboygan, WIWI118,047$46,237+46%

841East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179$46,257+42%

842Whitewater, WIWI106,127$46,274+52%

843Rock Springs, WYWY41,267$46,537+29%

844Santa Maria, CACA442,065$46,677+31%

845Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682$46,738+47%

846Hailey, IDID32,436$46,791+61%

847Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695$46,808+47%

848Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645$46,836+44%

849Bremerton, WAWA283,374$46,840+46%

850Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010$46,881+43%

851Watertown, WIWI86,505$46,901+53%

852Kenosha, WIWI168,448$46,970+53%

853Colorado Springs, COCO781,796$46,971+58%

854Red Wing, MNMN48,195$46,972+61%

855Lacey, WAWA304,261$46,975+52%

856Bloomington, ILIL171,419$47,021+50%

857San Diego, CACA3,282,248$47,067+34%

858Winnemucca, NVNV17,267$47,147+42%

859Portland, OROR2,542,282$47,167+51%

860Richmond, VAVA1,389,338$47,504+41%

861Worcester, MAMA888,502$47,874+34%

862Slidell, LALA279,108$47,883+56%

863Racine, WIWI198,919$48,059+47%

864Elko, NVNV56,682$48,138+43%

865Madison, WIWI709,685$48,153+52%

866Rochester, MNMN231,184$48,191+49%

867Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377$48,260+60%

868Naples, FLFL417,131$48,289+42%

869Salinas, CACA433,729$48,305+44%

870Dallas, TXTX8,477,157$48,311+47%

871Concord, NHNH158,078$48,522+36%

872Faribault, MNMN69,939$48,651+64%

873Fort Collins, COCO377,292$48,655+64%

874Steamboat Springs, COCO38,451$48,766+55%

875Austin, TXTX2,620,945$48,991+75%

876Fairbanks, AKAK93,972$49,076+31%

877Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118$49,320+37%

878Ogden, UTUT672,784$49,358+50%

879Kahului, HIHI160,674$49,443+28%

880Gillette, WYWY48,145$49,536+34%

881Detroit, MIMI4,390,913$49,807+44%

882Rifle, COCO80,099$50,149+55%

883Appleton, WIWI249,876$50,209+48%

884Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781$51,043+38%

885Seattle, WAWA4,161,883$51,307+47%

886Ketchikan, AKAK13,549$51,344+14%

887New York, NYNY20,112,448$51,427+32%

888Jackson, WYWY36,587$51,486+74%

889Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154$51,565+48%

890Napa, CACA132,949$51,738+41%

891Monroe, MIMI156,004$51,743+46%

892Chicago, ILIL9,434,123$51,746+44%

893Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720$51,878+53%

894Breckenridge, COCO39,069$51,880+63%

895Honolulu, HIHI988,703$51,914+28%

896Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214$51,990+43%

897Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182$51,999+48%

898Denver, COCO3,092,037$52,268+55%

899Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377$52,521+29%

900Santa Rosa, CACA486,444$53,076+46%

901Manchester, NHNH433,415$53,384+32%

902Santa Cruz, CACA258,852$53,998+46%

903Vallejo, CACA455,376$54,099+38%

904Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295$54,279+49%

905Anchorage, AKAK405,821$54,743+26%

906Boston, MAMA5,034,221$55,174+37%

907Nantucket, MAMA14,758$55,522+38%

908Boulder, COCO328,560$55,861+58%

909Trenton, NJNJ399,289$56,613+37%

910Oxnard, CACA830,851$59,666+31%

911Heber, UTUT81,655$59,766+79%

912Lexington Park, MDMD211,176$59,918+45%

913San Francisco, CACA4,630,041$61,059+50%

914Juneau city and, AKAK31,609$62,034+29%

915Edwards, COCO54,291$62,682+70%

916Washington, DCDC6,465,724$64,059+37%

917San Jose, CACA1,984,473$73,818+54%

918Los Alamos, NMNM19,407$78,993+44%

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