Which metro area has the lowest median household income?

Middlesborough, KY ranks #1 with $28,442 (2020 American Community Survey).

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

Middlesborough, KY, Minden, LA, Natchitoches, LA, Clarksdale, MS, Rio Grande City-Roma, TX.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 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 (2020).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2000

501Lewisburg, TNTN38,071$55,299+44%

502Corning, NYNY91,855$55,349+56%

503Augusta, MEME129,067$55,368+52%

504Austin, MNMN40,971$55,378+51%

505Stephenville, TXTX43,911$55,383+80%

506Killeen, TXTX511,497$55,386+51%

507Ashland, OHOH52,523$55,422+41%

508Enid, OKOK61,779$55,435+68%

509Albuquerque, NMNM925,279$55,500+43%

510Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,060$55,684+34%

511Asheville, NCNC422,345$55,685+52%

512Safford, AZAZ40,157$55,693+88%

513Vineland, NJNJ157,148$55,709+42%

514Grand Rapids, MNMN45,404$55,744+54%

515Ottawa, KSKS26,299$55,873+43%

516Petoskey, MIMI33,775$55,947+39%

517Missoula, MTMT128,698$55,966+64%

518Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791$55,986+79%

519Van Wert, OHOH29,013$55,991+42%

520Worthington, MNMN22,338$56,000+57%

521Lewiston, IDID65,450$56,006+59%

522Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666$56,082+51%

523Little Rock, ARAR777,607$56,107+45%

524Oneonta, NYNY60,589$56,171+68%

525Woodward, OKOK19,827$56,182+67%

526Clarksville, TNTN349,001$56,193+57%

527Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191$56,207+58%

528Medford, OROR221,795$56,327+54%

529Merced, CACA297,260$56,330+59%

530Fallon, NVNV25,851$56,335+38%

531Shawano, WIWI45,759$56,367+52%

532Kokomo, ININ83,904$56,387+30%

533Crawfordsville, ININ38,954$56,408+37%

534Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880$56,417+51%

535Owosso, MIMI67,681$56,436+33%

536Warrensburg, MOMO56,670$56,440+59%

537Brainerd, MNMN100,562$56,549+55%

538Wabash, ININ30,713$56,573+40%

539Lynchburg, VAVA269,169$56,676+52%

540Mason City, IAIA49,710$56,724+58%

541Columbia, SCSC879,918$56,750+39%

542Hastings, NENE40,577$56,798+58%

543Enterprise, ALAL56,953$56,799+69%

544Lewisburg, PAPA42,313$56,824+41%

545Augusta, GAGA641,231$56,838+49%

546Knoxville, TNTN968,137$56,890+59%

547Susanville, CACA28,117$56,971+57%

548Michigan City, ININ111,294$57,010+38%

549Hays, KSKS29,075$57,053+76%

550Redding, CACA181,648$57,139+66%

551Grand Junction, COCO162,845$57,157+59%

552Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599$57,170+59%

553Sterling, ILIL54,121$57,172+42%

554Rutland, VTVT59,653$57,176+56%

555Kerrville, TXTX54,037$57,196+67%

556Marshall, MNMN25,684$57,274+47%

557Adrian, MIMI97,779$57,314+25%

558Lexington, NENE26,255$57,339+58%

559Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273$57,342+52%

560Findlay, OHOH75,034$57,384+31%

561Salisbury, MDMD131,872$57,411+55%

562Tampa, FLFL3,418,895$57,421+52%

563Astoria, OROR40,926$57,466+58%

564Brookings, SDSD37,635$57,471+62%

565Amarillo, TXTX276,235$57,477+60%

566Greenville, SCSC1,014,101$57,560+49%

567Frankfort, KYKY77,874$57,587+39%

568San Angelo, TXTX122,065$57,622+73%

569Springfield, MAMA464,338$57,623+45%

570Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775$57,649+35%

571Rockford, ILIL337,242$57,690+28%

572Port Townsend, WAWA33,970$57,693+52%

573Fort Wayne, ININ466,258$57,735+34%

574Bedford, ININ45,568$57,740+59%

575Fresno, CACA1,203,383$57,755+65%

576Big Spring, TXTX30,504$57,761+88%

577Kalispell, MTMT115,429$57,763+68%

578Hermiston, OROR93,721$57,788+59%

579Dayton, OHOH826,554$57,810+37%

580Morehead City, NCNC70,469$57,871+51%

581Watertown, SDSD29,562$57,885+60%

582Bonham, TXTX39,265$57,898+68%

583Borger, TXTX19,633$57,921+58%

584Sebastian, FLFL172,799$57,945+46%

585Auburn, NYNY74,365$57,985+55%

586Grand Island, NENE78,076$58,034+60%

587Columbia, MOMO219,062$58,095+57%

588Lincoln, ILIL27,182$58,122+48%

589Wilmington, NCNC492,772$58,161+51%

590Bennington, VTVT36,630$58,200+46%

591Blackfoot, IDID51,153$58,260+60%

592Sherman, TXTX153,613$58,296+57%

593Carson, NVNV58,571$58,305+39%

594Victoria, TXTX99,864$58,320+52%

595Wichita, KSKS663,809$58,391+37%

596Auburn, ININ44,535$58,415+30%

597Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442$58,426+71%

598Fremont, NENE38,057$58,439+57%

599Manitowoc, WIWI81,710$58,464+35%

600Fort Morgan, COCO30,306$58,468+69%

601Duluth, MNMN281,219$58,506+60%

602Elkhart, ININ208,774$58,509+32%

603Waterloo, IAIA169,189$58,603+54%

604Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155$58,618+60%

605Staunton, VAVA129,692$58,630+50%

606Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721$58,676+50%

607Pontiac, ILIL35,057$58,676+42%

608Sandusky, OHOH112,777$58,721+36%

609Marshalltown, IAIA39,890$58,735+53%

610Longview, WAWA114,885$58,791+48%

611Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795$58,836+40%

612Miami, FLFL6,391,072$58,859+48%

613Angola, ININ34,799$58,905+34%

614Kendallville, ININ47,937$58,947+38%

615Utica, NYNY285,611$58,974+67%

616Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368$59,000+54%

617Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653$59,061+53%

618Evansville, ININ273,786$59,093+47%

619Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766$59,161+53%

620Moses Lake, WAWA105,727$59,165+68%

621La Crosse, WIWI171,182$59,181+54%

622Cortland, NYNY45,850$59,194+72%

623Carroll, IAIA20,303$59,198+59%

624Ottawa, ILIL145,902$59,233+46%

625Bishop, CACA18,158$59,296+69%

626Akron, OHOH701,780$59,306+39%

627Palm Bay, FLFL663,982$59,359+48%

628Kankakee, ILIL105,525$59,370+43%

629Sheridan, WYWY33,241$59,380+72%

630Vernal, UTUT38,278$59,428+72%

631Rapid City, SDSD156,934$59,442+59%

632Tyler, TXTX252,549$59,450+60%

633Fergus Falls, MNMN61,041$59,456+68%

634Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138$59,510+61%

635Janesville, WIWI166,472$59,519+31%

636Pensacola, FLFL544,949$59,527+60%

637Albany, OROR132,843$59,547+59%

638Menomonie, WIWI46,223$59,588+54%

639Roanoke, VAVA316,547$59,589+50%

640Cape Coral, FLFL875,607$59,608+48%

641The Villages, FLFL157,772$59,618+86%

642Brenham, TXTX38,288$59,623+62%

643Topeka, KSKS233,052$59,630+45%

644Spokane, WAWA608,012$59,651+61%

645Wahpeton, NDND23,019$59,702+63%

646Ellensburg, WAWA48,803$59,703+83%

647North Platte, NENE33,972$59,712+64%

648Effingham, ILIL44,727$59,779+55%

649New Ulm, MNMN25,517$59,804+50%

650Urbana, OHOH38,820$59,909+39%

651McPherson, KSKS30,064$59,928+46%

652Oshkosh, WIWI174,218$59,947+35%

653Dixon, ILIL32,914$59,986+46%

654Winona, MNMN50,523$60,020+55%

655Dover, DEDE194,786$60,117+47%

656Davenport, IAIA380,452$60,133+48%

657Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655$60,227+67%

658Ames, IAIA128,090$60,251+49%

659Stevens Point, WIWI71,943$60,316+39%

660Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302$60,417+46%

661Monticello, NYNY80,586$60,433+63%

662Muscatine, IAIA41,853$60,435+45%

663Jefferson City, MOMO152,712$60,437+48%

664Logan, UTUT160,889$60,473+54%

665Garden City, KSKS37,505$60,498+57%

666Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497$60,508+74%

667Sonora, CACA53,160$60,509+56%

668Shelton, WAWA71,165$60,565+53%

669Kingsland, GAGA60,143$60,594+48%

670Sparta, WIWI46,572$60,595+63%

671Lexington, KYKY535,174$60,604+49%

672Walla Walla, WAWA62,361$60,615+69%

673Batavia, NYNY58,416$60,635+50%

674Santa Fe, NMNM156,907$60,668+44%

675Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813$60,714+64%

676Greensburg, ININ26,576$60,794+50%

677Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864$60,903+61%

678Lansing, MIMI479,722$60,947+37%

679Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077$60,975+56%

680Lawrence, KSKS120,920$61,020+63%

681Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226$61,048+37%

682Greenfield, MAMA70,698$61,198+50%

683Baton Rouge, LALA888,699$61,240+65%

684Savannah, GAGA438,314$61,260+54%

685Orlando, FLFL2,957,672$61,318+45%

686Ithaca, NYNY104,047$61,361+65%

687Wooster, OHOH116,758$61,424+48%

688Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527$61,445+61%

689Peoria, ILIL363,505$61,475+43%

690Greencastle, ININ37,876$61,505+58%

691Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138$61,543+164%

692Hanford, CACA154,327$61,556+72%

693Hailey, IDID32,436$61,584+32%

694Mount Vernon, OHOH64,002$61,590+58%

695Lebanon, PAPA146,380$61,632+51%

696Yuba City, CACA187,478$61,666+76%

697Columbus, NENE46,583$61,678+60%

698Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992$61,686+66%

699St. George, UTUT213,670$61,747+66%

700Daphne, ALAL267,761$61,756+53%

701Idaho Falls, IDID173,851$61,855+52%

702Hobbs, NMNM74,749$61,867+108%

703Syracuse, NYNY652,273$61,876+55%

704Yankton, SDSD23,635$61,878+75%

705Rochester, NYNY1,056,149$61,913+40%

706State College, PAPA157,393$61,921+71%

707Eau Claire, WIWI176,647$62,010+58%

708Fayetteville, ARAR622,177$62,022+67%

709Sheboygan, WIWI118,047$62,101+34%

710Aberdeen, SDSD41,583$62,106+79%

711Defiance, OHOH38,292$62,110+38%

712San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140$62,135+59%

713Pittsfield, MAMA128,224$62,166+59%

714Casper, WYWY80,526$62,168+70%

715Glens Falls, NYNY124,373$62,224+62%

716Louisville, KYKY1,402,509$62,299+51%

717Sioux City, IAIA145,738$62,379+59%

718North Port, FLFL948,158$62,400+54%

719Racine, WIWI198,919$62,556+30%

720Beaver Dam, WIWI89,097$62,591+39%

721Salem, OROR445,814$62,593+54%

722Springfield, ILIL206,033$62,675+45%

723Gainesville, TXTX44,461$62,733+67%

724Billings, MTMT193,603$62,784+72%

725Warsaw, ININ80,892$62,789+43%

726Baraboo, WIWI66,652$62,808+50%

727Jasper, ININ44,016$62,846+42%

728Wenatchee, WAWA128,414$62,862+67%

729Modesto, CACA557,719$62,873+57%

730Hutchinson, MNMN36,631$62,885+37%

731Brigham City, UTUT70,405$62,906+44%

732Lincoln, NENE352,081$62,912+50%

733Wausau, WIWI139,432$63,029+40%

734Odessa, TXTX173,801$63,096+103%

735Iowa City, IAIA182,711$63,122+58%

736Pinehurst, NCNC110,619$63,324+54%

737Chambersburg, PAPA160,652$63,420+57%

738Kearney, NENE57,962$63,441+71%

739Warner Robins, GAGA208,091$63,592+51%

740Rochelle, ILIL51,399$63,643+40%

741Gainesville, GAGA226,568$63,651+42%

742Cody, WYWY31,171$63,684+78%

743Mankato, MNMN104,907$63,758+54%

744Hagerstown, MDMD315,280$63,877+61%

745Detroit, MIMI4,390,913$63,979+28%

746Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500$63,998+49%

747Midland, MIMI83,754$64,078+40%

748Pella, IAIA34,192$64,136+51%

749Fond du Lac, WIWI104,669$64,147+41%

750Willmar, MNMN44,720$64,252+62%

751St. Cloud, MNMN205,854$64,274+52%

752Traverse City, MIMI156,972$64,332+52%

753Dubuque, IAIA99,381$64,493+63%

754Sidney, OHOH48,065$64,522+45%

755Lebanon, NHNH224,500$64,566+57%

756Keene, NHNH78,269$64,686+53%

757Barre, VTVT59,652$64,862+58%

758Seaford, DEDE277,140$64,905+66%

759Green Bay, WIWI336,756$64,939+42%

760Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$65,000+103%

761Holland, MIMI123,188$65,071+42%

762Boise City, IDID864,243$65,093+54%

763Corvallis, OROR97,728$65,142+55%

764Crestview, FLFL315,098$65,165+64%

765Kingston, NYNY183,330$65,306+53%

766Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459$65,396+61%

767Hilo, HIHI210,043$65,401+64%

768Bellingham, WAWA236,392$65,420+64%

769Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245$65,420+54%

770Alexandria, MNMN40,120$65,430+74%

771Monroe, MIMI156,004$65,453+26%

772Celina, OHOH42,737$65,566+53%

773Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047$65,922+52%

774Charleston, SCSC889,263$65,938+68%

775Fargo, NDND269,528$66,000+73%

776Whitewater, WIWI106,127$66,034+43%

777Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010$66,101+41%

778Winnemucca, NVNV17,267$66,123+40%

779Reading, PAPA440,072$66,154+48%

780Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909$66,193+53%

781Helena, MTMT97,153$66,202+76%

782Huntsville, ALAL556,444$66,336+53%

783Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645$66,341+42%

784Durham, NCNC625,485$66,380+56%

785Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285$66,426+47%

786Kenosha, WIWI168,448$66,595+42%

787Bend, OROR266,376$66,648+65%

788Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830$66,697+47%

789Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695$66,867+43%

790Columbus, ININ85,729$66,978+52%

791St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421$67,016+49%

792Watertown, WIWI86,505$67,167+43%

793Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938$67,200+50%

794Reno, NVNV578,734$67,221+48%

795Laconia, NHNH65,147$67,328+54%

796Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808$67,495+51%

797Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858$67,538+50%

798Harrisburg, PAPA617,427$67,590+55%

799Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966$68,029+52%

800Bloomington, ILIL171,419$68,037+45%

801Minot, NDND75,694$68,077+106%

802Owatonna, MNMN37,464$68,172+48%

803Jefferson, GAGA99,265$68,307+69%

804Truckee, CACA101,911$68,333+49%

805Riverside, CACA4,769,007$68,374+61%

806Gettysburg, PAPA107,594$68,411+60%

807Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638$68,476+61%

808Stockton, CACA823,815$68,628+66%

809Steamboat Springs, COCO38,451$68,661+41%

810East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179$68,734+49%

811Hudson, NYNY60,168$68,750+64%

812York, PAPA473,197$68,940+52%

813Columbus, OHOH2,242,028$68,963+54%

814Durango, COCO56,898$69,291+73%

815Red Wing, MNMN48,195$69,334+48%

816Cheyenne, WYWY102,938$69,369+75%

817Lancaster, PAPA563,159$69,588+53%

818Omaha, NENE1,009,836$69,671+56%

819Pierre, SDSD20,588$69,866+64%

820Appleton, WIWI249,876$70,085+40%

821Bozeman, MTMT128,740$70,124+84%

822Naples, FLFL417,131$70,217+45%

823Allentown, PAPA887,615$70,261+56%

824Kennewick, WAWA324,334$70,408+57%

825Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213$70,444+63%

826Providence, RIRI1,708,161$70,581+65%

827Faribault, MNMN69,939$70,600+45%

828Houston, TXTX7,904,627$70,667+57%

829Nashville, TNTN2,197,416$70,678+59%

830Dickinson, NDND39,142$70,714+120%

831Slidell, LALA279,108$70,730+48%

832Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657$70,765+55%

833Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682$70,772+51%

834Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975$71,021+68%

835Le Mars, IAIA25,697$71,147+71%

836Winchester, VAVA152,332$71,186+73%

837Colorado Springs, COCO781,796$71,188+52%

838Granbury, TXTX70,501$71,253+63%

839Evanston, WYWY23,415$71,524+62%

840Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154$71,755+39%

841Key West, FLFL80,406$72,012+70%

842Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182$72,335+39%

843Hood River, OROR23,720$72,418+89%

844Des Moines, IAIA758,539$72,538+58%

845Portland, MEME577,635$72,763+66%

846Bismarck, NDND139,750$72,836+82%

847Albany, NYNY915,835$72,868+65%

848Easton, MDMD38,238$73,102+68%

849Richmond, VAVA1,389,338$73,324+54%

850Rock Springs, WYWY41,267$73,384+58%

851Amherst, MAMA164,065$73,518+59%

852Madison, WIWI709,685$73,957+54%

853Burlington, VTVT227,803$74,053+61%

854Greeley, COCO378,426$74,332+76%

855Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083$74,446+74%

856Ketchikan, AKAK13,549$74,678+45%

857Dallas, TXTX8,477,157$74,752+55%

858Andrews, TXTX18,914$75,147+121%

859Charlottesville, VAVA228,597$75,563+74%

860Chicago, ILIL9,434,123$75,577+46%

861Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214$75,730+46%

862Lacey, WAWA304,261$75,867+62%

863Sacramento, CACA2,477,274$75,881+65%

864Fort Collins, COCO377,292$76,366+57%

865Fairbanks, AKAK93,972$76,464+56%

866Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118$76,849+56%

867Barnstable, MAMA233,539$76,863+67%

868Provo, UTUT773,426$76,904+68%

869Los Angeles, CACA12,844,441$76,931+67%

870Salinas, CACA433,729$76,943+59%

871Rifle, COCO80,099$76,977+53%

872Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377$77,105+60%

873Worcester, MAMA888,502$77,155+61%

874Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219$77,318+70%

875Rochester, MNMN231,184$77,591+61%

876Breckenridge, COCO39,069$77,840+50%

877Portland, OROR2,542,282$77,881+65%

878Concord, NHNH158,078$77,937+61%

879San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367$77,948+84%

880Santa Maria, CACA442,065$78,925+69%

881Bremerton, WAWA283,374$78,969+69%

882Elko, NVNV56,682$78,978+64%

883Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720$79,011+52%

884Williston, NDND41,767$79,508+152%

885Gillette, WYWY48,145$80,887+63%

886Ogden, UTUT672,784$81,112+64%

887Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377$81,251+55%

888Austin, TXTX2,620,945$81,323+66%

889Manchester, NHNH433,415$82,099+54%

890San Diego, CACA3,282,248$82,426+75%

891Jackson, WYWY36,587$82,469+60%

892Anchorage, AKAK405,821$82,476+51%

893Kapaa, HIHI73,400$82,818+84%

894Midland, TXTX193,139$82,822+113%

895Trenton, NJNJ399,289$83,306+47%

896Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295$83,318+53%

897New York, NYNY20,112,448$84,266+64%

898Kahului, HIHI160,674$84,359+71%

899Denver, COCO3,092,037$84,459+62%

900Vallejo, CACA455,376$84,638+56%

901Edwards, COCO54,291$85,877+37%

902Santa Rosa, CACA486,444$86,173+62%

903Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781$86,596+70%

904Boulder, COCO328,560$87,476+57%

905Honolulu, HIHI988,703$87,722+69%

906Juneau city and, AKAK31,609$88,077+42%

907Oxnard, CACA830,851$89,295+50%

908Santa Cruz, CACA258,852$89,986+67%

909Seattle, WAWA4,161,883$91,914+79%

910Napa, CACA132,949$92,219+78%

911Boston, MAMA5,034,221$93,991+70%

912Heber, UTUT81,655$97,428+63%

913Lexington Park, MDMD211,176$103,425+73%

914Washington, DCDC6,465,724$108,354+69%

915San Francisco, CACA4,630,041$111,953+83%

916Nantucket, MAMA14,758$112,306+102%

917Los Alamos, NMNM19,407$119,266+51%

918San Jose, CACA1,984,473$129,443+75%

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