Lowest-income cities in the US
Explore places with the lowest median household income, with uncertainty shown.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:15:40+00:00
Ascending median household income: ACS B19013_001E. Low median income is not the same measure as the share of residents in poverty. ACS places, including census-designated places, with at least 20,000 residents in the same ACS release. ACS 5-year pooled estimates; margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. Ranks do not imply statistically significant differences. Missing, suppressed, and annotated/top-coded estimates are excluded.
Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.
| Rank | Name | State | Median household income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Casas Adobes CDP | Arizona | $83,683 ±$2,728 | 72,059 |
| 1152 | Lebanon city | Ohio | $83,685 ±$11,621 | 21,501 |
| 1153 | Lemoore city | California | $83,724 ±$5,138 | 27,102 |
| 1154 | Leominster city | Massachusetts | $83,816 ±$6,939 | 43,909 |
| 1155 | Waukesha city | Wisconsin | $83,837 ±$3,179 | 71,233 |
| 1156 | New Smyrna Beach city | Florida | $83,865 ±$5,575 | 31,974 |
| 1156 | Portland city | Texas | $83,865 ±$7,609 | 20,543 |
| 1158 | Gloucester city | Massachusetts | $83,883 ±$5,521 | 30,075 |
| 1159 | Bayonne city | New Jersey | $83,887 ±$5,237 | 71,553 |
| 1160 | Boise City city | Idaho | $83,904 ±$2,392 | 237,242 |
| 1161 | Oak Lawn village | Illinois | $83,911 ±$4,762 | 56,861 |
| 1162 | Bedford city | Texas | $83,971 ±$3,905 | 49,085 |
| 1163 | Northglenn city | Colorado | $84,030 ±$4,475 | 38,014 |
| 1164 | North Port city | Florida | $84,049 ±$3,467 | 84,605 |
| 1165 | Derby city | Kansas | $84,112 ±$6,167 | 26,062 |
| 1166 | Redmond city | Oregon | $84,164 ±$6,776 | 36,092 |
| 1167 | Rockledge city | Florida | $84,255 ±$6,855 | 29,133 |
| 1168 | Hackensack city | New Jersey | $84,277 ±$5,290 | 46,057 |
| 1169 | North Olmsted city | Ohio | $84,363 ±$4,124 | 31,924 |
| 1170 | Auburn Hills city | Michigan | $84,375 ±$8,211 | 25,105 |
| 1171 | Cartersville city | Georgia | $84,437 ±$10,205 | 24,074 |
| 1172 | Chamblee city | Georgia | $84,452 ±$8,110 | 30,895 |
| 1173 | Boerne city | Texas | $84,541 ±$13,872 | 20,518 |
| 1174 | Loveland city | Colorado | $84,604 ±$4,517 | 78,410 |
| 1175 | Stanton city | California | $84,707 ±$4,119 | 39,402 |
| 1176 | Greenfield city | California | $84,740 ±$6,965 | 20,232 |
| 1177 | Santa Maria city | California | $84,746 ±$4,196 | 110,462 |
| 1178 | Gardena city | California | $84,803 ±$7,717 | 59,422 |
| 1179 | Keizer city | Oregon | $84,813 ±$6,105 | 39,082 |
| 1180 | Colorado Springs city | Colorado | $84,818 ±$1,638 | 487,887 |
| 1181 | De Pere city | Wisconsin | $84,869 ±$7,201 | 25,301 |
| 1182 | Northfield city | Minnesota | $84,895 ±$8,327 | 20,742 |
| 1183 | Concord city | New Hampshire | $84,902 ±$4,505 | 44,375 |
| 1184 | Westbrook city | Maine | $85,038 ±$6,523 | 20,775 |
| 1185 | Fort Collins city | Colorado | $85,070 ±$2,468 | 170,229 |
| 1186 | Pembroke Pines city | Florida | $85,104 ±$5,341 | 173,194 |
| 1187 | Richfield city | Minnesota | $85,132 ±$4,429 | 36,642 |
| 1188 | Salem city | Massachusetts | $85,153 ±$5,154 | 44,795 |
| 1189 | Wheeling village | Illinois | $85,205 ±$3,711 | 38,433 |
| 1190 | Everett city | Massachusetts | $85,218 ±$7,101 | 50,045 |
| 1191 | South Holland village | Illinois | $85,280 ±$5,757 | 20,911 |
| 1192 | Seaside city | California | $85,311 ±$5,518 | 31,814 |
| 1193 | Langley Park CDP | Maryland | $85,321 ±$9,638 | 21,508 |
| 1194 | Raleigh city | North Carolina | $85,395 ±$2,159 | 481,031 |
| 1195 | Agawam Town city | Massachusetts | $85,421 ±$6,702 | 28,539 |
| 1196 | Lawndale city | California | $85,441 ±$4,897 | 30,781 |
| 1197 | Bellevue city | Nebraska | $85,462 ±$2,914 | 64,510 |
| 1198 | Brighton CDP | New York | $85,467 ±$10,078 | 36,834 |
| 1199 | Howard village | Wisconsin | $85,477 ±$7,206 | 21,087 |
| 1200 | Centerville city | Ohio | $85,492 ±$7,617 | 25,205 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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