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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Hot Springs city | Arkansas | $47,760 ±$3,085 | 37,920 |
| 102 | Syracuse city | New York | $47,819 ±$2,145 | 146,384 |
| 103 | Morristown city | Tennessee | $47,917 ±$5,864 | 31,527 |
| 104 | Marion city | Ohio | $47,951 ±$3,354 | 35,669 |
| 105 | Akron city | Ohio | $48,076 ±$1,702 | 189,247 |
| 106 | Harrisburg city | Pennsylvania | $48,099 ±$3,987 | 50,287 |
| 107 | Immokalee CDP | Florida | $48,144 ±$4,971 | 26,361 |
| 108 | Hammond city | Louisiana | $48,166 ±$6,843 | 21,539 |
| 109 | Holiday CDP | Florida | $48,186 ±$3,292 | 22,785 |
| 109 | Henderson city | Kentucky | $48,186 ±$2,523 | 27,852 |
| 111 | Galesburg city | Illinois | $48,297 ±$3,539 | 29,481 |
| 112 | South Bradenton CDP | Florida | $48,315 ±$4,920 | 25,990 |
| 113 | Shelby city | North Carolina | $48,376 ±$7,148 | 22,100 |
| 114 | York city | Pennsylvania | $48,420 ±$4,892 | 44,938 |
| 115 | Lebanon city | Pennsylvania | $48,456 ±$3,986 | 26,536 |
| 116 | Wilkes-Barre city | Pennsylvania | $48,515 ±$3,623 | 44,423 |
| 117 | Goldsboro city | North Carolina | $48,540 ±$2,573 | 34,383 |
| 118 | Wheeling city | West Virginia | $48,590 ±$2,959 | 26,350 |
| 119 | Lorain city | Ohio | $48,685 ±$3,757 | 65,395 |
| 120 | Shreveport city | Louisiana | $48,699 ±$1,652 | 180,982 |
| 121 | Harvey CDP | Louisiana | $48,774 ±$7,420 | 20,915 |
| 122 | Ithaca city | New York | $48,784 ±$3,693 | 32,814 |
| 123 | Williamsport city | Pennsylvania | $48,851 ±$3,043 | 27,612 |
| 124 | Bowling Green city | Kentucky | $48,873 ±$2,044 | 75,388 |
| 125 | Parkersburg city | West Virginia | $49,025 ±$2,505 | 29,240 |
| 126 | Niagara Falls city | New York | $49,101 ±$1,791 | 47,987 |
| 127 | Hopkinsville city | Kentucky | $49,139 ±$2,070 | 30,906 |
| 128 | Brent CDP | Florida | $49,167 ±$8,573 | 23,813 |
| 129 | Central Falls city | Rhode Island | $49,285 ±$8,160 | 22,701 |
| 130 | Springfield city | Missouri | $49,311 ±$1,276 | 169,954 |
| 131 | Bay City city | Michigan | $49,420 ±$2,180 | 32,320 |
| 132 | Union City city | Georgia | $49,549 ±$7,201 | 27,728 |
| 133 | Jacksonville city | Arkansas | $49,666 ±$5,810 | 29,221 |
| 134 | Toledo city | Ohio | $49,724 ±$993 | 267,463 |
| 135 | Greenville city | North Carolina | $49,748 ±$2,864 | 92,857 |
| 136 | Calexico city | California | $49,783 ±$6,233 | 38,585 |
| 137 | Paducah city | Kentucky | $49,915 ±$5,828 | 26,845 |
| 138 | Gulfport city | Mississippi | $49,919 ±$2,862 | 73,003 |
| 139 | Baton Rouge city | Louisiana | $49,994 ±$2,546 | 222,771 |
| 140 | Lauderdale Lakes city | Florida | $50,006 ±$6,521 | 36,404 |
| 141 | Kiryas Joel village | New York | $50,032 ±$7,760 | 38,916 |
| 142 | Buffalo city | New York | $50,041 ±$1,988 | 276,854 |
| 143 | Phenix City city | Alabama | $50,053 ±$3,946 | 38,499 |
| 144 | Trotwood city | Ohio | $50,113 ±$4,747 | 23,041 |
| 145 | Winchester CDP | Nevada | $50,120 ±$5,435 | 37,081 |
| 146 | Sandusky city | Ohio | $50,139 ±$4,452 | 24,606 |
| 147 | Blacksburg town | Virginia | $50,182 ±$7,596 | 45,446 |
| 148 | Adrian city | Michigan | $50,209 ±$3,644 | 20,395 |
| 149 | Muskogee city | Oklahoma | $50,213 ±$3,275 | 36,758 |
| 150 | Euclid city | Ohio | $50,285 ±$3,487 | 48,823 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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