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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1451 | Chester CDP | Virginia | $95,104 ±$9,839 | 24,474 |
| 1452 | Bonita Springs city | Florida | $95,210 ±$6,734 | 55,904 |
| 1453 | Tumwater city | Washington | $95,212 ±$9,459 | 26,956 |
| 1454 | Anaheim city | California | $95,227 ±$2,995 | 344,521 |
| 1455 | Duluth city | Georgia | $95,331 ±$7,111 | 32,426 |
| 1456 | Skokie village | Illinois | $95,337 ±$5,362 | 66,219 |
| 1457 | Montgomery Village CDP | Maryland | $95,348 ±$9,611 | 34,110 |
| 1458 | Chesapeake city | Virginia | $95,373 ±$2,728 | 252,583 |
| 1459 | Richmond city | California | $95,391 ±$4,367 | 115,505 |
| 1460 | Richland city | Washington | $95,813 ±$3,559 | 62,753 |
| 1461 | Peoria city | Arizona | $95,815 ±$2,987 | 196,906 |
| 1462 | Marina city | California | $95,955 ±$9,890 | 22,563 |
| 1463 | Monrovia city | California | $96,021 ±$4,856 | 37,571 |
| 1464 | Royal Palm Beach village | Florida | $96,027 ±$4,284 | 40,344 |
| 1465 | Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County) | Florida | $96,041 ±$5,360 | 21,317 |
| 1466 | Oxnard city | California | $96,212 ±$3,050 | 200,928 |
| 1467 | Kuna city | Idaho | $96,219 ±$7,221 | 27,158 |
| 1468 | Tooele city | Utah | $96,221 ±$6,525 | 38,405 |
| 1469 | Wilsonville city | Oregon | $96,236 ±$8,856 | 26,974 |
| 1470 | Owings Mills CDP | Maryland | $96,243 ±$8,024 | 37,245 |
| 1471 | Naugatuck borough | Connecticut | $96,324 ±$9,473 | 31,800 |
| 1472 | Nashua city | New Hampshire | $96,326 ±$5,040 | 91,294 |
| 1473 | Maricopa city | Arizona | $96,391 ±$3,640 | 67,163 |
| 1474 | Fallbrook CDP | California | $96,394 ±$4,814 | 32,112 |
| 1474 | Bend city | Oregon | $96,394 ±$4,795 | 103,390 |
| 1476 | Evanston city | Illinois | $96,434 ±$2,339 | 76,340 |
| 1477 | Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) | California | $96,447 ±$12,511 | 22,447 |
| 1478 | Oak Creek city | Wisconsin | $96,555 ±$4,236 | 37,325 |
| 1479 | Peabody city | Massachusetts | $96,657 ±$3,634 | 54,695 |
| 1480 | North Ridgeville city | Ohio | $96,698 ±$7,036 | 36,627 |
| 1481 | Surprise city | Arizona | $96,711 ±$3,521 | 154,948 |
| 1482 | San Tan Valley CDP | Arizona | $96,713 ±$3,334 | 109,189 |
| 1483 | Pueblo West CDP | Colorado | $96,810 ±$10,705 | 35,681 |
| 1484 | Gardner city | Kansas | $96,818 ±$6,474 | 24,526 |
| 1485 | Soledad city | California | $96,862 ±$5,337 | 26,365 |
| 1485 | Carteret borough | New Jersey | $96,862 ±$15,768 | 25,496 |
| 1487 | Apopka city | Florida | $96,884 ±$6,737 | 58,232 |
| 1488 | West Hollywood city | California | $96,995 ±$5,725 | 34,884 |
| 1489 | Manteca city | California | $97,055 ±$5,252 | 89,043 |
| 1490 | Frederick city | Maryland | $97,069 ±$4,612 | 83,395 |
| 1491 | Burbank city | California | $97,082 ±$4,808 | 104,546 |
| 1492 | Hendersonville city | Tennessee | $97,200 ±$5,841 | 63,091 |
| 1493 | Whittier city | California | $97,201 ±$4,965 | 86,165 |
| 1494 | Saginaw city | Texas | $97,276 ±$7,343 | 24,970 |
| 1495 | Canyon Lake CDP | Texas | $97,301 ±$5,028 | 33,883 |
| 1496 | North Richland Hills city | Texas | $97,305 ±$4,565 | 70,780 |
| 1497 | Boston city | Massachusetts | $97,344 ±$1,837 | 666,442 |
| 1498 | Antioch city | California | $97,465 ±$5,717 | 116,477 |
| 1499 | Schaumburg village | Illinois | $97,514 ±$3,306 | 76,868 |
| 1500 | Jurupa Valley city | California | $97,550 ±$4,978 | 107,011 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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