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.

RankNameStateMedian household incomePopulation
1601Cedar Hill cityTexas$101,909 ±$7,46548,879
1602Aloha CDPOregon$101,934 ±$4,04752,389
1603Richmond West CDPFlorida$101,970 ±$10,48035,593
1604Bartlett cityTennessee$102,070 ±$5,74456,876
1605North Liberty cityIowa$102,102 ±$5,09221,125
1606Brownsburg townIndiana$102,235 ±$5,77331,215
1607Tuckahoe CDPVirginia$102,264 ±$7,14849,183
1608Carol Stream villageIllinois$102,309 ±$6,10839,460
1609Independence cityKentucky$102,361 ±$8,28429,392
1610Layton cityUtah$102,480 ±$4,64983,286
1611Lee's Summit cityMissouri$102,531 ±$3,833103,656
1612Englewood cityNew Jersey$102,571 ±$9,32729,638
1613Okemos CDPMichigan$102,612 ±$12,34126,396
1614Weymouth Town cityMassachusetts$102,714 ±$3,95058,505
1615Fontana cityCalifornia$102,821 ±$3,349214,169
1616Monterey cityCalifornia$102,846 ±$7,14929,613
1617Newington CDPConnecticut$102,884 ±$5,75730,896
1618Bloomingdale villageIllinois$102,928 ±$6,62022,457
1619San Buenaventura (Ventura) cityCalifornia$103,069 ±$2,883109,857
1620Thornton cityColorado$103,088 ±$2,467144,187
1621Edmond cityOklahoma$103,183 ±$3,23896,825
1622Knightdale townNorth Carolina$103,220 ±$11,33320,214
1623Lenexa cityKansas$103,239 ±$6,37658,384
1624Strongsville cityOhio$103,253 ±$6,44245,983
1625Suwanee cityGeorgia$103,260 ±$9,09822,349
1626Anchorage municipalityAlaska$103,284 ±$2,702288,976
1627Goodyear cityArizona$103,319 ±$4,008107,645
1628Woodstock cityGeorgia$103,496 ±$8,94737,381
1629Wildomar cityCalifornia$103,506 ±$5,69137,277
1630Ossining villageNew York$103,573 ±$16,88526,950
1631Montgomery villageIllinois$103,734 ±$10,39921,515
1632La Verne cityCalifornia$103,761 ±$9,14030,600
1633Waipahu CDPHawaii$103,895 ±$9,36440,482
1634Pleasant Prairie villageWisconsin$103,902 ±$6,18021,669
1635Marysville cityWashington$103,974 ±$4,11173,002
1636Tualatin cityOregon$104,043 ±$5,44827,763
1637Noblesville cityIndiana$104,047 ±$8,27773,362
1638Shaker Heights cityOhio$104,073 ±$7,99628,922
1639Estero villageFlorida$104,102 ±$7,41337,858
1640Forney cityTexas$104,112 ±$7,76631,532
1641Fullerton cityCalifornia$104,286 ±$3,310140,968
1642Sandy Springs cityGeorgia$104,340 ±$4,421107,087
1643Bixby cityOklahoma$104,404 ±$7,71230,155
1644Temple City cityCalifornia$104,425 ±$6,10035,430
1645Raymore cityMissouri$104,447 ±$8,48424,526
1646Bloomingdale CDPFlorida$104,547 ±$7,84623,827
1647Sahuarita townArizona$104,680 ±$5,72135,862
1648Chino cityCalifornia$104,682 ±$4,84992,652
1649Woodbridge CDPVirginia$104,741 ±$5,55943,945
1650Bountiful cityUtah$104,785 ±$8,82245,023

± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.

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