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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | Wekiwa Springs CDP | Florida | $116,596 ±$8,992 | 23,915 |
| 1852 | Fleming Island CDP | Florida | $116,611 ±$10,888 | 29,766 |
| 1853 | Royse City city | Texas | $116,660 ±$7,648 | 20,037 |
| 1854 | Arlington Heights village | Illinois | $116,723 ±$6,021 | 76,005 |
| 1855 | Graham CDP | Washington | $116,862 ±$5,411 | 35,079 |
| 1856 | Fair Oaks CDP | California | $116,975 ±$6,646 | 32,799 |
| 1857 | Summerlin South CDP | Nevada | $117,035 ±$10,289 | 31,354 |
| 1858 | Holladay city | Utah | $117,043 ±$10,867 | 31,099 |
| 1859 | Oviedo city | Florida | $117,070 ±$8,810 | 40,599 |
| 1860 | Orange city | California | $117,113 ±$4,442 | 138,266 |
| 1861 | Lake in the Hills village | Illinois | $117,151 ±$4,438 | 28,800 |
| 1862 | World Golf Village CDP | Florida | $117,212 ±$22,151 | 26,077 |
| 1863 | Arvada city | Colorado | $117,348 ±$3,724 | 122,634 |
| 1864 | Culver City city | California | $117,389 ±$11,738 | 39,931 |
| 1865 | Germantown CDP | Maryland | $117,546 ±$5,406 | 90,719 |
| 1866 | Brookhaven city | Georgia | $117,663 ±$10,248 | 57,855 |
| 1867 | Pflugerville city | Texas | $117,799 ±$6,587 | 65,971 |
| 1868 | King of Prussia CDP | Pennsylvania | $117,912 ±$7,868 | 25,857 |
| 1869 | Pearl City CDP | Hawaii | $118,112 ±$9,714 | 44,547 |
| 1870 | Atascocita CDP | Texas | $118,226 ±$4,462 | 99,354 |
| 1871 | Ken Caryl CDP | Colorado | $118,269 ±$5,905 | 33,233 |
| 1872 | Makakilo CDP | Hawaii | $118,550 ±$8,215 | 20,735 |
| 1873 | Rancho San Diego CDP | California | $118,682 ±$9,123 | 21,272 |
| 1874 | Hutto city | Texas | $118,834 ±$9,985 | 35,483 |
| 1875 | Pearland city | Texas | $118,842 ±$4,906 | 127,514 |
| 1876 | Lafayette city | Colorado | $119,040 ±$10,187 | 30,602 |
| 1877 | Lakewood city | California | $119,177 ±$4,606 | 79,850 |
| 1878 | Little Elm city | Texas | $119,219 ±$8,047 | 54,820 |
| 1879 | Roseville city | California | $119,288 ±$3,284 | 155,955 |
| 1880 | Madison city | Mississippi | $119,338 ±$11,920 | 27,946 |
| 1881 | Cottonwood Heights city | Utah | $119,422 ±$8,471 | 32,828 |
| 1882 | San Rafael city | California | $119,435 ±$8,545 | 60,433 |
| 1883 | Minnetonka city | Minnesota | $119,517 ±$4,391 | 53,064 |
| 1884 | Wylie city | Texas | $119,522 ±$6,369 | 60,334 |
| 1885 | Franklin city | Tennessee | $119,528 ±$6,576 | 87,133 |
| 1886 | Gurnee village | Illinois | $119,628 ±$7,873 | 30,510 |
| 1887 | Alexandria city | Virginia | $119,681 ±$2,819 | 156,976 |
| 1888 | Otsego city | Minnesota | $119,927 ±$12,286 | 22,245 |
| 1889 | Wheaton city | Illinois | $120,008 ±$3,644 | 53,557 |
| 1890 | Lutz CDP | Florida | $120,031 ±$14,321 | 27,106 |
| 1891 | Troy city | Michigan | $120,045 ±$5,601 | 87,898 |
| 1892 | Batavia city | Illinois | $120,056 ±$6,436 | 27,151 |
| 1893 | Waltham city | Massachusetts | $120,216 ±$7,308 | 64,902 |
| 1894 | Camp Springs CDP | Maryland | $120,456 ±$11,926 | 22,544 |
| 1895 | Huntersville town | North Carolina | $120,516 ±$4,168 | 63,969 |
| 1896 | Corinth city | Texas | $120,580 ±$10,036 | 23,385 |
| 1897 | Anthem CDP | Arizona | $120,613 ±$7,769 | 22,584 |
| 1898 | Freeport village | New York | $120,625 ±$11,398 | 44,088 |
| 1899 | Rochester Hills city | Michigan | $120,694 ±$3,234 | 77,089 |
| 1900 | Jacksonville Beach city | Florida | $120,698 ±$16,648 | 23,654 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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