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
2251Rancho Palos Verdes cityCalifornia$179,623 ±$9,55840,864
2252Buckhall CDPVirginia$180,021 ±$11,71721,602
2253Hoboken cityNew Jersey$180,579 ±$10,04458,668
2254Fremont cityCalifornia$181,506 ±$3,676228,295
2255North Bellmore CDPNew York$181,662 ±$11,01920,689
2256Massapequa CDPNew York$181,846 ±$9,59521,389
2257Brentwood cityTennessee$182,088 ±$12,80945,556
2258Marblehead CDPMassachusetts$182,132 ±$27,87220,413
2259Belmont CDPMassachusetts$183,137 ±$14,32827,175
2260Ladera Ranch CDPCalifornia$184,458 ±$25,90823,793
2261Granite Bay CDPCalifornia$184,606 ±$22,58321,673
2262Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDPWashington$185,369 ±$21,70423,047
2263Leawood cityKansas$185,625 ±$12,83733,809
2264Merrick CDPNew York$185,740 ±$13,20021,744
2265Burke CDPVirginia$185,818 ±$3,96544,029
2266Highland cityUtah$186,075 ±$13,86120,119
2267Sunnyvale cityCalifornia$186,170 ±$5,402154,236
2268North Potomac CDPMaryland$186,514 ±$6,70923,922
2269Fulshear cityTexas$187,035 ±$23,49934,868
2270Milton CDPMassachusetts$188,529 ±$14,50528,587
2271Plainview CDPNew York$189,906 ±$15,11125,982
2272Mountain View cityCalifornia$189,917 ±$10,31983,732
2273Pleasanton cityCalifornia$190,124 ±$9,11976,960
2274Newton cityMassachusetts$190,304 ±$8,59389,044
2274Summit cityNew Jersey$190,304 ±$34,89022,705
2276Wilmette villageIllinois$190,662 ±$19,51727,503
2277PrincetonNew Jersey$192,079 ±$24,40230,756
2278Bethesda CDPMaryland$192,237 ±$6,26069,397
2279Mill Creek East CDPWashington$192,937 ±$15,43825,453
2280Prosper townTexas$195,281 ±$12,80937,869
2281San Ramon cityCalifornia$196,161 ±$11,53585,993
2282South Riding CDPVirginia$196,403 ±$8,37834,352
2283Parkland cityFlorida$198,669 ±$13,41737,178
2284Foster City cityCalifornia$199,143 ±$11,78632,792
2285Mountain Brook cityAlabama$201,479 ±$15,14322,029
2286Manhattan Beach cityCalifornia$204,306 ±$20,39134,210
2287Belmont cityCalifornia$205,297 ±$18,23227,337
2288Ridgewood villageNew Jersey$208,211 ±$17,73526,308
2289Menlo Park cityCalifornia$210,025 ±$20,34132,727
2290Cottage Lake CDPWashington$213,106 ±$21,42022,518
2291Needham CDPMassachusetts$214,308 ±$13,04832,459
2292Dublin cityCalifornia$214,385 ±$9,48170,803
2293Los Gatos townCalifornia$217,554 ±$14,05932,786
2294Colleyville cityTexas$218,328 ±$15,95426,012
2295Mercer Island cityWashington$219,069 ±$17,47625,307
2296Dix Hills CDPNew York$227,944 ±$25,26824,773
2297Lafayette cityCalifornia$228,250 ±$25,04025,285
2298Winchester CDPMassachusetts$230,198 ±$20,67023,406
2299Palo Alto cityCalifornia$231,101 ±$9,85967,237
2300Danville townCalifornia$232,216 ±$13,79343,401

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

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