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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | North Little Rock city | Arkansas | $52,707 ±$3,010 | 64,538 |
| 202 | Ashland city | Kentucky | $52,715 ±$5,321 | 21,295 |
| 202 | Alton city | Texas | $52,715 ±$6,981 | 20,214 |
| 204 | Dania Beach city | Florida | $52,748 ±$5,866 | 32,180 |
| 205 | Desert Hot Springs city | California | $52,761 ±$3,781 | 33,200 |
| 206 | Pharr city | Texas | $52,814 ±$4,585 | 80,333 |
| 207 | Leesburg city | Florida | $52,880 ±$5,725 | 30,807 |
| 207 | Statesville city | North Carolina | $52,880 ±$5,095 | 29,894 |
| 209 | Cincinnati city | Ohio | $52,909 ±$1,946 | 311,224 |
| 210 | Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) | Georgia | $52,974 ±$2,410 | 127,345 |
| 211 | Austintown CDP | Ohio | $52,978 ±$4,554 | 30,164 |
| 212 | Stephenville city | Texas | $53,015 ±$7,404 | 21,682 |
| 213 | Jackson city | Tennessee | $53,032 ±$2,672 | 68,435 |
| 214 | Frankfort city | Kentucky | $53,073 ±$3,875 | 28,503 |
| 215 | El Centro city | California | $53,082 ±$5,563 | 44,240 |
| 216 | Michigan City city | Indiana | $53,089 ±$4,337 | 31,814 |
| 217 | Horn Lake city | Mississippi | $53,311 ±$4,177 | 26,647 |
| 218 | Barstow city | California | $53,380 ±$9,390 | 25,100 |
| 219 | Evansville city | Indiana | $53,387 ±$1,841 | 116,116 |
| 220 | Maple Heights city | Ohio | $53,414 ±$8,397 | 23,258 |
| 221 | Grandview city | Missouri | $53,447 ±$6,835 | 26,527 |
| 222 | Mobile city | Alabama | $53,558 ±$1,982 | 203,416 |
| 223 | Holyoke city | Massachusetts | $53,605 ±$3,395 | 37,813 |
| 224 | Harlingen city | Texas | $53,645 ±$5,116 | 72,087 |
| 225 | Pleasantville city | New Jersey | $53,661 ±$4,282 | 20,712 |
| 226 | Lafayette city | Indiana | $53,716 ±$2,765 | 71,159 |
| 226 | Salisbury city | North Carolina | $53,716 ±$4,166 | 35,825 |
| 228 | Kissimmee city | Florida | $53,758 ±$5,409 | 81,479 |
| 229 | Ardmore city | Oklahoma | $53,900 ±$3,816 | 24,877 |
| 230 | Roseburg city | Oregon | $53,918 ±$6,645 | 23,778 |
| 231 | Egypt Lake-Leto CDP | Florida | $54,032 ±$6,511 | 35,873 |
| 232 | Knoxville city | Tennessee | $54,039 ±$1,606 | 195,185 |
| 233 | Chillicothe city | Ohio | $54,086 ±$3,808 | 21,902 |
| 234 | Milwaukee city | Wisconsin | $54,234 ±$1,283 | 566,973 |
| 235 | Mishawaka city | Indiana | $54,291 ±$4,328 | 51,021 |
| 236 | Waco city | Texas | $54,365 ±$2,349 | 143,570 |
| 237 | Carrollton city | Georgia | $54,379 ±$8,938 | 27,392 |
| 238 | Lansing city | Michigan | $54,382 ±$1,938 | 113,023 |
| 239 | Lawton city | Oklahoma | $54,433 ±$1,550 | 90,595 |
| 240 | Rome city | Georgia | $54,435 ±$3,595 | 38,189 |
| 241 | Alton city | Illinois | $54,568 ±$4,656 | 25,279 |
| 242 | Sun City CDP | Arizona | $54,586 ±$2,548 | 37,486 |
| 243 | Garfield Heights city | Ohio | $54,593 ±$5,060 | 29,269 |
| 244 | Oak Ridge CDP | Florida | $54,685 ±$4,214 | 23,364 |
| 245 | New Albany city | Indiana | $54,710 ±$2,838 | 37,581 |
| 246 | Hopewell city | Virginia | $54,729 ±$7,645 | 22,959 |
| 247 | Socorro city | Texas | $54,744 ±$5,159 | 37,123 |
| 248 | Rockford city | Illinois | $54,752 ±$2,248 | 147,521 |
| 249 | Chicago Heights city | Illinois | $54,798 ±$6,131 | 26,736 |
| 250 | Fort Smith city | Arkansas | $54,816 ±$2,402 | 89,805 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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