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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Clovis city | New Mexico | $54,820 ±$5,879 | 37,942 |
| 252 | Chalmette CDP | Louisiana | $54,904 ±$7,517 | 22,616 |
| 253 | Elyria city | Ohio | $54,945 ±$2,562 | 53,035 |
| 254 | Sweetwater city | Florida | $54,967 ±$5,838 | 20,085 |
| 255 | Cloverleaf CDP | Texas | $54,994 ±$3,974 | 24,063 |
| 256 | Shelbyville city | Tennessee | $55,073 ±$6,533 | 24,661 |
| 257 | Marshall city | Texas | $55,089 ±$9,300 | 23,825 |
| 258 | East Niles CDP | California | $55,124 ±$6,974 | 28,532 |
| 259 | Biscayne Gardens CDP | Florida | $55,165 ±$6,888 | 35,472 |
| 260 | Hamilton city | Ohio | $55,166 ±$2,901 | 63,468 |
| 261 | Kokomo city | Indiana | $55,360 ±$2,848 | 59,122 |
| 262 | Calumet City city | Illinois | $55,369 ±$7,429 | 35,100 |
| 263 | Passaic city | New Jersey | $55,371 ±$3,988 | 70,002 |
| 264 | Roanoke city | Virginia | $55,378 ±$2,433 | 98,355 |
| 265 | Lewiston city | Maine | $55,393 ±$4,316 | 38,324 |
| 266 | Las Cruces city | New Mexico | $55,422 ±$3,044 | 114,197 |
| 267 | Jonesboro city | Arkansas | $55,424 ±$3,744 | 80,137 |
| 268 | Ellensburg city | Washington | $55,438 ±$11,347 | 20,874 |
| 269 | Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) | Georgia | $55,485 ±$2,918 | 201,528 |
| 270 | Allentown city | Pennsylvania | $55,494 ±$2,358 | 125,976 |
| 271 | Hammond city | Indiana | $55,504 ±$2,507 | 76,768 |
| 272 | Columbia city | South Carolina | $55,529 ±$1,827 | 139,643 |
| 273 | Rocky Mount city | North Carolina | $55,534 ±$2,420 | 54,297 |
| 274 | Sumter city | South Carolina | $55,592 ±$4,294 | 43,053 |
| 275 | Hialeah city | Florida | $55,594 ±$1,624 | 226,165 |
| 276 | Shelbyville city | Indiana | $55,602 ±$3,755 | 20,296 |
| 277 | Marquette city | Michigan | $55,613 ±$4,562 | 21,325 |
| 277 | Laramie city | Wyoming | $55,613 ±$3,005 | 32,234 |
| 279 | Galveston city | Texas | $55,631 ±$3,927 | 53,424 |
| 280 | Cape Girardeau city | Missouri | $55,658 ±$2,313 | 40,344 |
| 281 | Battle Creek city | Michigan | $55,693 ±$4,942 | 52,374 |
| 282 | Bridgeton city | New Jersey | $55,781 ±$7,187 | 27,001 |
| 283 | South Bend city | Indiana | $55,786 ±$1,639 | 103,085 |
| 284 | Dothan city | Alabama | $55,792 ±$1,256 | 71,514 |
| 285 | Shawnee city | Oklahoma | $55,815 ±$2,005 | 31,671 |
| 286 | Bossier City city | Louisiana | $55,819 ±$3,420 | 62,901 |
| 287 | La Crosse city | Wisconsin | $55,866 ±$3,428 | 51,356 |
| 288 | Hazelwood city | Missouri | $55,908 ±$4,554 | 25,114 |
| 289 | Ponca City city | Oklahoma | $55,941 ±$4,137 | 24,326 |
| 290 | Alamogordo city | New Mexico | $55,952 ±$2,993 | 31,307 |
| 291 | Lindenwold borough | New Jersey | $55,954 ±$5,737 | 21,719 |
| 292 | Paterson city | New Jersey | $55,997 ±$3,427 | 158,735 |
| 293 | Xenia city | Ohio | $56,029 ±$3,580 | 25,689 |
| 294 | Albertville city | Alabama | $56,099 ±$5,082 | 22,813 |
| 295 | Alliance city | Ohio | $56,106 ±$5,553 | 21,478 |
| 296 | Champaign city | Illinois | $56,118 ±$3,560 | 89,996 |
| 297 | Florence city | South Carolina | $56,143 ±$3,854 | 40,408 |
| 298 | St. Louis city | Missouri | $56,160 ±$1,305 | 288,512 |
| 299 | North Fort Myers CDP | Florida | $56,261 ±$4,611 | 44,993 |
| 300 | Winona city | Minnesota | $56,337 ±$2,914 | 26,009 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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