Highest-income counties in the US
Compare median household income, a measure of income rather than accumulated wealth.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:20:49+00:00
Median household income: ACS B19013_001E, in the release year’s inflation-adjusted dollars. This is not net worth or individual earnings. All US counties and county equivalents with usable estimates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Rensselaer County | New York | $87,915 ±$2,391 | 160,332 |
| 352 | Gwinnett County | Georgia | $87,890 ±$1,617 | 979,864 |
| 353 | Foster County | North Dakota | $87,831 ±$10,924 | 3,358 |
| 354 | Clay County | Florida | $87,820 ±$2,783 | 227,584 |
| 355 | Sagadahoc County | Maine | $87,806 ±$5,189 | 37,285 |
| 356 | Canadian County | Oklahoma | $87,751 ±$2,499 | 168,985 |
| 357 | Monroe County | Florida | $87,738 ±$4,111 | 81,860 |
| 358 | Stanley County | South Dakota | $87,712 ±$25,802 | 3,015 |
| 359 | Cass County | Missouri | $87,535 ±$3,248 | 110,773 |
| 360 | Passaic County | New Jersey | $87,522 ±$2,333 | 521,012 |
| 361 | Cumberland County | Pennsylvania | $87,494 ±$2,786 | 268,323 |
| 362 | Columbia County | Oregon | $87,458 ±$4,578 | 53,493 |
| 363 | Isanti County | Minnesota | $87,440 ±$4,140 | 42,596 |
| 364 | Caroline County | Virginia | $87,407 ±$7,737 | 32,098 |
| 365 | Greene County | Ohio | $87,309 ±$2,511 | 169,688 |
| 366 | West Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana | $87,299 ±$6,685 | 27,974 |
| 367 | Grundy County | Iowa | $87,205 ±$4,831 | 12,384 |
| 368 | Hamlin County | South Dakota | $87,101 ±$2,886 | 6,373 |
| 369 | Madison County | Ohio | $87,045 ±$4,302 | 44,423 |
| 370 | Mecklenburg County | North Carolina | $87,005 ±$1,162 | 1,154,681 |
| 371 | Traill County | North Dakota | $87,004 ±$5,785 | 7,970 |
| 372 | Hampshire County | Massachusetts | $87,001 ±$3,028 | 162,028 |
| 373 | Benton County | Iowa | $86,962 ±$3,238 | 25,724 |
| 374 | Lancaster County | Pennsylvania | $86,959 ±$1,323 | 557,931 |
| 375 | Haines Borough | Alaska | $86,927 ±$19,742 | 2,086 |
| 376 | Winkler County | Texas | $86,900 ±$18,475 | 7,454 |
| 377 | Burleigh County | North Dakota | $86,851 ±$3,728 | 100,600 |
| 378 | Billings County | North Dakota | $86,806 ±$20,555 | 1,024 |
| 379 | Bremer County | Iowa | $86,784 ±$2,629 | 25,204 |
| 380 | Pike County | Georgia | $86,719 ±$8,035 | 19,903 |
| 381 | Franklin County | Washington | $86,714 ±$4,594 | 98,902 |
| 382 | Schleicher County | Texas | $86,694 ±$15,077 | 2,381 |
| 383 | Louisa County | Virginia | $86,689 ±$6,396 | 39,980 |
| 384 | Jefferson County | Idaho | $86,679 ±$3,818 | 33,154 |
| 385 | Sandoval County | New Mexico | $86,636 ±$3,118 | 153,604 |
| 386 | Clinton County | Illinois | $86,588 ±$4,464 | 36,954 |
| 387 | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut | $86,586 ±$1,937 | 279,971 |
| 388 | Beaufort County | South Carolina | $86,573 ±$3,024 | 195,289 |
| 389 | Madison County | Alabama | $86,499 ±$1,491 | 405,718 |
| 390 | Elko County | Nevada | $86,487 ±$5,461 | 54,047 |
| 391 | Carroll County | New Hampshire | $86,463 ±$3,914 | 51,804 |
| 392 | Douglas County | South Dakota | $86,442 ±$7,842 | 2,828 |
| 393 | Plaquemines Parish | Louisiana | $86,315 ±$6,612 | 22,803 |
| 394 | Greene County | Georgia | $86,272 ±$6,974 | 20,109 |
| 395 | Ulster County | New York | $86,271 ±$2,871 | 182,601 |
| 396 | Kodiak Island Borough | Alaska | $86,250 ±$10,148 | 12,771 |
| 397 | Bastrop County | Texas | $86,226 ±$5,870 | 106,582 |
| 398 | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | Connecticut | $86,191 ±$1,654 | 454,969 |
| 399 | Queens County | New York | $86,136 ±$875 | 2,323,052 |
| 400 | Galveston County | Texas | $86,105 ±$2,507 | 358,990 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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