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| Place | Median household income | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Jose, California | $146,427 | 2020-2024 |
| 2nd | San Francisco | $140,970 | 2020-2024 |
| 3rd | Seattle | $123,860 | 2020-2024 |
| 4th | Washington DC | $109,870 | 2020-2024 |
| 5th | San Diego | $108,077 | 2020-2024 |
| 6th | Boston | $97,344 | 2020-2024 |
| 7th | Oxnard | $96,212 | 2020-2024 |
| 8th | Denver | $94,718 | 2020-2024 |
| 9th | Austin | $93,658 | 2020-2024 |
| 10th | Virginia Beach | $92,968 | 2020-2024 |
| 11th | Charleston | $92,414 | 2020-2024 |
| 12th | Riverside | $91,045 | 2020-2024 |
| 13th | Portland | $90,919 | 2020-2024 |
| 14th | Sacramento | $87,321 | 2020-2024 |
| 15th | Honolulu | $86,504 | 2020-2024 |
| 16th | Atlanta, Georgia | $85,652 | 2020-2024 |
| 17th | Raleigh | $85,395 | 2020-2024 |
| 18th | Colorado Springs | $84,818 | 2020-2024 |
| 19th | Boise, Idaho | $83,904 | 2020-2024 |
| 20th | Charlotte, NC | $82,068 | 2020-2024 |
| 21st | Los Angeles, California | $81,939 | 2020-2024 |
| 22nd | Durham | $81,619 | 2020-2024 |
| 23rd | Vancouver, Washington | $81,338 | 2020-2024 |
| 24th | Phoenix | $81,332 | 2020-2024 |
| 25th | Minneapolis | $80,846 | 2020-2024 |
| 26th | Reno | $80,760 | 2020-2024 |
| 27th | Bakersfield | $80,540 | 2020-2024 |
| 28th | New York | $80,483 | 2020-2024 |
| 29th | Stockton | $79,907 | 2020-2024 |
| 30th | Portland, Maine | $79,540 | 2020-2024 |
| 31st | Cape Coral | $78,104 | 2020-2024 |
| 32nd | Madison | $78,050 | 2020-2024 |
| 33rd | Chicago | $77,902 | 2020-2024 |
| 34th | Nashville | $77,371 | 2020-2024 |
| 35th | Tampa | $75,475 | 2020-2024 |
| 36th | Salt Lake City | $75,090 | 2020-2024 |
| 37th | Huntsville, AL | $74,714 | 2020-2024 |
| 38th | Las Vegas | $73,877 | 2020-2024 |
| 39th | Omaha | $73,201 | 2020-2024 |
| 40th | Ogden | $72,575 | 2020-2024 |
| 41st | Orlando, Florida | $72,336 | 2020-2024 |
| 42nd | Sarasota | $72,105 | 2020-2024 |
| 43rd | Greenville, SC | $71,472 | 2020-2024 |
| 44th | Asheville | $71,102 | 2020-2024 |
| 45th | Fresno | $70,991 | 2020-2024 |
| 46th | Dallas, Texas | $70,518 | 2020-2024 |
| 47th | Worcester | $70,102 | 2020-2024 |
| 48th | Spokane | $70,064 | 2020-2024 |
| 49th | Jacksonville, Florida | $69,872 | 2020-2024 |
| 50th | Kansas City | $69,166 | 2020-2024 |
| 51st | Grand Rapids | $69,108 | 2020-2024 |
| 52nd | Oklahoma City | $68,656 | 2020-2024 |
| 53rd | Albuquerque | $68,317 | 2020-2024 |
| 54th | Providence | $68,119 | 2020-2024 |
| 55th | Melbourne | $66,991 | 2020-2024 |
| 56th | Louisville | $66,849 | 2020-2024 |
| 57th | Indianapolis | $66,219 | 2020-2024 |
| 58th | Columbus | $66,082 | 2020-2024 |
| 59th | Des Moines | $65,932 | 2020-2024 |
| 60th | Pittsburgh | $65,742 | 2020-2024 |
| 61st | San Antonio, Texas | $65,056 | 2020-2024 |
| 62nd | Houston, Texas | $64,813 | 2020-2024 |
| 63rd | Wichita | $64,620 | 2020-2024 |
| 64th | Richmond | $64,587 | 2020-2024 |
| 65th | Chattanooga | $64,523 | 2020-2024 |
| 66th | Lakeland | $64,185 | 2020-2024 |
| 67th | Provo | $64,171 | 2020-2024 |
| 68th | Little Rock | $63,003 | 2020-2024 |
| 69th | Fayetteville, Arkansas | $62,695 | 2020-2024 |
| 70th | Miami | $62,462 | 2020-2024 |
| 71st | Baltimore | $62,177 | 2020-2024 |
| 72nd | Albany | $61,986 | 2020-2024 |
| 73rd | Philadelphia | $61,953 | 2020-2024 |
| 74th | McAllen | $61,579 | 2020-2024 |
| 75th | Greensboro | $61,515 | 2020-2024 |
| 76th | Poughkeepsie | $60,741 | 2020-2024 |
| 77th | Tulsa | $59,838 | 2020-2024 |
| 78th | El Paso | $59,745 | 2020-2024 |
| 79th | Winston-Salem | $59,268 | 2020-2024 |
| 80th | Bridgeport | $58,685 | 2020-2024 |
| 81st | Savannah | $57,137 | 2020-2024 |
| 82nd | Tucson | $57,073 | 2020-2024 |
| 83rd | New Haven | $56,851 | 2020-2024 |
| 84th | New Orleans | $56,631 | 2020-2024 |
| 85th | St. Louis | $56,160 | 2020-2024 |
| 86th | Columbia, South Carolina | $55,529 | 2020-2024 |
| 87th | Allentown | $55,494 | 2020-2024 |
| 88th | Milwaukee | $54,234 | 2020-2024 |
| 89th | Knoxville | $54,039 | 2020-2024 |
| 90th | Cincinnati | $52,909 | 2020-2024 |
| 91st | Daytona Beach | $52,058 | 2020-2024 |
| 92nd | Memphis | $51,736 | 2020-2024 |
| 93rd | Buffalo | $50,041 | 2020-2024 |
| 94th | Baton Rouge | $49,994 | 2020-2024 |
| 95th | Toledo | $49,724 | 2020-2024 |
| 96th | Harrisburg | $48,099 | 2020-2024 |
| 97th | Akron | $48,076 | 2020-2024 |
| 98th | Syracuse | $47,819 | 2020-2024 |
| 99th | Rochester, New York | $47,213 | 2020-2024 |
| 100th | Hartford | $46,411 | 2020-2024 |
| 101st | Birmingham | $46,051 | 2020-2024 |
| 102nd | Dayton | $45,247 | 2020-2024 |
| 103rd | Jackson, Mississippi | $42,071 | 2020-2024 |
| 104th | Cleveland | $40,801 | 2020-2024 |
| 105th | Detroit | $39,938 | 2020-2024 |
| Place | Median household income | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Massachusetts | $103,960 | 2020-2024 |
| 2nd | Maryland | $103,678 | 2020-2024 |
| 3rd | New Jersey | $103,556 | 2020-2024 |
| 4th | Hawaii | $100,389 | 2020-2024 |
| 5th | California | $99,122 | 2020-2024 |
| 6th | New Hampshire | $99,031 | 2020-2024 |
| 7th | Washington | $98,141 | 2020-2024 |
| 8th | Connecticut | $95,781 | 2020-2024 |
| 9th | Colorado | $95,470 | 2020-2024 |
| 10th | Utah | $95,166 | 2020-2024 |
| 11th | Virginia | $93,170 | 2020-2024 |
| 12th | Alaska | $92,788 | 2020-2024 |
| 13th | Minnesota | $89,062 | 2020-2024 |
| 14th | Rhode Island | $87,796 | 2020-2024 |
| 15th | New York | $85,974 | 2020-2024 |
| 16th | Delaware | $84,954 | 2020-2024 |
| 17th | Illinois | $83,390 | 2020-2024 |
| 18th | Oregon | $83,011 | 2020-2024 |
| 19th | Vermont | $81,203 | 2020-2024 |
| 20th | Arizona | $79,964 | 2020-2024 |
| 21st | Texas | $78,476 | 2020-2024 |
| 22nd | Nevada | $78,260 | 2020-2024 |
| 23rd | Pennsylvania | $77,971 | 2020-2024 |
| 24th | Idaho | $77,800 | 2020-2024 |
| 25th | Wisconsin | $77,485 | 2020-2024 |
| 26th | Georgia | $77,353 | 2020-2024 |
| 27th | North Dakota | $76,657 | 2020-2024 |
| 28th | Nebraska | $76,475 | 2020-2024 |
| 29th | Wyoming | $76,176 | 2020-2024 |
| 30th | South Dakota | $75,081 | 2020-2024 |
| 31st | Iowa | $75,059 | 2020-2024 |
| 32nd | Maine | $74,733 | 2020-2024 |
| 33rd | Florida | $74,568 | 2020-2024 |
| 34th | Kansas | $74,275 | 2020-2024 |
| 35th | Michigan | $72,875 | 2020-2024 |
| 36th | Montana | $72,509 | 2020-2024 |
| 37th | North Carolina | $72,388 | 2020-2024 |
| 38th | Indiana | $71,957 | 2020-2024 |
| 39th | Ohio | $71,389 | 2020-2024 |
| 40th | Missouri | $70,702 | 2020-2024 |
| 41st | Tennessee | $69,595 | 2020-2024 |
| 42nd | South Carolina | $69,324 | 2020-2024 |
| 43rd | Oklahoma | $65,039 | 2020-2024 |
| 44th | New Mexico | $64,059 | 2020-2024 |
| 45th | Alabama | $63,999 | 2020-2024 |
| 46th | Kentucky | $63,726 | 2020-2024 |
| 47th | Arkansas | $60,773 | 2020-2024 |
| 48th | Louisiana | $60,756 | 2020-2024 |
| 49th | West Virginia | $59,608 | 2020-2024 |
| 50th | Mississippi | $56,447 | 2020-2024 |
The Honest Local, Household income across America, every city and state, October 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map/median_household_income
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved October 5, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.
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