Highest-income cities 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 2026-10-05T08:15:40+00:00
Median household income: ACS B19013_001E, in the release year’s inflation-adjusted dollars. This is not net worth or individual earnings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | Lake Worth Beach city | Florida | $61,200 ±$5,398 | 43,365 |
| 1852 | Junction City city | Kansas | $61,181 ±$7,323 | 22,331 |
| 1853 | Covington city | Kentucky | $61,166 ±$4,263 | 41,110 |
| 1854 | Van Buren city | Arkansas | $61,149 ±$3,178 | 23,763 |
| 1855 | Ottumwa city | Iowa | $61,103 ±$4,338 | 25,430 |
| 1856 | Taylor city | Michigan | $61,081 ±$2,820 | 62,081 |
| 1857 | Park Forest village | Illinois | $61,072 ±$3,921 | 21,156 |
| 1858 | Woonsocket city | Rhode Island | $61,059 ±$5,299 | 43,521 |
| 1859 | New Bern city | North Carolina | $61,031 ±$4,313 | 32,734 |
| 1860 | Bell city | California | $61,020 ±$4,687 | 32,476 |
| 1861 | Parma Heights city | Ohio | $61,009 ±$6,194 | 20,581 |
| 1862 | Ames city | Iowa | $60,991 ±$1,892 | 67,669 |
| 1863 | Tullahoma city | Tennessee | $60,979 ±$5,152 | 21,103 |
| 1864 | Edgewater city | Florida | $60,977 ±$4,546 | 23,627 |
| 1864 | Killeen city | Texas | $60,977 ±$1,928 | 158,159 |
| 1866 | Apache Junction city | Arizona | $60,975 ±$3,642 | 41,058 |
| 1867 | Maywood city | California | $60,943 ±$6,195 | 24,317 |
| 1868 | Thomasville city | North Carolina | $60,935 ±$5,404 | 27,321 |
| 1869 | Lubbock city | Texas | $60,895 ±$1,870 | 264,814 |
| 1870 | East Orange city | New Jersey | $60,830 ±$3,867 | 70,090 |
| 1871 | Pottstown borough | Pennsylvania | $60,828 ±$6,734 | 23,476 |
| 1872 | Bradenton city | Florida | $60,822 ±$2,904 | 57,014 |
| 1873 | Pekin city | Illinois | $60,790 ±$3,003 | 31,781 |
| 1874 | Mission city | Texas | $60,767 ±$3,743 | 87,038 |
| 1875 | Elizabethtown city | Kentucky | $60,760 ±$3,793 | 32,576 |
| 1876 | Poughkeepsie city | New York | $60,741 ±$5,784 | 31,958 |
| 1877 | Logan city | Utah | $60,687 ±$4,344 | 54,907 |
| 1878 | Sidney city | Ohio | $60,668 ±$5,893 | 20,501 |
| 1879 | Fort Dodge city | Iowa | $60,649 ±$6,463 | 24,827 |
| 1880 | Portsmouth city | Virginia | $60,491 ±$1,948 | 97,190 |
| 1881 | Fortuna Foothills CDP | Arizona | $60,474 ±$3,961 | 28,896 |
| 1882 | Clarksville town | Indiana | $60,467 ±$7,058 | 22,016 |
| 1883 | Porterville city | California | $60,461 ±$4,586 | 63,157 |
| 1884 | Lawrence city | Massachusetts | $60,433 ±$2,529 | 88,736 |
| 1885 | Pocatello city | Idaho | $60,418 ±$4,648 | 57,635 |
| 1886 | Myrtle Beach city | South Carolina | $60,394 ±$3,850 | 38,371 |
| 1887 | Dearborn Heights city | Michigan | $60,391 ±$3,758 | 61,771 |
| 1888 | Independence city | Missouri | $60,339 ±$2,199 | 121,740 |
| 1889 | Selma city | California | $60,241 ±$6,131 | 24,659 |
| 1890 | Clinton city | Iowa | $60,230 ±$5,314 | 24,322 |
| 1891 | Dover city | Delaware | $60,199 ±$4,412 | 39,837 |
| 1892 | Wichita Falls city | Texas | $60,177 ±$2,678 | 102,581 |
| 1893 | North Chicago city | Illinois | $60,172 ±$11,737 | 30,643 |
| 1893 | Manhattan city | Kansas | $60,172 ±$3,376 | 54,239 |
| 1895 | Burton city | Michigan | $60,052 ±$4,874 | 29,500 |
| 1896 | Hinesville city | Georgia | $60,028 ±$3,184 | 35,679 |
| 1897 | Huntington Park city | California | $59,996 ±$3,379 | 53,108 |
| 1898 | Waynesboro city | Virginia | $59,994 ±$3,755 | 22,841 |
| 1899 | Bangor city | Maine | $59,942 ±$7,028 | 31,938 |
| 1900 | Rome city | New York | $59,925 ±$3,439 | 31,795 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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