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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Fayetteville city | North Carolina | $58,407 ±$1,606 | 210,815 |
| 1952 | Schenectady city | New York | $58,399 ±$2,915 | 68,847 |
| 1953 | Gallup city | New Mexico | $58,303 ±$2,897 | 21,023 |
| 1954 | South Valley CDP | New Mexico | $58,224 ±$5,334 | 37,120 |
| 1955 | Houma city | Louisiana | $58,194 ±$6,779 | 32,392 |
| 1956 | Bristol city | Tennessee | $58,162 ±$6,856 | 27,636 |
| 1957 | Kingsville city | Texas | $58,148 ±$9,517 | 24,994 |
| 1958 | Muscatine city | Iowa | $58,117 ±$4,058 | 23,489 |
| 1959 | North Platte city | Nebraska | $58,097 ±$6,170 | 22,831 |
| 1960 | Columbus city | Georgia | $58,073 ±$1,832 | 203,711 |
| 1961 | Duncan city | Oklahoma | $58,054 ±$3,784 | 22,958 |
| 1962 | Stevens Point city | Wisconsin | $58,031 ±$5,074 | 25,785 |
| 1963 | St. Joseph city | Missouri | $57,956 ±$2,542 | 71,236 |
| 1964 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | $57,947 ±$3,396 | 79,497 |
| 1965 | Dolton village | Illinois | $57,887 ±$5,078 | 20,825 |
| 1966 | Racine city | Wisconsin | $57,740 ±$2,108 | 77,633 |
| 1967 | Hemet city | California | $57,719 ±$3,362 | 91,326 |
| 1968 | Jacksonville city | North Carolina | $57,697 ±$4,961 | 71,279 |
| 1969 | Eureka city | California | $57,662 ±$6,115 | 26,010 |
| 1970 | Sanford city | North Carolina | $57,586 ±$5,084 | 31,478 |
| 1971 | Midwest City city | Oklahoma | $57,520 ±$3,294 | 58,297 |
| 1972 | Waterloo city | Iowa | $57,480 ±$1,797 | 67,008 |
| 1973 | Tallahassee city | Florida | $57,409 ±$2,189 | 201,875 |
| 1974 | Johnson City city | Tennessee | $57,254 ±$2,942 | 72,222 |
| 1975 | Corsicana city | Texas | $57,212 ±$4,102 | 25,511 |
| 1976 | Eagle Pass city | Texas | $57,207 ±$7,634 | 28,339 |
| 1977 | Biloxi city | Mississippi | $57,204 ±$3,986 | 48,861 |
| 1978 | Spring Valley village | New York | $57,196 ±$5,522 | 33,192 |
| 1979 | North Miami city | Florida | $57,188 ±$3,886 | 60,344 |
| 1980 | Savannah city | Georgia | $57,137 ±$1,715 | 147,898 |
| 1981 | Middletown city | Ohio | $57,102 ±$4,498 | 51,617 |
| 1982 | Alamo city | Texas | $57,096 ±$10,804 | 20,255 |
| 1983 | Tucson city | Arizona | $57,073 ±$944 | 547,073 |
| 1984 | Lufkin city | Texas | $57,048 ±$5,717 | 34,251 |
| 1985 | Moscow city | Idaho | $57,022 ±$3,950 | 26,286 |
| 1986 | Beaumont city | Texas | $56,997 ±$2,708 | 113,279 |
| 1987 | New Bedford city | Massachusetts | $56,981 ±$3,070 | 100,998 |
| 1988 | Paragould city | Arkansas | $56,980 ±$3,639 | 30,215 |
| 1989 | Lakewood CDP | New Jersey | $56,968 ±$7,583 | 69,585 |
| 1990 | Newburgh city | New York | $56,960 ±$9,200 | 28,519 |
| 1991 | Topeka city | Kansas | $56,956 ±$1,954 | 125,786 |
| 1992 | Burlington city | North Carolina | $56,880 ±$5,084 | 59,610 |
| 1993 | New Haven city | Connecticut | $56,851 ±$4,254 | 134,349 |
| 1994 | Montgomery city | Alabama | $56,811 ±$2,312 | 197,494 |
| 1995 | Fall River city | Massachusetts | $56,673 ±$3,173 | 94,082 |
| 1996 | Pueblo city | Colorado | $56,664 ±$2,076 | 111,561 |
| 1997 | Conway city | South Carolina | $56,650 ±$6,653 | 27,263 |
| 1998 | New Orleans city | Louisiana | $56,631 ±$1,781 | 371,853 |
| 1999 | Cudahy city | California | $56,615 ±$5,114 | 22,087 |
| 2000 | Bethany city | Oklahoma | $56,591 ±$5,253 | 20,560 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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