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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Reading city | Pennsylvania | $44,091 ±$3,478 | 95,242 |
| 52 | Pontiac city | Michigan | $44,329 ±$3,375 | 62,104 |
| 53 | Danville city | Virginia | $44,423 ±$3,639 | 42,214 |
| 54 | Muncie city | Indiana | $44,471 ±$2,232 | 64,751 |
| 55 | Mansfield city | Ohio | $44,540 ±$2,228 | 47,663 |
| 56 | Jackson city | Michigan | $44,558 ±$2,084 | 31,058 |
| 57 | Mount Pleasant city | Michigan | $44,706 ±$3,398 | 21,236 |
| 58 | Morgantown city | West Virginia | $44,727 ±$4,445 | 30,236 |
| 59 | Muskegon city | Michigan | $44,735 ±$3,795 | 37,226 |
| 60 | Statesboro city | Georgia | $44,737 ±$3,770 | 34,149 |
| 61 | Huntington city | West Virginia | $45,100 ±$3,555 | 45,787 |
| 62 | Bowling Green city | Ohio | $45,154 ±$4,341 | 29,983 |
| 63 | Dayton city | Ohio | $45,247 ±$1,703 | 136,579 |
| 64 | Lealman CDP | Florida | $45,308 ±$2,986 | 20,567 |
| 65 | Urbana city | Illinois | $45,346 ±$5,415 | 39,341 |
| 66 | Richmond city | Indiana | $45,399 ±$5,559 | 35,581 |
| 67 | State College borough | Pennsylvania | $45,424 ±$6,688 | 41,050 |
| 68 | Binghamton city | New York | $45,578 ±$3,354 | 47,151 |
| 69 | East Lansing city | Michigan | $45,687 ±$3,696 | 45,758 |
| 70 | Vicksburg city | Mississippi | $45,781 ±$4,996 | 20,589 |
| 71 | Texarkana city | Arkansas | $45,835 ±$4,200 | 29,177 |
| 72 | Valdosta city | Georgia | $45,925 ±$2,600 | 55,252 |
| 73 | Danville city | Illinois | $45,957 ±$3,620 | 28,595 |
| 74 | Birmingham city | Alabama | $46,051 ±$1,718 | 198,173 |
| 75 | Erie city | Pennsylvania | $46,113 ±$2,036 | 93,850 |
| 76 | Hazleton city | Pennsylvania | $46,177 ±$7,152 | 30,111 |
| 77 | Gainesville city | Florida | $46,195 ±$2,205 | 145,702 |
| 78 | Rolla city | Missouri | $46,204 ±$3,783 | 20,287 |
| 79 | Lima city | Ohio | $46,240 ±$2,710 | 35,010 |
| 80 | Hattiesburg city | Mississippi | $46,342 ±$4,231 | 48,619 |
| 81 | Port Arthur city | Texas | $46,354 ±$3,945 | 55,828 |
| 82 | Hartford city | Connecticut | $46,411 ±$3,031 | 121,127 |
| 83 | DeKalb city | Illinois | $46,481 ±$3,596 | 40,443 |
| 84 | Anniston city | Alabama | $46,668 ±$4,690 | 21,271 |
| 85 | Klamath Falls city | Oregon | $46,693 ±$4,050 | 22,115 |
| 86 | Pullman city | Washington | $46,812 ±$2,689 | 32,229 |
| 87 | Anderson city | Indiana | $46,909 ±$2,013 | 55,367 |
| 88 | Del City city | Oklahoma | $46,925 ±$2,684 | 21,494 |
| 89 | Anderson city | South Carolina | $46,933 ±$4,427 | 30,051 |
| 90 | Fort Pierce city | Florida | $47,072 ±$3,864 | 49,082 |
| 91 | New Iberia city | Louisiana | $47,087 ±$6,480 | 27,571 |
| 92 | Alexandria city | Louisiana | $47,113 ±$3,559 | 44,060 |
| 93 | Springfield city | Ohio | $47,143 ±$2,846 | 58,190 |
| 94 | Asheboro city | North Carolina | $47,197 ±$5,028 | 27,580 |
| 95 | Rochester city | New York | $47,213 ±$1,632 | 208,772 |
| 96 | Paris city | Texas | $47,239 ±$3,841 | 24,775 |
| 97 | Albany city | Georgia | $47,240 ±$2,360 | 67,224 |
| 98 | Kankakee city | Illinois | $47,514 ±$3,599 | 23,996 |
| 99 | Huntsville city | Texas | $47,529 ±$3,644 | 47,864 |
| 100 | Monsey CDP | New York | $47,629 ±$6,267 | 28,160 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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