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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301 | Westfield town | New Jersey | $232,629 ±$17,720 | 31,111 |
| 2302 | Cupertino city | California | $234,707 ±$12,596 | 58,566 |
| 2303 | Potomac CDP | Maryland | $236,675 ±$16,199 | 45,902 |
| 2304 | San Carlos city | California | $237,470 ±$15,954 | 29,614 |
| 2305 | Brambleton CDP | Virginia | $238,018 ±$23,087 | 24,537 |
| 2306 | Lexington CDP | Massachusetts | $238,444 ±$17,708 | 34,295 |
| 2307 | Sammamish city | Washington | $239,690 ±$15,260 | 66,463 |
| 2308 | Garden City village | New York | $244,152 ±$13,012 | 22,941 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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