City rankings

Highest-Income Large Cities in America

All 92 U.S. cities with at least 250,000 residents, ranked by median household income.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.

Highest

San Jose

$146,427, California

U.S. median

$80,734

All households

Lowest

San Juan zona urbana

$28,562, Puerto Rico

Top 25 highest-income large cities

Rank	City	Median household income	Median rent	Population
1	San Jose, California	$146,427	$2,669	990,138
2	San Francisco, California	$140,970	$2,476	830,235
3	Irvine, California	$136,719	$2,997	311,690
4	Seattle, Washington	$123,860	$2,030	754,195
5	Gilbert, Arizona	$122,551	$2,110	280,262
6	Plano, Texas	$112,253	$1,841	290,594
7	Washington, District of Columbia	$109,870	$1,954	681,294
8	Chandler, Arizona	$108,095	$1,902	280,136
9	San Diego, California	$108,077	$2,313	1,389,526
10	Chula Vista, California	$108,032	$2,229	276,375
11	Anchorage, Alaska	$103,284	$1,489	288,976
12	Oakland, California	$101,600	$1,979	439,418
13	Jersey City, New Jersey	$97,710	$2,007	294,078
14	Boston, Massachusetts	$97,344	$2,147	666,442
15	Chesapeake, Virginia	$95,373	$1,586	252,583
16	Anaheim, California	$95,227	$2,175	344,521
17	Denver, Colorado	$94,718	$1,831	718,877
18	Santa Ana, California	$93,999	$2,082	312,534
19	Austin, Texas	$93,658	$1,729	979,539
20	Virginia Beach, Virginia	$92,968	$1,714	456,349
21	Riverside, California	$91,045	$1,914	319,069
22	Portland, Oregon	$90,919	$1,655	641,165
23	Henderson, Nevada	$90,138	$1,824	332,141
24	Aurora, Colorado	$88,368	$1,835	394,432
25	Long Beach, California	$87,430	$1,871	455,548

Rank	City	Median household income	Median rent	Population
83	St. Louis, Missouri	$56,160	$997	288,512
84	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$54,234	$1,059	566,973
85	Cincinnati, Ohio	$52,909	$1,001	311,224
86	Newark, New Jersey	$52,060	$1,392	310,178
87	Memphis, Tennessee	$51,736	$1,181	618,980
88	Buffalo, New York	$50,041	$1,046	276,854
89	Toledo, Ohio	$49,724	$901	267,463
90	Cleveland, Ohio	$40,801	$945	366,097
91	Detroit, Michigan	$39,938	$1,074	638,530
92	San Juan zona urbana, Puerto Rico	$28,562	$612	317,995

Cities are Census places with at least 250,000 residents. Sources: Census tables B19013, B25064, and B01003.

38 of these 92 cities have a median household income above the national median of $80,734.

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