Household Income by Metro Area
Among the nation’s 50 most populous metros, Houston ranks 27th among the nation’s top 50 metros in household income.
Published on 1/15/21
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| Annual Median Household Income | ||
| by Metro Area | ||
| Rank | Area | Annual Median Household Income |
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | $130,865 |
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | $114,696 |
| 3 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | $105,659 |
| 4 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | $94,430 |
| 5 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | $94,027 |
| 6 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area | $85,641 |
| 7 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | $83,985 |
| 8 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area | $83,698 |
| 9 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | $83,160 |
| 10 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | $83,160 |
| 11 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | $80,954 |
| 12 | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area | $80,196 |
| 13 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | $80,096 |
| 14 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | $78,439 |
| 15 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | $77,774 |
| 16 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | $77,005 |
| 17 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | $76,706 |
| 18 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | $75,379 |
| 19 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | $74,533 |
| 20 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | $72,265 |
| 21 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area | $71,742 |
| 22 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | $70,967 |
| 23 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | $70,954 |
| 24 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area | $70,262 |
| 25 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | $70,215 |
| 26 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | $69,329 |
| 27 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | $69,193 |
| 28 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | $68,324 |
| 29 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area | $67,896 |
| 30 | Columbus, OH Metro Area | $67,207 |
| 31 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | $66,825 |
| 32 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | $66,417 |
| 33 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | $66,399 |
| 34 | Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | $65,880 |
| 35 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area | $65,845 |
| 36 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area | $63,474 |
| 37 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | $62,638 |
| 38 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | $62,502 |
| 39 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | $62,355 |
| 40 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area | $62,107 |
| 41 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area | $61,876 |
| 42 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | $61,172 |
| 43 | Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area | $60,605 |
| 44 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area | $60,141 |
| 45 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | $60,105 |
| 46 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area | $58,366 |
| 47 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area | $57,906 |
| 48 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | $57,228 |
| 49 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | $55,710 |
| 50 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area | $54,859 |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey | ||
