Household income inequality varies across metro areas
Ratio of the 2024 median income of upper-income households to the median income of lower-income households
Note: Households are assigned to income tiers based on their size-adjusted income and local cost of living.
Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the 2024 American Community Survey (IPUMS).
“Americans’ Views of Economic Inequality, Its Causes and Who Should Fix It”
“Americans’ Views of Economic Inequality, Its Causes and Who Should Fix It”
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Household income inequality varies across metro areas
Ratio of the 2024 median income of upper-income households to the median income of lower-income households
| Metro area | CBSA | Lower income | Middle income | Upper income | Upper-to-lower income ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron, OH | 10420 | $35,431 | $110,184 | $249,225 | 7.0 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 10580 | $33,922 | $118,514 | $243,544 | 7.2 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 10740 | $36,256 | $110,073 | $262,855 | 7.2 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 10900 | $36,012 | $112,793 | $246,253 | 6.8 |
| Amarillo, TX | 11100 | $34,947 | $105,374 | $260,317 | 7.4 |
| Anchorage, AK | 11260 | $37,460 | $111,531 | $254,698 | 6.8 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 11460 | $30,352 | $116,550 | $263,551 | 8.7 |
| Asheville, NC | 11700 | $37,438 | $106,603 | $267,777 | 7.2 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 12060 | $36,721 | $113,223 | $270,563 | 7.4 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 12100 | $36,794 | $110,324 | $253,356 | 6.9 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 12260 | $37,693 | $105,729 | $246,540 | 6.5 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 12420 | $37,467 | $115,311 | $273,285 | 7.3 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 12540 | $34,079 | $104,403 | $250,183 | 7.3 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 12580 | $34,811 | $116,037 | $257,873 | 7.4 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 12700 | $37,358 | $116,232 | $260,641 | 7.0 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 12940 | $32,054 | $110,156 | $248,035 | 7.7 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 13140 | $32,700 | $110,969 | $249,992 | 7.6 |
| Bellingham, WA | 13380 | $36,505 | $112,952 | $256,010 | 7.0 |
| Bend, OR | 13460 | $40,624 | $112,300 | $283,706 | 7.0 |
| Birmingham, AL | 13820 | $34,590 | $111,323 | $267,283 | 7.7 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 13980 | $35,163 | $108,358 | $264,265 | 7.5 |
| Bloomington, IL | 14010 | $31,479 | $111,104 | $248,780 | 7.9 |
| Boise City, ID | 14260 | $40,331 | $109,416 | $263,337 | 6.5 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 14460 | $32,796 | $119,826 | $272,477 | 8.3 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 14740 | $34,328 | $114,806 | $253,863 | 7.4 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 14860 | $38,309 | $115,385 | $307,952 | 8.0 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 15180 | $31,340 | $106,555 | $256,416 | 8.2 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 15380 | $34,758 | $111,535 | $249,442 | 7.2 |
| Burlington, NC | 15500 | $38,285 | $105,935 | $262,832 | 6.9 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 15940 | $41,245 | $108,101 | $234,993 | 5.7 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 15980 | $37,574 | $107,799 | $276,662 | 7.4 |
| Charleston, WV | 16620 | $35,893 | $111,591 | $254,566 | 7.1 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 16700 | $36,578 | $109,795 | $257,332 | 7.0 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 16740 | $36,981 | $110,714 | $269,236 | 7.3 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 16820 | $39,118 | $117,353 | $262,045 | 6.7 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 16860 | $34,087 | $113,487 | $251,741 | 7.4 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 16980 | $33,496 | $112,522 | $269,318 | 8.0 |
| Chico, CA | 17020 | $37,586 | $108,560 | $246,772 | 6.6 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 17140 | $35,958 | $110,442 | $259,409 | 7.2 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 17300 | $35,233 | $107,733 | $235,665 | 6.7 |
| Cleveland, OH | 17410 | $35,463 | $108,231 | $259,494 | 7.3 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 17780 | $30,605 | $109,502 | $276,135 | 9.0 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 17820 | $39,768 | $110,073 | $256,900 | 6.5 |
| Columbia, SC | 17900 | $36,430 | $108,921 | $249,087 | 6.8 |
| Columbus, OH | 18140 | $36,285 | $115,202 | $257,857 | 7.1 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 18580 | $36,820 | $101,434 | $256,244 | 7.0 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 18880 | $35,701 | $111,209 | $266,707 | 7.5 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 19100 | $36,963 | $110,487 | $263,744 | 7.1 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 19300 | $36,218 | $110,941 | $246,939 | 6.8 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 19430 | $36,437 | $110,987 | $241,871 | 6.6 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 19660 | $37,476 | $107,200 | $254,398 | 6.8 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 19740 | $35,367 | $116,980 | $262,126 | 7.4 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 19780 | $41,439 | $118,865 | $241,001 | 5.8 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 19820 | $34,365 | $109,673 | $259,036 | 7.5 |
| Dothan, AL | 20020 | $34,186 | $109,570 | $246,313 | 7.2 |
| El Paso, TX | 21340 | $34,054 | $105,951 | $244,684 | 7.2 |
| Erie, PA | 21500 | $35,612 | $107,599 | $264,019 | 7.4 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 21660 | $35,129 | $107,802 | $251,704 | 7.2 |
| Evansville, IN | 21780 | $38,604 | $104,373 | $267,622 | 6.9 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 22180 | $37,897 | $107,191 | $252,337 | 6.7 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 22220 | $37,920 | $109,381 | $269,232 | 7.1 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 22380 | $37,360 | $108,161 | $287,970 | 7.7 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 22660 | $36,824 | $112,728 | $275,055 | 7.5 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 23060 | $37,309 | $102,084 | $254,460 | 6.8 |
| Fresno, CA | 23420 | $31,846 | $107,676 | $254,161 | 8.0 |
| Gainesville, GA | 23580 | $39,869 | $109,481 | $286,390 | 7.2 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 24020 | $37,429 | $106,919 | $270,986 | 7.2 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 24340 | $37,930 | $108,956 | $259,669 | 6.8 |
| Greeley, CO | 24540 | $36,678 | $114,633 | $244,519 | 6.7 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 24660 | $37,983 | $107,362 | $269,044 | 7.1 |
| Greenville, NC | 24780 | $36,287 | $112,220 | $252,425 | 7.0 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 24860 | $36,457 | $109,372 | $250,832 | 6.9 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 25420 | $37,924 | $112,368 | $266,599 | 7.0 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 25540 | $35,232 | $116,486 | $256,235 | 7.3 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 25860 | $37,191 | $105,701 | $257,402 | 6.9 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 26420 | $34,371 | $110,515 | $268,687 | 7.8 |
| Huntsville, AL | 26620 | $33,630 | $111,659 | $255,287 | 7.6 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 26900 | $38,009 | $110,407 | $261,085 | 6.9 |
| Iowa City, IA | 26980 | $24,606 | $115,101 | $239,321 | 9.7 |
| Jackson, MS | 27140 | $35,011 | $108,930 | $250,594 | 7.2 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 27260 | $36,933 | $110,563 | $271,334 | 7.3 |
| Johnson City, TN | 27740 | $39,731 | $98,887 | $236,382 | 5.9 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 28020 | $34,867 | $109,577 | $260,246 | 7.5 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 28140 | $37,820 | $112,445 | $264,526 | 7.0 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 28880 | $35,002 | $110,804 | $248,579 | 7.1 |
| Knoxville, TN | 28940 | $37,422 | $108,888 | $254,822 | 6.8 |
| Lafayette, LA | 29180 | $32,771 | $105,697 | $257,886 | 7.9 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 29420 | $39,437 | $99,439 | $244,694 | 6.2 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 29460 | $38,580 | $101,399 | $242,450 | 6.3 |
| Lancaster, PA | 29540 | $42,307 | $109,973 | $261,011 | 6.2 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 29620 | $36,468 | $107,014 | $241,749 | 6.6 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 29740 | $34,620 | $105,599 | $255,172 | 7.4 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 29820 | $37,332 | $108,107 | $256,449 | 6.9 |
| Lexington Park, MD | 30500 | $37,644 | $124,627 | $255,269 | 6.8 |
| Lincoln, NE | 30700 | $39,245 | $111,585 | $242,058 | 6.2 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 30780 | $35,222 | $111,566 | $243,951 | 6.9 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 31080 | $33,647 | $110,068 | $269,611 | 8.0 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 31140 | $36,187 | $109,613 | $263,177 | 7.3 |
| Lubbock, TX | 31180 | $36,038 | $109,979 | $255,231 | 7.1 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 31340 | $36,826 | $109,642 | $234,137 | 6.4 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 32580 | $33,650 | $105,943 | $253,216 | 7.5 |
| Medford, OR | 32780 | $38,183 | $108,670 | $262,968 | 6.9 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 32820 | $33,615 | $109,922 | $268,946 | 8.0 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 33100 | $35,040 | $103,175 | $280,321 | 8.0 |
| Midland, TX | 33260 | $37,167 | $115,080 | $288,398 | 7.8 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 33340 | $37,701 | $113,836 | $257,899 | 6.8 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 33460 | $38,005 | $114,592 | $251,987 | 6.6 |
| Mobile, AL | 33660 | $33,423 | $106,907 | $245,756 | 7.4 |
| Modesto, CA | 33700 | $37,053 | $103,420 | $242,056 | 6.5 |
| Montgomery, AL | 33860 | $33,868 | $109,525 | $270,809 | 8.0 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 34580 | $38,803 | $117,334 | $245,795 | 6.3 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 34820 | $34,773 | $107,280 | $249,809 | 7.2 |
| Napa, CA | 34900 | $35,786 | $119,054 | $276,995 | 7.7 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 34940 | $37,259 | $112,449 | $313,850 | 8.4 |
| Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 34980 | $36,868 | $111,469 | $263,945 | 7.2 |
| New Haven, CT | 35300 | $33,137 | $115,957 | $266,835 | 8.1 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 35380 | $31,744 | $108,458 | $271,410 | 8.5 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 35620 | $30,967 | $113,867 | $277,453 | 9.0 |
| Niles, MI | 35660 | $34,823 | $107,394 | $256,829 | 7.4 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 35840 | $40,588 | $110,333 | $269,487 | 6.6 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 35980 | $38,971 | $118,637 | $265,629 | 6.8 |
| Ocala, FL | 36100 | $38,851 | $101,597 | $252,804 | 6.5 |
| Ogden, UT | 36260 | $39,267 | $112,192 | $257,800 | 6.6 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 36420 | $35,222 | $108,375 | $250,617 | 7.1 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 36500 | $37,214 | $116,951 | $241,594 | 6.5 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 36540 | $38,377 | $114,331 | $252,648 | 6.6 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 36740 | $37,919 | $105,886 | $254,393 | 6.7 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 37100 | $35,257 | $117,524 | $265,926 | 7.5 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 37340 | $38,968 | $107,382 | $261,987 | 6.7 |
| Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 37460 | $39,467 | $103,496 | $255,679 | 6.5 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 37860 | $36,702 | $107,237 | $254,758 | 6.9 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 37980 | $33,609 | $112,904 | $262,734 | 7.8 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 38060 | $38,559 | $109,096 | $256,495 | 6.7 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 38300 | $35,127 | $112,551 | $263,455 | 7.5 |
| Pittsfield, MA | 38340 | $34,770 | $118,377 | $258,607 | 7.4 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 38860 | $37,920 | $113,884 | $266,934 | 7.0 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 38900 | $35,488 | $115,009 | $254,543 | 7.2 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 38940 | $39,747 | $108,871 | $261,991 | 6.6 |
| Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 39150 | $36,148 | $105,703 | $265,303 | 7.3 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 39300 | $34,038 | $111,473 | $265,625 | 7.8 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 39340 | $39,897 | $112,406 | $249,358 | 6.3 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 39460 | $37,045 | $109,411 | $275,347 | 7.4 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 39580 | $35,657 | $115,403 | $265,238 | 7.4 |
| Reading, PA | 39740 | $38,636 | $112,246 | $248,709 | 6.4 |
| Redding, CA | 39820 | $37,330 | $103,091 | $239,119 | 6.4 |
| Reno, NV | 39900 | $38,313 | $112,996 | $271,774 | 7.1 |
| Richmond, VA | 40060 | $36,284 | $112,393 | $260,582 | 7.2 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 40140 | $36,820 | $108,322 | $250,593 | 6.8 |
| Roanoke, VA | 40220 | $37,010 | $109,897 | $255,293 | 6.9 |
| Rochester, NY | 40380 | $34,450 | $112,453 | $249,152 | 7.2 |
| Rockford, IL | 40420 | $38,342 | $106,720 | $246,217 | 6.4 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 40900 | $34,856 | $113,662 | $258,176 | 7.4 |
| Saginaw, MI | 40980 | $35,439 | $105,165 | $245,349 | 6.9 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 41060 | $35,577 | $114,637 | $227,298 | 6.4 |
| St. George, UT | 41100 | $44,493 | $111,898 | $271,011 | 6.1 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 41180 | $35,420 | $110,511 | $257,656 | 7.3 |
| Salem, OR | 41420 | $38,100 | $109,419 | $244,575 | 6.4 |
| Salinas, CA | 41500 | $35,518 | $109,601 | $258,333 | 7.3 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 41620 | $41,211 | $112,118 | $253,279 | 6.1 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 41700 | $36,574 | $109,721 | $255,832 | 7.0 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 41740 | $35,466 | $114,936 | $267,089 | 7.5 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 41860 | $31,780 | $118,204 | $299,690 | 9.4 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 41940 | $34,822 | $119,088 | $327,196 | 9.4 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 42020 | $34,398 | $114,836 | $257,836 | 7.5 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 42100 | $31,522 | $107,489 | $268,436 | 8.5 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 42140 | $29,462 | $112,843 | $280,248 | 9.5 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 42200 | $32,170 | $110,432 | $287,230 | 8.9 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 42220 | $35,907 | $113,630 | $265,893 | 7.4 |
| Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 42540 | $35,546 | $104,728 | $247,421 | 7.0 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 42660 | $35,067 | $116,890 | $280,745 | 8.0 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 42680 | $40,184 | $109,134 | $304,978 | 7.6 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 43640 | $35,491 | $113,943 | $268,510 | 7.6 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 43900 | $40,519 | $108,430 | $242,122 | 6.0 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 44060 | $37,974 | $108,871 | $264,086 | 7.0 |
| Springfield, IL | 44100 | $32,869 | $112,052 | $250,148 | 7.6 |
| Springfield, MA | 44140 | $31,874 | $111,151 | $245,294 | 7.7 |
| Springfield, MO | 44180 | $39,105 | $105,769 | $270,015 | 6.9 |
| State College, PA | 44300 | $42,692 | $112,903 | $268,502 | 6.3 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 44700 | $35,399 | $107,813 | $241,700 | 6.8 |
| Syracuse, NY | 45060 | $33,287 | $109,545 | $255,080 | 7.7 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 45300 | $38,239 | $108,672 | $261,808 | 6.8 |
| Toledo, OH | 45780 | $34,090 | $109,845 | $248,953 | 7.3 |
| Topeka, KS | 45820 | $39,001 | $110,313 | $241,309 | 6.2 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 45940 | $36,427 | $116,682 | $285,147 | 7.8 |
| Tucson, AZ | 46060 | $36,276 | $106,806 | $261,644 | 7.2 |
| Tulsa, OK | 46140 | $36,380 | $106,393 | $254,520 | 7.0 |
| Tyler, TX | 46340 | $37,590 | $104,326 | $262,077 | 7.0 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 46520 | $38,302 | $113,824 | $256,847 | 6.7 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 46540 | $31,771 | $111,245 | $253,729 | 8.0 |
| Vallejo, CA | 46700 | $35,765 | $110,490 | $254,029 | 7.1 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 47260 | $37,190 | $113,151 | $248,415 | 6.7 |
| Visalia, CA | 47300 | $34,702 | $102,179 | $250,026 | 7.2 |
| Waco, TX | 47380 | $33,083 | $98,325 | $269,908 | 8.2 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 47900 | $32,236 | $120,736 | $270,424 | 8.4 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 47930 | $32,288 | $120,169 | $239,480 | 7.4 |
| Wausau, WI | 48140 | $42,997 | $104,688 | $280,623 | 6.5 |
| Wichita, KS | 48620 | $37,194 | $109,055 | $263,178 | 7.1 |
| Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 48680 | $38,865 | $117,422 | $276,709 | 7.1 |
| Wilmington, NC | 48900 | $36,327 | $109,254 | $250,228 | 6.9 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 49180 | $35,261 | $105,380 | $245,949 | 7.0 |
| Worcester, MA | 49340 | $37,065 | $114,981 | $251,725 | 6.8 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 49620 | $38,528 | $114,820 | $240,625 | 6.2 |
| Youngstown-Warren, OH | 49660 | $32,364 | $106,359 | $257,035 | 7.9 |
| Yuma, AZ | 49740 | $34,190 | $96,406 | $251,498 | 7.4 |
Note: Households are assigned to income tiers based on their size-adjusted income and local cost of living.
Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the 2024 American Community Survey (IPUMS).
“Americans’ Views of Economic Inequality, Its Causes and Who Should Fix It”
“Americans’ Views of Economic Inequality, Its Causes and Who Should Fix It”
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
