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The highest median household income counties in the United States

Loudoun County, Virginia $181,765

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What this list shows

  • 3,143 of the 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents have a published figure for median household income.
  • Virginia accounts for 20 of the top 100, ahead of California with 11 and Maryland with 10.
  • The top 100 is not made up only of counties. It includes 5 independent cities, 1 census area, and 1 planning region. County-equivalents are ranked alongside counties here, and the type column says which is which.

The top 100

The highest median household income counties in the United States. Sortable on any column.
RankCountyStateTypeMedian household income
1Loudoun CountyVirginiaCounty$181,765
2Santa Clara CountyCaliforniaCounty$164,281
3San Mateo CountyCaliforniaCounty$158,855
4Fairfax CountyVirginiaCounty$153,637
5Howard CountyMarylandCounty$149,763
6Douglas CountyColoradoCounty$149,594
7Marin CountyCaliforniaCounty$149,091
8Los Alamos CountyNew MexicoCounty$147,139
9Nassau CountyNew YorkCounty$146,202
10Forsyth CountyGeorgiaCounty$143,784
11Falls Church cityVirginiaIndependent city$143,262
12Arlington CountyVirginiaCounty$142,114
13Hunterdon CountyNew JerseyCounty$141,715
14San Francisco CountyCaliforniaCounty$140,970
15Somerset CountyNew JerseyCounty$140,374
16Nantucket CountyMassachusettsCounty$139,688
17Summit CountyUtahCounty$138,114
18Stafford CountyVirginiaCounty$137,807
19Morris CountyNew JerseyCounty$137,326
20Williamson CountyTennesseeCounty$135,594
21Aleutians West Census AreaAlaskaCensus Area$135,500
22Calvert CountyMarylandCounty$133,922
23Delaware CountyOhioCounty$133,540
24Elbert CountyColoradoCounty$132,685
25Montgomery CountyMarylandCounty$132,450
26Fairfax cityVirginiaIndependent city$132,348
27Prince William CountyVirginiaCounty$131,402
28Morgan CountyUtahCounty$130,929
29Middlesex CountyMassachusettsCounty$130,847
30Norfolk CountyMassachusettsCounty$130,739
31Suffolk CountyNew YorkCounty$130,686
32Fauquier CountyVirginiaCounty$130,189
33Alameda CountyCaliforniaCounty$129,367
34Western Connecticut Planning RegionConnecticutPlanning Region$128,188
35Rockwall CountyTexasCounty$127,981
36Contra Costa CountyCaliforniaCounty$127,229
37Chester CountyPennsylvaniaCounty$127,208
38Putnam CountyNew YorkCounty$126,257
39Carver CountyMinnesotaCounty$125,946
40Dukes CountyMassachusettsCounty$125,786
41Anne Arundel CountyMarylandCounty$124,911
42Bergen CountyNew JerseyCounty$124,884
43Monmouth CountyNew JerseyCounty$124,845
44King CountyWashingtonCounty$124,746
45Teton CountyWyomingCounty$124,172
46Broomfield CountyColoradoCounty$123,874
47New Kent CountyVirginiaCounty$123,314
48Charles CountyMarylandCounty$122,816
49Oldham CountyKentuckyCounty$122,497
50Frederick CountyMarylandCounty$122,002
51Collin CountyTexasCounty$121,600
52Hamilton CountyIndianaCounty$121,530
53Oconee CountyGeorgiaCounty$121,217
54Poquoson cityVirginiaIndependent city$120,972
55Alexandria cityVirginiaIndependent city$119,681
56St. Mary's CountyMarylandCounty$119,446
57Scott CountyMinnesotaCounty$119,314
58Westchester CountyNew YorkCounty$118,976
59Goochland CountyVirginiaCounty$118,931
60Rockingham CountyNew HampshireCounty$118,331
61Carroll CountyMarylandCounty$118,211
62Wasatch CountyUtahCounty$117,608
63Clarke CountyVirginiaCounty$117,111
64King George CountyVirginiaCounty$116,884
65Orange CountyCaliforniaCounty$116,289
66Sussex CountyNew JerseyCounty$116,186
67Placer CountyCaliforniaCounty$115,998
68Washington CountyMinnesotaCounty$115,345
69Kendall CountyTexasCounty$114,962
70Bucks CountyPennsylvaniaCounty$114,764
71Bristol CountyRhode IslandCounty$114,490
72San Benito CountyCaliforniaCounty$114,394
73Plymouth CountyMassachusettsCounty$114,201
74Fort Bend CountyTexasCounty$114,041
75Montgomery CountyPennsylvaniaCounty$113,915
76Manassas cityVirginiaIndependent city$113,590
77Queen Anne's CountyMarylandCounty$112,826
78Hanover CountyVirginiaCounty$112,805
79Spotsylvania CountyVirginiaCounty$112,738
80Union CountyOhioCounty$112,322
81Harford CountyMarylandCounty$112,265
82DuPage CountyIllinoisCounty$112,096
83Fayette CountyGeorgiaCounty$111,978
84Kendall CountyIllinoisCounty$111,601
85Middlesex CountyNew JerseyCounty$111,549
86Denton CountyTexasCounty$111,498
87Napa CountyCaliforniaCounty$111,471
88Williamson CountyTexasCounty$111,340
89Boone CountyIndianaCounty$111,250
90Snohomish CountyWashingtonCounty$111,246
91Santa Cruz CountyCaliforniaCounty$111,093
92Davis CountyUtahCounty$110,884
93Jefferson CountyColoradoCounty$110,656
94Powhatan CountyVirginiaCounty$110,537
95Lake CountyIllinoisCounty$110,416
96Warren CountyOhioCounty$110,132
97James City CountyVirginiaCounty$109,985
98Will CountyIllinoisCounty$109,984
99Rockland CountyNew YorkCounty$109,959
100York CountyVirginiaCounty$109,956

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

This is the top 100. See the complete table of all 3,144 counties.

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Rebuilt from source data 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.