Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD)
Glasscock County had the highest area median family income (HUD) of 254 counties in 2018, at $103,100. Brooks County had the lowest, at $28,000. The median was $59,650. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.
Map of counties, 2018
- Under 49K
- 49K to 55K
- 55K to 60K
- 60K to 64K
- 64K to 71K
- 71K and over
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasscock County | 103,100 | -4.4% |
| 2 | Midland County | 100,800 | +10% |
| 3 | Kendall County | 93,400 | +2.1% |
| 4 | Brazoria County | 91,100 | +6.4% |
| 5 | Roberts County | 88,000 | +0.8% |
| 6 | Andrews County | 86,300 | +1.2% |
| 7 | Bastrop County | 86,000 | +5.7% |
| 7 | Caldwell County | 86,000 | +5.7% |
| 7 | Hays County | 86,000 | +5.7% |
| 7 | Travis County | 86,000 | +5.7% |
| 7 | Williamson County | 86,000 | +5.7% |
| 12 | Borden County | 84,400 | +2.7% |
| 13 | Martin County | 81,600 | +15.3% |
| 14 | King County | 81,400 | +5.2% |
| 15 | Lipscomb County | 79,700 | +9.6% |
| 16 | Loving County | 78,500 | +11.2% |
| 17 | Collin County | 77,200 | +5.2% |
| 17 | Dallas County | 77,200 | +5.2% |
| 17 | Denton County | 77,200 | +5.2% |
| 17 | Ellis County | 77,200 | +5.2% |
| 17 | Hunt County | 77,200 | +5.2% |
| 17 | Kaufman County | 77,200 | +5.2% |
| 17 | Rockwall County | 77,200 | +5.2% |
| 24 | Ector County | 75,300 | +4% |
| 25 | Johnson County | 75,200 | +5.3% |
| 25 | Parker County | 75,200 | +5.3% |
| 25 | Tarrant County | 75,200 | +5.3% |
| 28 | Chambers County | 74,900 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Fort Bend County | 74,900 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Galveston County | 74,900 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Harris County | 74,900 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Liberty County | 74,900 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Montgomery County | 74,900 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Waller County | 74,900 | +4.8% |
| 35 | Brazos County | 73,900 | +22.4% |
| 35 | Burleson County | 73,900 | +22.4% |
| 35 | Robertson County | 73,900 | +22.4% |
| 38 | Reagan County | 73,200 | +14.2% |
| 39 | Hartley County | 73,000 | -0.5% |
| 40 | Crane County | 72,900 | +6.4% |
| 41 | Austin County | 72,400 | +3.7% |
| 41 | Blanco County | 72,400 | -4.5% |
| 43 | Jackson County | 71,400 | +9.3% |
| 44 | Scurry County | 71,300 | +16.9% |
| 45 | Gillespie County | 71,000 | +4% |
| 46 | Schleicher County | 70,800 | +10.1% |
| 47 | Hood County | 70,200 | +6.5% |
| 47 | Medina County | 70,200 | +6.2% |
| 49 | Hemphill County | 70,000 | +3.7% |
| 50 | Oldham County | 69,900 | -2.1% |
| 51 | Goliad County | 69,600 | +9.1% |
| 51 | Victoria County | 69,600 | +9.1% |
| 51 | Yoakum County | 69,600 | +7.7% |
| 54 | Pecos County | 68,900 | +9.7% |
| 55 | Wise County | 68,700 | +3.6% |
| 56 | DeWitt County | 68,100 | +10.9% |
| 57 | Lee County | 66,900 | +5.5% |
| 58 | Bandera County | 66,800 | +5.2% |
| 58 | Bexar County | 66,800 | +5.2% |
| 58 | Comal County | 66,800 | +5.2% |
| 58 | Guadalupe County | 66,800 | +5.2% |
| 58 | Wilson County | 66,800 | +5.2% |
| 63 | Armstrong County | 66,500 | +1.8% |
| 63 | Carson County | 66,500 | +1.8% |
| 63 | Potter County | 66,500 | +1.8% |
| 63 | Randall County | 66,500 | +1.8% |
| 67 | Calhoun County | 65,700 | +10.8% |
| 68 | Crockett County | 65,500 | +4% |
| 69 | Fayette County | 65,200 | +3.5% |
| 69 | Grayson County | 65,200 | -2.2% |
| 71 | Cooke County | 64,900 | +5.4% |
| 71 | Gaines County | 64,900 | +9.1% |
| 73 | Irion County | 64,800 | +5.5% |
| 73 | Tom Green County | 64,800 | +5.5% |
| 75 | Jeff Davis County | 64,700 | +0.3% |
| 76 | Coke County | 64,600 | +3.7% |
| 76 | Hardin County | 64,600 | +16.6% |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 64,600 | +16.6% |
| 76 | Orange County | 64,600 | +16.6% |
| 80 | Llano County | 64,400 | +1.1% |
| 80 | Nueces County | 64,400 | +2.1% |
| 80 | San Patricio County | 64,400 | +2.1% |
| 80 | Sterling County | 64,400 | +12.6% |
| 80 | Washington County | 64,400 | +3.5% |
| 80 | Winkler County | 64,400 | +8.2% |
| 86 | Mitchell County | 64,000 | +10.9% |
| 86 | Smith County | 64,000 | +10.3% |
| 88 | Callahan County | 63,900 | +13.9% |
| 88 | Jones County | 63,900 | +13.9% |
| 88 | Taylor County | 63,900 | +13.9% |
| 91 | Walker County | 63,700 | -5.6% |
| 92 | Ochiltree County | 63,600 | +1.3% |
| 92 | Panola County | 63,600 | -0.6% |
| 94 | Leon County | 63,400 | +7.6% |
| 95 | Crosby County | 63,200 | +8% |
| 95 | Lubbock County | 63,200 | +8% |
| 95 | Sherman County | 63,200 | +2.8% |
| 98 | Kent County | 63,100 | +6.6% |
| 99 | Howard County | 63,000 | +2.8% |
| 100 | Archer County | 62,900 | +7.2% |
| 100 | Clay County | 62,900 | +7.2% |
| 100 | Hockley County | 62,900 | +1.9% |
| 100 | Ward County | 62,900 | +4.3% |
| 100 | Wichita County | 62,900 | +7.2% |
| 105 | Burnet County | 62,700 | +1.5% |
| 106 | Baylor County | 62,500 | +12.8% |
| 107 | Hutchinson County | 62,100 | +6.5% |
| 108 | Jack County | 62,000 | -1.4% |
| 109 | Lampasas County | 61,600 | +1.5% |
| 110 | Shackelford County | 61,400 | -3.8% |
| 111 | Grimes County | 61,100 | +2.3% |
| 112 | Edwards County | 60,900 | +14% |
| 112 | Karnes County | 60,900 | +1.8% |
| 112 | Rains County | 60,900 | +4.5% |
| 115 | Upton County | 60,800 | -3.2% |
| 116 | McMullen County | 60,500 | +4.5% |
| 117 | Stonewall County | 60,400 | +5.8% |
| 118 | Franklin County | 60,300 | -6.2% |
| 119 | Atascosa County | 60,100 | +4% |
| 120 | Lavaca County | 60,000 | +3.4% |
| 120 | McLennan County | 60,000 | +3.1% |
| 122 | Colorado County | 59,900 | +4.7% |
| 122 | Wheeler County | 59,900 | -7.3% |
| 124 | Childress County | 59,800 | +6% |
| 125 | Bell County | 59,700 | +1.2% |
| 125 | Coryell County | 59,700 | +1.2% |
| 125 | Somervell County | 59,700 | +1.4% |
| 128 | Hamilton County | 59,600 | +8.4% |
| 128 | Henderson County | 59,600 | +19.9% |
| 128 | Young County | 59,600 | +3.7% |
| 131 | Gregg County | 59,400 | -3.3% |
| 131 | Upshur County | 59,400 | -3.3% |
| 133 | Sutton County | 58,700 | +7.9% |
| 134 | Concho County | 58,600 | -2.8% |
| 135 | Freestone County | 58,400 | +6.2% |
| 135 | Kerr County | 58,400 | +2.5% |
| 137 | Gray County | 58,200 | +0.2% |
| 137 | Jasper County | 58,200 | +9.6% |
| 139 | Reeves County | 58,100 | +7.6% |
| 140 | Bosque County | 57,900 | +2.3% |
| 141 | Angelina County | 57,800 | +18.4% |
| 142 | Van Zandt County | 57,700 | +5.5% |
| 143 | Fannin County | 57,500 | +2.5% |
| 144 | Stephens County | 57,400 | +5.1% |
| 145 | Live Oak County | 57,200 | +10.4% |
| 146 | Rusk County | 57,100 | -1.7% |
| 147 | Hansford County | 56,900 | -6.3% |
| 148 | Garza County | 56,800 | -2.7% |
| 148 | Wilbarger County | 56,800 | +10.1% |
| 150 | Fisher County | 56,600 | -5.2% |
| 151 | Terrell County | 56,500 | +4.2% |
| 152 | Harrison County | 56,400 | -14% |
| 153 | Brewster County | 56,300 | +1.8% |
| 153 | Milam County | 56,300 | +5.8% |
| 153 | Throckmorton County | 56,300 | +12.4% |
| 156 | Erath County | 56,200 | +5.4% |
| 156 | Montague County | 56,200 | -2.8% |
| 158 | Hopkins County | 56,100 | +3.3% |
| 158 | Mills County | 56,100 | -1.4% |
| 158 | Tyler County | 56,100 | +10.7% |
| 161 | Jim Wells County | 56,000 | +4.3% |
| 161 | Wharton County | 56,000 | +4.3% |
| 163 | San Jacinto County | 55,900 | -0.9% |
| 164 | Dickens County | 55,700 | +2.2% |
| 164 | Nacogdoches County | 55,700 | +8.4% |
| 166 | Wood County | 55,500 | +6.1% |
| 167 | Delta County | 55,000 | +3.4% |
| 168 | Kenedy County | 54,800 | +10.3% |
| 168 | Kimble County | 54,800 | +5.6% |
| 170 | Moore County | 54,600 | +1.7% |
| 171 | Hill County | 54,500 | +2.3% |
| 172 | Refugio County | 54,300 | +3.4% |
| 173 | Mason County | 54,100 | -11.3% |
| 174 | Aransas County | 54,000 | +4.2% |
| 175 | Briscoe County | 53,900 | +2.7% |
| 176 | Anderson County | 53,700 | -4.1% |
| 176 | Deaf Smith County | 53,700 | +2.5% |
| 178 | Dawson County | 53,600 | +2.5% |
| 178 | Haskell County | 53,600 | -0.2% |
| 180 | Gonzales County | 53,500 | +4.9% |
| 180 | Knox County | 53,500 | +6.2% |
| 182 | Lamar County | 53,400 | +0.9% |
| 182 | Parmer County | 53,400 | +3.1% |
| 184 | Brown County | 53,300 | +8.3% |
| 185 | Donley County | 53,100 | -5.7% |
| 185 | Polk County | 53,100 | +7.5% |
| 187 | Matagorda County | 53,000 | +4.1% |
| 188 | Navarro County | 52,900 | +7.7% |
| 189 | Hardeman County | 52,700 | +2.3% |
| 190 | Runnels County | 52,300 | +8.7% |
| 191 | Bowie County | 52,200 | -0.8% |
| 191 | Foard County | 52,200 | +7.4% |
| 193 | Titus County | 51,800 | +1.4% |
| 194 | El Paso County | 51,700 | +14.1% |
| 194 | Falls County | 51,700 | +6.6% |
| 196 | Val Verde County | 51,600 | -0.6% |
| 197 | Floyd County | 51,200 | -4.3% |
| 198 | Palo Pinto County | 51,100 | -2.9% |
| 199 | Morris County | 51,000 | +3% |
| 199 | Swisher County | 51,000 | -2.5% |
| 201 | Cass County | 50,500 | +4.3% |
| 202 | Newton County | 50,400 | +2.4% |
| 203 | Bailey County | 50,100 | +5.7% |
| 203 | Lamb County | 50,100 | +5.3% |
| 205 | Cherokee County | 50,000 | +2.9% |
| 205 | Marion County | 50,000 | +1% |
| 205 | Nolan County | 50,000 | +3.3% |
| 208 | Hale County | 49,800 | +2.9% |
| 209 | McCulloch County | 49,500 | -5.7% |
| 210 | Uvalde County | 49,400 | +10.8% |
| 211 | Dallam County | 49,200 | +2.9% |
| 211 | Kleberg County | 49,200 | -1.4% |
| 211 | Lynn County | 49,200 | -0.6% |
| 214 | Limestone County | 49,100 | -5.8% |
| 215 | Bee County | 49,000 | +2.7% |
| 216 | Shelby County | 48,700 | +5.9% |
| 217 | Kinney County | 48,600 | +19.7% |
| 217 | Madison County | 48,600 | +0.6% |
| 219 | Collingsworth County | 48,400 | -6% |
| 220 | San Saba County | 48,000 | +4.8% |
| 221 | Dimmit County | 47,400 | 0% |
| 222 | Houston County | 47,200 | -3.1% |
| 223 | Trinity County | 46,700 | -0.8% |
| 224 | Menard County | 46,400 | +2.4% |
| 225 | Real County | 46,300 | +9.5% |
| 226 | Eastland County | 46,200 | +4.8% |
| 227 | Terry County | 46,100 | -0.4% |
| 228 | Cottle County | 45,800 | +12.5% |
| 229 | Cochran County | 45,400 | -1.5% |
| 229 | Comanche County | 45,400 | +0.4% |
| 229 | Jim Hogg County | 45,400 | +9.1% |
| 232 | Camp County | 45,200 | -6.6% |
| 233 | Coleman County | 44,900 | +9.5% |
| 234 | Castro County | 44,700 | -3.2% |
| 234 | Motley County | 44,700 | +0.2% |
| 236 | Webb County | 44,200 | +3.3% |
| 237 | La Salle County | 44,000 | +0.7% |
| 238 | Red River County | 43,900 | +1.9% |
| 239 | Culberson County | 43,700 | +10.1% |
| 239 | Duval County | 43,700 | +6.8% |
| 241 | San Augustine County | 43,200 | -2.9% |
| 242 | Frio County | 42,800 | +5.2% |
| 243 | Presidio County | 41,000 | +7.6% |
| 244 | Hidalgo County | 40,300 | 0% |
| 245 | Sabine County | 40,200 | -0.7% |
| 246 | Maverick County | 39,400 | +7.9% |
| 247 | Cameron County | 38,900 | +2.6% |
| 248 | Zapata County | 38,100 | +8.5% |
| 249 | Zavala County | 36,300 | +0.3% |
| 250 | Hall County | 35,900 | -15.9% |
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About this ranking
Median annual family income, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates for the HUD area that contains the county, for the fiscal year.
More on how it is measured
- HUD bases it on American Community Survey family incomes, brought forward to the fiscal year, and uses it to set income limits for its programs: the very low income limit is 50 percent and the low income limit 80 percent of the area median for a family of four, with adjustments.
- Often called AMI.
A program parameter, not a survey estimate for the county itself: it differs from the Census Bureau median household income and from the American Community Survey median family income of the county. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il18/Section8-FY18.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2018). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il18/Section8-FY18.xlsx
MLA 9
HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2018. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 27 Mar. 2018, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il18/Section8-FY18.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2018. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il18/Section8-FY18.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2018.
Harvard
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2018) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il18/Section8-FY18.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{department_counties_in_texas_by_2018,
author = {{U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research}},
title = {{HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars: Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2018}},
year = {2018},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il18/Section8-FY18.xlsx},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il18/Section8-FY18.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Questions
Which county has the highest area median family income (HUD)?
Glasscock County, with $103,100 in 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.
Which county has the lowest area median family income (HUD)?
Brooks County, with $28,000 in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.