Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD)
Kendall County had the highest area median family income (HUD) of 254 counties in 2025, at $144,700. Dimmit County had the lowest, at $38,100. The median was $83,800. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.
Map of counties, 2025
- Under 70K
- 70K to 77K
- 77K to 84K
- 84K to 90K
- 90K to 100K
- 100K and over
Top 40 counties, 2025
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2025 | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kendall County | 144,700 | +9.3% |
| 2 | Bastrop County | 133,800 | +6.2% |
| 2 | Caldwell County | 133,800 | +6.2% |
| 2 | Hays County | 133,800 | +6.2% |
| 2 | Travis County | 133,800 | +6.2% |
| 2 | Williamson County | 133,800 | +6.2% |
| 7 | Glasscock County | 133,000 | +13.3% |
| 8 | Hemphill County | 122,700 | +7.3% |
| 9 | Brazoria County | 120,100 | +13% |
| 10 | Midland County | 118,000 | +28.5% |
| 11 | Collin County | 117,300 | +6.3% |
| 11 | Dallas County | 117,300 | +6.3% |
| 11 | Denton County | 117,300 | +6.3% |
| 11 | Ellis County | 117,300 | +6.3% |
| 11 | Hunt County | 117,300 | +6.3% |
| 11 | Kaufman County | 117,300 | +6.3% |
| 11 | Rockwall County | 117,300 | +6.3% |
| 18 | Hood County | 114,000 | +29.1% |
| 19 | Winkler County | 111,200 | +18.2% |
| 20 | Wise County | 110,600 | +12.1% |
| 21 | Johnson County | 106,700 | +4.7% |
| 21 | Parker County | 106,700 | +4.7% |
| 21 | Tarrant County | 106,700 | +4.7% |
| 24 | Blanco County | 105,500 | +4.2% |
| 25 | Mitchell County | 104,700 | +10.8% |
| 26 | Somervell County | 104,600 | +2.2% |
| 27 | Mason County | 103,100 | 0% |
| 28 | Austin County | 103,000 | +11.4% |
| 29 | Hansford County | 102,400 | +8.9% |
| 30 | Lampasas County | 102,300 | +8.8% |
| 31 | Fayette County | 102,100 | +8.2% |
| 32 | Chambers County | 101,100 | +6.9% |
| 32 | Fort Bend County | 101,100 | +6.9% |
| 32 | Galveston County | 101,100 | +6.9% |
| 32 | Gillespie County | 101,100 | +2.1% |
| 32 | Harris County | 101,100 | +6.9% |
| 32 | Liberty County | 101,100 | +6.9% |
| 32 | Montgomery County | 101,100 | +6.9% |
| 32 | Waller County | 101,100 | +6.9% |
| 40 | Burnet County | 100,400 | +8.5% |
| 41 | Washington County | 100,100 | +9.4% |
| 42 | Gaines County | 99,900 | +10.5% |
| 42 | Kimble County | 99,900 | +13.5% |
| 44 | Armstrong County | 99,500 | +13.5% |
| 44 | Carson County | 99,500 | +13.5% |
| 44 | Potter County | 99,500 | +13.5% |
| 44 | Randall County | 99,500 | +13.5% |
| 48 | Kent County | 99,400 | +5.7% |
| 49 | Cooke County | 98,500 | +9% |
| 49 | Hartley County | 98,500 | -12.3% |
| 51 | Yoakum County | 98,400 | +7.3% |
| 52 | Bandera County | 98,300 | +11.1% |
| 52 | Bexar County | 98,300 | +11.1% |
| 52 | Comal County | 98,300 | +11.1% |
| 52 | Grayson County | 98,300 | +6.7% |
| 52 | Guadalupe County | 98,300 | +11.1% |
| 52 | Wilson County | 98,300 | +11.1% |
| 58 | Colorado County | 97,600 | +25% |
| 59 | Andrews County | 97,300 | -2.3% |
| 60 | Medina County | 97,200 | +3% |
| 61 | Hutchinson County | 97,100 | +13% |
| 62 | Sterling County | 96,400 | +37.3% |
| 63 | Martin County | 96,300 | +5.2% |
| 64 | Shackelford County | 96,100 | +21.3% |
| 65 | Schleicher County | 95,000 | +12.2% |
| 66 | Stonewall County | 94,600 | +9.9% |
| 67 | Harrison County | 94,100 | +6% |
| 68 | Lavaca County | 93,700 | +9.1% |
| 69 | Howard County | 93,100 | +9.4% |
| 70 | Smith County | 93,000 | +6.5% |
| 70 | Young County | 93,000 | -0.5% |
| 72 | Erath County | 92,200 | +5.4% |
| 73 | Lipscomb County | 91,800 | +12.6% |
| 74 | Delta County | 91,700 | +4.4% |
| 75 | Calhoun County | 91,600 | +6.1% |
| 75 | Kerr County | 91,600 | +5.9% |
| 77 | Bailey County | 90,900 | +7.1% |
| 78 | Ector County | 90,700 | +10.6% |
| 79 | Fannin County | 90,400 | +4.8% |
| 80 | Archer County | 89,900 | +10.4% |
| 80 | Clay County | 89,900 | +10.4% |
| 80 | Wichita County | 89,900 | +10.4% |
| 83 | Crane County | 89,700 | +1.6% |
| 83 | Oldham County | 89,700 | +11.8% |
| 83 | Panola County | 89,700 | +4.1% |
| 83 | Rusk County | 89,700 | +13.1% |
| 87 | McLennan County | 89,600 | +6.9% |
| 88 | Garza County | 89,300 | +0.6% |
| 88 | Ochiltree County | 89,300 | +9% |
| 90 | Bell County | 88,900 | +18.1% |
| 90 | Coryell County | 88,900 | +18.1% |
| 90 | Dallam County | 88,900 | -4.9% |
| 93 | Bosque County | 88,600 | +8.3% |
| 93 | Comanche County | 88,600 | +2.9% |
| 93 | Scurry County | 88,600 | +9.5% |
| 96 | Brazos County | 88,500 | -5.2% |
| 96 | Burleson County | 88,500 | -5.2% |
| 96 | Robertson County | 88,500 | -5.2% |
| 99 | Grimes County | 88,300 | +4.3% |
| 99 | Van Zandt County | 88,300 | +10.4% |
| 101 | Llano County | 87,800 | +5.9% |
| 102 | Freestone County | 87,600 | +3.1% |
| 102 | Reagan County | 87,600 | +10.2% |
| 102 | Sherman County | 87,600 | +12% |
| 105 | Menard County | 87,500 | +8.2% |
| 105 | Wharton County | 87,500 | +15% |
| 107 | Callahan County | 87,300 | +2% |
| 107 | Jones County | 87,300 | +2% |
| 107 | Taylor County | 87,300 | +2% |
| 110 | Parmer County | 87,200 | +3.9% |
| 111 | Henderson County | 87,100 | +6% |
| 112 | Atascosa County | 86,900 | +5.5% |
| 113 | Goliad County | 86,800 | -1.7% |
| 113 | Victoria County | 86,800 | -1.7% |
| 115 | Wood County | 86,600 | +7.4% |
| 116 | Montague County | 85,500 | +0.9% |
| 117 | Hopkins County | 85,300 | +2.5% |
| 118 | Gregg County | 85,200 | +9.4% |
| 118 | Upshur County | 85,200 | +9.4% |
| 120 | Hill County | 84,800 | +8.7% |
| 121 | Donley County | 84,400 | +8.3% |
| 121 | Hardin County | 84,400 | +5.9% |
| 121 | Jefferson County | 84,400 | +5.9% |
| 121 | Mills County | 84,400 | +2.1% |
| 121 | Orange County | 84,400 | +5.9% |
| 126 | Madison County | 84,000 | +5.8% |
| 126 | Pecos County | 84,000 | +21.2% |
| 128 | Hamilton County | 83,600 | +2.6% |
| 128 | Rains County | 83,600 | -2.1% |
| 130 | Upton County | 82,800 | +1.7% |
| 131 | Nueces County | 82,700 | +9.8% |
| 131 | San Patricio County | 82,700 | +9.8% |
| 133 | Milam County | 82,600 | +8% |
| 134 | Franklin County | 82,300 | +5.6% |
| 135 | Fisher County | 81,900 | +19.6% |
| 136 | Irion County | 81,800 | +4.9% |
| 136 | Palo Pinto County | 81,800 | +0.5% |
| 136 | Tom Green County | 81,800 | +4.9% |
| 139 | Lee County | 81,700 | +6.9% |
| 140 | Lynn County | 81,500 | +10.9% |
| 140 | Roberts County | 81,500 | +9.4% |
| 142 | Leon County | 81,400 | +10% |
| 142 | McCulloch County | 81,400 | +15.5% |
| 142 | Wilbarger County | 81,400 | +20.6% |
| 145 | Navarro County | 81,200 | +7.5% |
| 146 | Lamar County | 81,100 | +7.3% |
| 147 | Jack County | 81,000 | +5.9% |
| 148 | Bee County | 80,800 | +14.3% |
| 149 | Jackson County | 80,600 | -2.2% |
| 150 | Crosby County | 80,000 | -6.7% |
| 150 | Lubbock County | 80,000 | -6.7% |
| 152 | Nacogdoches County | 79,800 | +11.5% |
| 153 | Brewster County | 79,700 | +5.6% |
| 153 | Motley County | 79,700 | +7.3% |
| 153 | Ward County | 79,700 | +3.9% |
| 156 | San Jacinto County | 79,500 | +2.6% |
| 157 | Crockett County | 79,400 | +25% |
| 157 | Houston County | 79,400 | +17.3% |
| 157 | Jeff Davis County | 79,400 | +5.9% |
| 157 | King County | 79,400 | +5.9% |
| 157 | Loving County | 79,400 | +5.9% |
| 157 | Presidio County | 79,400 | +99.5% |
| 163 | Borden County | 79,300 | -26% |
| 164 | Aransas County | 79,100 | +3.7% |
| 165 | McMullen County | 78,700 | -0.4% |
| 166 | Wheeler County | 78,300 | +12.3% |
| 167 | Concho County | 78,200 | -3% |
| 168 | Karnes County | 77,700 | +1% |
| 169 | Throckmorton County | 77,600 | +8.2% |
| 170 | Angelina County | 77,300 | +3.1% |
| 171 | Lamb County | 77,200 | +4.5% |
| 172 | Gonzales County | 77,100 | +4% |
| 173 | Kinney County | 77,000 | +5.8% |
| 174 | Anderson County | 76,900 | +7.3% |
| 174 | Coke County | 76,900 | +4.1% |
| 174 | DeWitt County | 76,900 | +4.1% |
| 174 | Haskell County | 76,900 | +10% |
| 174 | Tyler County | 76,900 | +17.4% |
| 179 | Live Oak County | 76,800 | +5.8% |
| 180 | Brown County | 76,700 | +7.1% |
| 180 | Titus County | 76,700 | +6.1% |
| 182 | Matagorda County | 76,600 | +3.5% |
| 183 | Falls County | 76,500 | +12.2% |
| 183 | Walker County | 76,500 | +0.5% |
| 185 | Runnels County | 76,300 | +9.5% |
| 186 | Trinity County | 76,000 | +8.1% |
| 187 | Kleberg County | 75,500 | +13.5% |
| 188 | Hardeman County | 75,000 | -1.1% |
| 188 | Val Verde County | 75,000 | +5.9% |
| 190 | Sabine County | 74,500 | +12% |
| 191 | Stephens County | 74,400 | +13.2% |
| 192 | Baylor County | 73,900 | +0.7% |
| 193 | Eastland County | 73,800 | -1.9% |
| 194 | Dickens County | 73,700 | +7.7% |
| 195 | Polk County | 73,500 | +4% |
| 196 | Dawson County | 73,400 | +9.7% |
| 197 | Childress County | 73,300 | +15.4% |
| 198 | Hockley County | 72,900 | +3.8% |
| 199 | El Paso County | 72,800 | +15.2% |
| 200 | Refugio County | 72,700 | +16.5% |
| 200 | Sutton County | 72,700 | +1.5% |
| 202 | Gray County | 72,500 | +7.2% |
| 203 | Limestone County | 72,000 | +6.4% |
| 204 | Moore County | 71,800 | +2.7% |
| 205 | Bowie County | 71,500 | +2.7% |
| 206 | Cherokee County | 71,400 | +5.5% |
| 207 | Cass County | 71,200 | +4.9% |
| 207 | Terrell County | 71,200 | -0.6% |
| 209 | Cottle County | 70,900 | +21.8% |
| 210 | San Saba County | 70,300 | +2.8% |
| 210 | Webb County | 70,300 | +3.8% |
| 212 | Castro County | 70,000 | +7.9% |
| 212 | Uvalde County | 70,000 | +7.9% |
| 214 | Camp County | 69,700 | +2.8% |
| 215 | Frio County | 69,600 | +0.1% |
| 215 | Jasper County | 69,600 | +1.6% |
| 217 | Coleman County | 69,500 | +9.6% |
| 218 | Collingsworth County | 69,300 | +7.4% |
| 218 | Real County | 69,300 | +1.9% |
| 220 | Morris County | 69,100 | +11.1% |
| 221 | Duval County | 68,200 | 0% |
| 222 | Knox County | 67,600 | +8.5% |
| 223 | Hale County | 67,100 | +6% |
| 224 | Floyd County | 66,700 | +8.6% |
| 225 | Cameron County | 66,500 | +10.1% |
| 226 | Maverick County | 66,300 | +6.4% |
| 227 | Jim Wells County | 65,800 | +5.4% |
| 228 | Newton County | 65,600 | +11.8% |
| 229 | Marion County | 65,400 | -0.2% |
| 230 | Swisher County | 65,100 | +13.8% |
| 231 | La Salle County | 64,600 | +1.6% |
| 232 | Nolan County | 64,300 | +2.2% |
| 233 | Hidalgo County | 63,300 | +10.5% |
| 234 | Red River County | 63,200 | +1% |
| 235 | Shelby County | 62,700 | -0.9% |
| 236 | Terry County | 61,400 | +6.8% |
| 237 | Deaf Smith County | 60,900 | +5.5% |
| 238 | Briscoe County | 60,000 | +7.3% |
| 239 | Reeves County | 59,800 | -8.4% |
| 240 | Hall County | 58,300 | +7% |
| 241 | Cochran County | 58,200 | +3.4% |
| 241 | Willacy County | 58,200 | +9.6% |
| 243 | Hudspeth County | 56,700 | +12.9% |
| 244 | Culberson County | 55,800 | +18.7% |
| 245 | San Augustine County | 54,000 | +2.7% |
| 246 | Foard County | 53,400 | -0.6% |
| 247 | Edwards County | 53,100 | +6.6% |
| 248 | Jim Hogg County | 52,000 | +5.9% |
| 249 | Kenedy County | 51,600 | +5.5% |
| 250 | Starr County | 50,900 | +18.6% |
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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/il25/Section8-FY25.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2025). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il25/Section8-FY25.xlsx
MLA 9
HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2025. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 28 Mar. 2025, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il25/Section8-FY25.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2025. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2025. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il25/Section8-FY25.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2025.
Harvard
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2025) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Texas by area median family income (HUD), 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il25/Section8-FY25.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2025 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{department_counties_in_texas_by_2025,
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), 2025}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/texas-counties?period=2025. 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/il25/Section8-FY25.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which county has the highest area median family income (HUD)?
Kendall County, with $144,700 in 2025, 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)?
Dimmit County, with $38,100 in 2025.
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.