# Counties in North Carolina by median household income (US single-year estimate), 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `median_household_income_saipe`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Household income at the middle of the distribution for one year, in US dollars of that year. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): median household income, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): median household income, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income-single-year-us/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Union County | 107,681 |
| 2 | Wake County | 107,083 |
| 3 | Chatham County | 100,222 |
| 4 | Currituck County | 94,709 |
| 5 | Mecklenburg County | 90,698 |
| 6 | Camden County | 89,509 |
| 7 | Johnston County | 88,688 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 87,867 |
| 9 | Dare County | 87,321 |
| 10 | Moore County | 85,211 |
| 11 | Iredell County | 85,180 |
| 12 | Durham County | 84,375 |
| 13 | Orange County | 83,872 |
| 14 | Lincoln County | 83,859 |
| 15 | Brunswick County | 81,361 |
| 16 | Pender County | 79,480 |
| 17 | Buncombe County | 78,993 |
| 18 | Davie County | 77,417 |
| 19 | New Hanover County | 77,098 |
| 20 | Carteret County | 76,739 |
| 21 | Polk County | 74,525 |
| 22 | Harnett County | 72,961 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 72,820 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 72,026 |
| 25 | Lee County | 71,876 |
| 26 | Onslow County | 71,800 |
| 27 | Transylvania County | 71,679 |
| 28 | Perquimans County | 71,446 |
| 29 | Catawba County | 70,879 |
| 30 | Granville County | 70,353 |
| 31 | Gaston County | 70,318 |
| 32 | Guilford County | 70,304 |
| 33 | Gates County | 68,522 |
| 34 | Hoke County | 68,243 |
| 35 | Forsyth County | 67,638 |
| 36 | Stokes County | 67,343 |
| 37 | Alamance County | 66,652 |
| 38 | Nash County | 66,531 |
| 39 | Alexander County | 66,198 |
| 40 | Yadkin County | 66,012 |
| 41 | Craven County | 65,661 |
| 42 | Davidson County | 65,644 |
| 43 | Rowan County | 65,555 |
| 44 | Haywood County | 65,113 |
| 45 | Stanly County | 64,791 |
| 46 | Clay County | 64,569 |
| 47 | Pasquotank County | 64,384 |
| 48 | Randolph County | 63,374 |
| 49 | Pamlico County | 63,059 |
| 50 | Wilson County | 62,252 |
| 51 | Yancey County | 62,198 |
| 52 | Jackson County | 62,044 |
| 53 | Madison County | 61,754 |
| 54 | Cleveland County | 61,392 |
| 55 | Burke County | 61,006 |
| 56 | Cumberland County | 60,831 |
| 57 | Person County | 60,520 |
| 58 | Caswell County | 60,453 |
| 59 | Caldwell County | 59,968 |
| 60 | Wayne County | 59,786 |
| 61 | Pitt County | 59,430 |
| 62 | Macon County | 58,888 |
| 63 | Watauga County | 58,832 |
| 64 | Beaufort County | 58,625 |
| 65 | Mitchell County | 58,182 |
| 66 | Avery County | 58,017 |
| 67 | Chowan County | 57,780 |
| 68 | Ashe County | 57,567 |
| 69 | Montgomery County | 57,356 |
| 70 | Anson County | 57,324 |
| 71 | Greene County | 57,307 |
| 72 | Rutherford County | 57,208 |
| 73 | McDowell County | 57,124 |
| 74 | Duplin County | 56,729 |
| 75 | Jones County | 56,456 |
| 76 | Rockingham County | 56,141 |
| 77 | Wilkes County | 56,053 |
| 78 | Sampson County | 55,628 |
| 79 | Cherokee County | 55,351 |
| 80 | Scotland County | 55,335 |
| 81 | Warren County | 55,287 |
| 82 | Surry County | 55,191 |
| 83 | Graham County | 55,006 |
| 84 | Vance County | 54,441 |
| 85 | Hyde County | 53,386 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 53,354 |
| 87 | Swain County | 53,257 |
| 88 | Martin County | 52,295 |
| 89 | Lenoir County | 52,084 |
| 90 | Northampton County | 51,986 |
| 91 | Washington County | 51,253 |
| 92 | Columbus County | 50,741 |
| 93 | Richmond County | 50,515 |
| 94 | Tyrrell County | 49,846 |
| 95 | Bladen County | 49,547 |
| 96 | Edgecombe County | 49,283 |
| 97 | Hertford County | 48,051 |
| 98 | Bertie County | 47,587 |
| 99 | Halifax County | 47,318 |
| 100 | Robeson County | 46,927 |