Counties in Illinois by median household income

DuPage County had the highest median household income of 102 counties in 2023, at $110,502. Pulaski County had the lowest, at $43,227. The median was $65,189 and the figure for Illinois was $81,702. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest110,502DuPage County
Lowest43,227Pulaski County
Median65,189102 counties
Illinois81,702History

Top 40 counties, 2023

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DuPage CountyDuPage County: 110,502 USD110,502Kendall CountyKendall County: 110,474 USD110,474Lake CountyLake County: 108,917 USD108,917Will CountyWill County: 107,799 USD107,799McHenry CountyMcHenry County: 102,836 USD102,836Monroe CountyMonroe County: 101,635 USD101,635Kane CountyKane County: 100,678 USD100,678Grundy CountyGrundy County: 93,060 USD93,060Calhoun CountyCalhoun County: 92,095 USD92,095Piatt CountyPiatt County: 87,516 USD87,516Woodford CountyWoodford County: 85,629 USD85,629Clinton CountyClinton County: 82,314 USD82,314Cook CountyCook County: 81,797 USD81,797Boone CountyBoone County: 81,638 USD81,638Menard CountyMenard County: 81,334 USD81,334Ogle CountyOgle County: 79,244 USD79,244Jersey CountyJersey County: 79,104 USD79,104McLean CountyMcLean County: 78,329 USD78,329Putnam CountyPutnam County: 77,526 USD77,526Tazewell CountyTazewell County: 76,704 USD76,704Washington CountyWashington County: 75,652 USD75,652Effingham CountyEffingham County: 75,380 USD75,380Jo Daviess CountyJo Daviess County: 74,954 USD74,954Madison CountyMadison County: 74,800 USD74,800Douglas CountyDouglas County: 74,186 USD74,186Sangamon CountySangamon County: 74,114 USD74,114Scott CountyScott County: 73,013 USD73,013Brown CountyBrown County: 72,288 USD72,288LaSalle CountyLaSalle County: 72,281 USD72,281Mercer CountyMercer County: 71,710 USD71,710Moultrie CountyMoultrie County: 71,676 USD71,676Jasper CountyJasper County: 71,094 USD71,094Livingston CountyLivingston County: 70,796 USD70,796Clark CountyClark County: 70,625 USD70,625St. Clair CountySt. Clair County: 70,178 USD70,178Henry CountyHenry County: 69,912 USD69,912Cumberland CountyCumberland County: 69,826 USD69,826Marshall CountyMarshall County: 69,818 USD69,818DeKalb CountyDeKalb County: 69,022 USD69,022Randolph CountyRandolph County: 68,870 USD68,870
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
USD
Change on 2022
1DuPage County110,502+3.2%
2Kendall County110,474+3.9%
3Lake County108,917+4.2%
4Will County107,799+4%
5McHenry County102,836+2.7%
6Monroe County101,635+0.9%
7Kane County100,678+4.4%
8Grundy County93,060+3.4%
9Calhoun County92,095+4.6%
10Piatt County87,516+7.8%
11Woodford County85,629+6.9%
12Clinton County82,314+5.5%
13Cook County81,797+4.5%
14Boone County81,638+1.4%
15Menard County81,334-4.1%
16Ogle County79,244+4.6%
17Jersey County79,104+1.9%
18McLean County78,329+3.9%
19Putnam County77,526+2.4%
20Tazewell County76,704+2.8%
21Washington County75,652+0.7%
22Effingham County75,380+3%
23Jo Daviess County74,954+10.7%
24Madison County74,800+4.2%
25Douglas County74,186+10.4%
26Sangamon County74,114+3.4%
27Scott County73,013+3.6%
28Brown County72,288+11.6%
29LaSalle County72,281+6.4%
30Mercer County71,710+7%
31Moultrie County71,676-1.6%
32Jasper County71,094+5.4%
33Livingston County70,796+3.8%
34Clark County70,625+7.2%
35St. Clair County70,178+1.8%
36Henry County69,912+5.4%
37Cumberland County69,826-2%
38Marshall County69,818+7.5%
39DeKalb County69,022+0.6%
40Randolph County68,870+7.8%
41Macoupin County68,518+5.9%
42Lee County68,459+6%
43Shelby County68,457+4.4%
44Kankakee County68,325+4.3%
45Crawford County67,614+5.4%
46Rock Island County66,768+3.6%
47Schuyler County66,059+3.6%
48Bureau County65,894+2.7%
49Henderson County65,651+1.1%
50Williamson County65,521+8.6%
51Johnson County65,203+3%
52Morgan County65,175+6.5%
53Hancock County65,044+6.6%
54Adams County64,962+1.9%
55Peoria County64,938+2.4%
56Cass County64,907+0.1%
57De Witt County64,802+4.8%
58Warren County64,650+3.1%
59Whiteside County64,536+2.7%
60Winnebago County64,363+4.3%
61Logan County64,188+2.6%
62Champaign County63,091+3.3%
63Massac County62,584+9.1%
64Pope County62,500+8.5%
65Macon County62,449+4.7%
66Iroquois County62,439-0.7%
67Stark County62,284+7.2%
68Mason County62,127+6.2%
69Stephenson County61,943+7.7%
70Montgomery County61,863+0.1%
71Bond County61,603+5.1%
72Hamilton County61,520+1.6%
73Jefferson County61,102+4.7%
74Greene County60,976+3.5%
75Carroll County60,871-1.1%
76Marion County60,839+2.9%
77Ford County60,782+3.1%
78Richland County60,404-2%
79Edwards County59,386-2.3%
80Perry County59,286+5.2%
81Christian County59,253+4.1%
82Fulton County58,617+2.4%
83Pike County58,029+4.5%
84Clay County57,266-1.3%
85Hardin County57,155+7.8%
86Fayette County57,113+9.9%
87Edgar County56,909+0.4%
88Union County56,420+4.3%
89Coles County56,040+4.3%
90Saline County54,945+6.3%
91Gallatin County54,626+5.3%
92Vermilion County54,537+3.3%
93Wabash County53,650-0.8%
94Franklin County53,471+4.8%
95Lawrence County53,438-4.3%
96Knox County53,291+6%
97Wayne County53,107-0.8%
98White County53,097-2.8%
99McDonough County50,434+3.1%
100Jackson County45,572+1.6%
101Alexander County43,523+7.8%
102Pulaski County43,227+5.3%

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About this ranking

Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).

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. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest median household income?

DuPage County, with $110,502 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median household income?

Pulaski County, with $43,227 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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