# Counties in North Carolina by median household income, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `median_household_income`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: 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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/north-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/median-household-income/north-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wake County | 105,768 |
| 2 | Union County | 102,900 |
| 3 | Chatham County | 94,317 |
| 4 | Currituck County | 93,511 |
| 5 | Camden County | 91,078 |
| 6 | Orange County | 90,089 |
| 7 | Cabarrus County | 89,005 |
| 8 | Dare County | 88,994 |
| 9 | Mecklenburg County | 87,005 |
| 10 | Moore County | 86,080 |
| 11 | Johnston County | 83,384 |
| 12 | Durham County | 82,316 |
| 13 | Iredell County | 81,419 |
| 14 | Pender County | 80,396 |
| 15 | Lincoln County | 80,016 |
| 16 | Brunswick County | 77,024 |
| 17 | New Hanover County | 75,166 |
| 18 | Davie County | 75,057 |
| 19 | Buncombe County | 74,436 |
| 20 | Franklin County | 74,240 |
| 21 | Carteret County | 72,322 |
| 22 | Harnett County | 71,287 |
| 23 | Granville County | 71,111 |
| 24 | Guilford County | 68,642 |
| 25 | Henderson County | 68,187 |
| 26 | Onslow County | 68,148 |
| 27 | Perquimans County | 67,917 |
| 28 | Catawba County | 67,864 |
| 29 | Polk County | 67,758 |
| 30 | Gaston County | 67,478 |
| 31 | Forsyth County | 67,165 |
| 32 | Pasquotank County | 66,589 |
| 33 | Gates County | 66,333 |
| 34 | Transylvania County | 66,184 |
| 35 | Craven County | 65,873 |
| 36 | Rowan County | 65,725 |
| 37 | Alamance County | 65,651 |
| 38 | Lee County | 65,387 |
| 39 | Alexander County | 65,354 |
| 40 | Hoke County | 64,912 |
| 41 | Davidson County | 64,172 |
| 42 | Person County | 63,300 |
| 43 | Stokes County | 62,969 |
| 44 | Yadkin County | 62,932 |
| 45 | Nash County | 62,426 |
| 46 | Haywood County | 61,912 |
| 47 | Avery County | 61,428 |
| 48 | Cumberland County | 61,291 |
| 49 | Randolph County | 61,022 |
| 50 | Stanly County | 60,704 |
| 51 | Caswell County | 59,755 |
| 52 | Wayne County | 59,733 |
| 53 | Pamlico County | 59,717 |
| 54 | Jones County | 59,641 |
| 55 | Macon County | 59,061 |
| 56 | Yancey County | 58,709 |
| 57 | Burke County | 58,592 |
| 58 | Cleveland County | 58,534 |
| 59 | Madison County | 58,531 |
| 60 | Beaufort County | 58,357 |
| 61 | Pitt County | 58,188 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 57,766 |
| 63 | Mitchell County | 57,602 |
| 64 | McDowell County | 57,168 |
| 65 | Rockingham County | 57,053 |
| 66 | Clay County | 56,971 |
| 67 | Ashe County | 56,866 |
| 68 | Caldwell County | 56,425 |
| 69 | Wilson County | 56,423 |
| 70 | Jackson County | 55,815 |
| 71 | Surry County | 55,656 |
| 72 | Duplin County | 55,148 |
| 73 | Chowan County | 53,864 |
| 74 | Hyde County | 53,713 |
| 75 | Cherokee County | 53,628 |
| 76 | Greene County | 53,244 |
| 77 | Sampson County | 52,432 |
| 78 | Swain County | 52,349 |
| 79 | Wilkes County | 51,721 |
| 80 | Watauga County | 51,693 |
| 81 | Rutherford County | 51,410 |
| 82 | Edgecombe County | 51,265 |
| 83 | Warren County | 50,638 |
| 84 | Vance County | 50,465 |
| 85 | Northampton County | 50,086 |
| 86 | Graham County | 49,684 |
| 87 | Columbus County | 49,442 |
| 88 | Bertie County | 48,750 |
| 89 | Martin County | 48,578 |
| 90 | Anson County | 47,302 |
| 91 | Alleghany County | 47,172 |
| 92 | Scotland County | 45,730 |
| 93 | Halifax County | 45,590 |
| 94 | Hertford County | 45,537 |
| 95 | Lenoir County | 45,143 |
| 96 | Richmond County | 44,883 |
| 97 | Bladen County | 42,422 |
| 98 | Robeson County | 41,978 |
| 99 | Washington County | 41,813 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 41,685 |