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Household Income Inequality Trends, Most Populous City in 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 2014-16
Household Income Inequality Trends, Most Populous City in 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 2014-16
Source: Brookings analysis of 2014 and 2016 American Community Survey data
* denotes change is statistically significant at 90% confidence interval
The cities of Greenville, S.C., Harrisburg, Pa., and North Port, Fla. are not included because their populations were too small to b
reas, 2014-16
Household Income, 2016 (2016$) Household Income, 2014 (2016$) Change, 2014-16
20th 95th 20th 95th 20th 95th
percentile percentile Ratio percentile percentile Ratio percentile percentile Ratio
Akron, OH 21,522 185,176 8.6 21,569 179,894 8.3 -47 5,282 0.3
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 26,984 217,349 8.1 27,193 194,139 7.1 -209 23,210 * 0.9 *
Albuquerque, NM 20,620 188,571 9.1 19,269 181,132 9.4 1,351 7,439 -0.3
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 27,703 207,136 7.5 26,147 199,736 7.6 1,556 7,400 -0.2
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 26,684 234,699 8.8 24,744 216,758 8.8 1,940 * 17,941 * 0.0
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 20,003 161,541 8.1 19,077 159,866 8.4 926 1,675 -0.3
Austin-Round Rock, TX 31,235 269,832 8.6 26,991 228,510 8.5 4,244 * 41,322 * 0.2
Bakersfield, CA 20,910 177,738 8.5 20,470 174,956 8.5 440 2,782 0.0
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 30,228 257,237 8.5 29,616 238,039 8.0 611 19,198 * 0.5 *
Baton Rouge, LA 21,193 201,783 9.5 20,529 184,338 9.0 664 17,445 * 0.5
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 21,010 190,607 9.1 19,289 175,981 9.1 1,721 * 14,626 * -0.1
Boise City, ID 24,162 179,149 7.4 23,335 190,398 8.2 827 -11,249 -0.7
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 30,328 302,276 10.0 28,268 297,706 10.5 2,061 * 4,570 -0.6 *
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 34,258 485,657 14.2 31,765 566,684 17.8 2,493 * -81,027 -3.7
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 21,136 184,777 8.7 20,720 169,653 8.2 416 15,124 * 0.6 *
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 24,360 193,214 7.9 22,106 177,310 8.0 2,254 * 15,904 -0.1
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 24,018 210,376 8.8 22,712 198,152 8.7 1,306 12,224 0.0
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 26,125 217,811 8.3 23,055 206,698 9.0 3,070 * 11,113 * -0.6 *
Chattanooga, TN-GA 20,474 182,214 8.9 19,391 162,423 8.4 1,083 19,791 * 0.5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 25,921 245,949 9.5 25,145 230,879 9.2 776 * 15,070 * 0.3 *
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 24,523 211,187 8.6 22,310 199,916 9.0 2,213 * 11,271 * -0.3
Cleveland-Elyria, OH 21,064 197,454 9.4 19,845 184,022 9.3 1,219 * 13,432 * 0.1
Colorado Springs, CO 28,154 201,009 7.1 26,099 195,954 7.5 2,055 * 5,055 -0.4
Columbia, SC 22,249 180,630 8.1 21,674 166,766 7.7 575 13,864 * 0.4
Columbus, OH 25,638 209,864 8.2 23,725 202,067 8.5 1,913 * 7,797 -0.3
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 28,601 234,781 8.2 25,748 225,553 8.8 2,853 * 9,228 * -0.6 *
Dayton, OH 20,684 176,600 8.5 19,257 168,990 8.8 1,427 * 7,610 -0.2
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 20,699 153,916 7.4 19,988 144,834 7.2 711 9,082 0.2
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 32,243 264,996 8.2 29,935 234,545 7.8 2,308 * 30,451 * 0.4
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 29,734 213,480 7.2 28,524 207,605 7.3 1,210 5,875 -0.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 22,298 209,570 9.4 21,424 195,293 9.1 874 * 14,277 * 0.3
El Paso, TX 17,110 147,402 8.6 17,213 151,647 8.8 -103 -4,245 -0.2
Fresno, CA 18,524 187,121 10.1 18,067 173,952 9.6 457 13,169 * 0.5
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 26,728 183,957 6.9 24,820 174,759 7.0 1,908 * 9,198 * -0.2
Greensboro-High Point, NC 19,529 172,896 8.9 19,475 162,126 8.3 54 10,770 * 0.5
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 21,775 181,405 8.3 19,643 164,316 8.4 2,132 * 17,089 * 0.0
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 28,410 197,249 6.9 25,995 184,797 7.1 2,415 * 12,452 -0.2
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 29,321 256,078 8.7 27,312 244,984 9.0 2,009 * 11,094 -0.2
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 25,190 257,237 10.2 25,100 244,033 9.7 90 13,204 * 0.5 *
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 24,438 201,356 8.2 22,754 186,300 8.2 1,684 * 15,056 * 0.1
Jackson, MS 21,272 185,411 8.7 18,647 175,822 9.4 2,625 * 9,589 -0.7
Jacksonville, FL 25,825 201,106 7.8 23,067 186,847 8.1 2,758 * 14,259 * -0.3
Kansas City, MO-KS 27,415 210,160 7.7 24,624 199,657 8.1 2,791 * 10,503 * -0.4 *
Knoxville, TN 21,163 175,423 8.3 18,651 171,026 9.2 2,512 * 4,397 -0.9 *
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 20,959 151,930 7.2 19,544 140,813 7.2 1,415 * 11,117 * 0.0
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 24,088 181,804 7.5 23,369 168,739 7.2 719 13,065 * 0.3
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 21,503 180,737 8.4 21,838 164,154 7.5 -335 16,583 * 0.9 *
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 25,190 271,041 10.8 24,071 247,135 10.3 1,119 * 23,906 * 0.5 *
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 24,455 193,520 7.9 21,134 184,482 8.7 3,321 * 9,038 -0.8 *
Madison, WI 30,524 216,362 7.1 27,330 200,965 7.4 3,194 * 15,397 * -0.3
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 14,656 145,646 9.9 12,936 138,455 10.7 1,720 * 7,191 -0.8
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 19,192 182,423 9.5 18,603 180,244 9.7 589 2,179 -0.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 21,198 221,668 10.5 20,048 205,255 10.2 1,150 * 16,413 * 0.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 22,637 212,346 9.4 21,894 196,180 9.0 743 16,166 * 0.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 31,969 241,306 7.5 30,558 236,308 7.7 1,411 * 4,998 -0.2
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 27,172 211,360 7.8 23,679 197,223 8.3 3,493 * 14,137 * -0.6
New Haven-Milford, CT 26,169 228,440 8.7 22,965 224,720 9.8 3,204 * 3,720 -1.1 *
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 18,644 197,190 10.6 18,424 199,372 10.8 220 -2,182 -0.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 25,391 304,292 12.0 24,182 286,256 11.8 1,209 * 18,036 * 0.1
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 25,150 211,076 8.4 22,891 196,457 8.6 2,259 * 14,619 -0.2
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 35,545 184,908 5.2 31,856 177,409 5.6 3,689 * 7,499 -0.4
Oklahoma City, OK 23,150 196,579 8.5 23,240 191,389 8.2 -90 5,190 0.3
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 27,789 204,550 7.4 26,321 181,680 6.9 1,468 22,870 * 0.5
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 23,845 190,932 8.0 21,804 183,379 8.4 2,041 * 7,553 -0.4
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 32,747 265,197 8.1 32,766 273,681 8.4 -19 -8,484 -0.3
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 22,052 192,061 8.7 21,235 174,080 8.2 817 17,981 * 0.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 25,571 246,971 9.7 24,596 233,491 9.5 975 * 13,480 * 0.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 25,676 210,270 8.2 23,216 197,367 8.5 2,460 * 12,903 * -0.3
Pittsburgh, PA 22,973 199,782 8.7 21,412 190,074 8.9 1,561 * 9,708 * -0.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 30,297 231,306 7.6 26,111 204,973 7.8 4,186 * 26,333 * -0.2
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 22,981 211,785 9.2 21,535 207,287 9.6 1,446 * 4,498 -0.4
Provo-Orem, UT 31,575 204,456 6.5 30,918 183,307 5.9 657 21,149 * 0.5 *
Raleigh, NC 31,873 245,992 7.7 27,241 222,250 8.2 4,632 * 23,742 * -0.4
Richmond, VA 27,601 218,142 7.9 26,912 210,866 7.8 689 7,276 0.1
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 24,267 195,269 8.0 22,606 186,068 8.2 1,661 * 9,201 * -0.2
Rochester, NY 23,364 185,457 7.9 22,419 174,023 7.8 945 11,434 * 0.2
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 26,571 231,152 8.7 24,176 213,941 8.8 2,395 * 17,211 * -0.1
St. Louis, MO-IL 25,987 210,095 8.1 23,939 197,010 8.2 2,048 * 13,085 * -0.1
Salt Lake City, UT 32,545 212,946 6.5 29,499 209,627 7.1 3,046 * 3,319 -0.6 *
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 24,408 201,882 8.3 22,239 190,806 8.6 2,169 * 11,076 * -0.3
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 30,228 253,005 8.4 27,585 239,519 8.7 2,643 * 13,487 * -0.3
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 36,273 397,594 11.0 32,199 358,362 11.1 4,074 * 39,233 * -0.2
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 40,807 428,729 10.5 39,081 368,043 9.4 1,726 60,685 * 1.1 *
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 19,559 168,199 8.6 18,990 155,786 8.2 569 12,413 * 0.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 34,258 272,049 7.9 30,969 240,532 7.8 3,289 * 31,516 * 0.2
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 23,357 181,918 7.8 21,024 164,094 7.8 2,333 * 17,824 * 0.0
Springfield, MA 21,830 188,808 8.6 19,440 187,457 9.6 2,390 * 1,351 -1.0
Stockton-Lodi, CA 24,433 205,311 8.4 21,008 188,982 9.0 3,425 * 16,329 * -0.6
Syracuse, NY 22,199 183,561 8.3 21,868 179,918 8.2 331 3,643 0.0
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 22,002 189,853 8.6 20,841 177,412 8.5 1,161 * 12,441 * 0.1
Toledo, OH 19,136 176,437 9.2 18,330 167,985 9.2 806 8,452 0.1
Tucson, AZ 19,876 176,729 8.9 19,776 172,231 8.7 100 4,498 0.2
Tulsa, OK 21,913 186,759 8.5 22,237 176,323 7.9 -324 10,436 * 0.6 *
Urban Honolulu, HI 36,273 281,923 7.8 34,108 217,624 6.4 2,165 64,300 * 1.4 *
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 27,382 201,524 7.4 25,869 186,908 7.2 1,513 * 14,616 * 0.1
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 40,304 320,211 7.9 40,641 311,814 7.7 -338 8,397 * 0.3 *
Wichita, KS 23,312 177,733 7.6 22,921 174,803 7.6 391 2,930 0.0
Winston-Salem, NC 20,582 172,255 8.4 19,388 153,912 7.9 1,194 18,343 * 0.4
Worcester, MA-CT 26,959 233,716 8.7 25,806 216,293 8.4 1,153 17,423 * 0.3
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 19,374 148,234 7.7 18,301 141,130 7.7 1,073 7,104 -0.1
Source: Brookings analysis of 2014 and 2016 American Community Survey data
* denotes change is statistically significant at 90% confidence interval