Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of $40K - $49K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in North Carolina with household income of $40k - $49k was 8.51%. Among all North Carolina counties, Gates County had the highest percentage of households with household income of $40k - $49k (13.84%), followed by Hertford County (13.07%), and Chowan County (12.78%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of $40k - $49k: Tyrrell County (3.82%), Jones County (6.11%), and Currituck County (6.15%).
The chart below shows the top 10 North Carolina counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gates County | 13.84 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 13.07 |
| 3 | Chowan County | 12.78 |
| 4 | Polk County | 11.96 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 11.80 |
| 6 | Clay County | 11.53 |
| 7 | Cherokee County | 11.50 |
| 8 | Yancey County | 11.37 |
| 9 | Greene County | 11.36 |
| 10 | Lee County | 11.21 |
| 11 | Rutherford County | 11.14 |
| 12 | Alexander County | 11.12 |
| 13 | Cleveland County | 10.85 |
| 14 | Graham County | 10.79 |
| 15 | Nash County | 10.66 |
| 16 | Duplin County | 10.62 |
| 17 | Ashe County | 10.51 |
| 18 | Avery County | 10.49 |
| 19 | Northampton County | 10.34 |
| 20 | Randolph County | 10.32 |
| 21 | Caldwell County | 10.15 |
| 22 | Lenoir County | 10.06 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 10.06 |
| 23 | Burke County | 10.04 |
| 24 | Scotland County | 9.99 |
| 25 | Vance County | 9.90 |
| 26 | Jackson County | 9.88 |
| 26 | Swain County | 9.88 |
| 27 | Sampson County | 9.85 |
| 28 | Rockingham County | 9.82 |
| 29 | Hyde County | 9.80 |
| 30 | Edgecombe County | 9.67 |
| 31 | McDowell County | 9.65 |
| 31 | Onslow County | 9.65 |
| 32 | Wilson County | 9.56 |
| 33 | Martin County | 9.41 |
| 34 | Alamance County | 9.35 |
| 35 | Anson County | 9.31 |
| 36 | Cumberland County | 9.27 |
| 36 | Henderson County | 9.27 |
| 37 | Wilkes County | 9.26 |
| 38 | Guilford County | 9.19 |
| 39 | Buncombe County | 9.16 |
| 40 | Carteret County | 9.13 |
| 41 | Forsyth County | 9.02 |
| 42 | Bladen County | 9.00 |
| 43 | Granville County | 8.97 |
| 44 | Yadkin County | 8.96 |
| 45 | Alleghany County | 8.91 |
| 46 | Pitt County | 8.89 |
| 47 | Transylvania County | 8.86 |
| 48 | Dare County | 8.81 |
| 48 | Stokes County | 8.81 |
| 49 | Mitchell County | 8.76 |
| 49 | Rowan County | 8.76 |
| 49 | Warren County | 8.76 |
| 50 | Gaston County | 8.70 |
| 51 | Iredell County | 8.68 |
| 52 | Harnett County | 8.62 |
| 53 | Catawba County | 8.60 |
| 53 | New Hanover County | 8.60 |
| 54 | Pasquotank County | 8.57 |
| 55 | Perquimans County | 8.56 |
| 56 | Davidson County | 8.43 |
| 57 | Brunswick County | 8.29 |
| 58 | Camden County | 8.28 |
| 59 | Stanly County | 8.21 |
| 60 | Robeson County | 8.20 |
| 61 | Macon County | 8.16 |
| 62 | Surry County | 8.13 |
| 63 | Pamlico County | 8.09 |
| 64 | Caswell County | 8.05 |
| 65 | Mecklenburg County | 8.04 |
| 66 | Franklin County | 8.00 |
| 67 | Hoke County | 7.95 |
| 68 | Madison County | 7.92 |
| 69 | Davie County | 7.91 |
| 70 | Washington County | 7.88 |
| 71 | Durham County | 7.85 |
| 72 | Craven County | 7.82 |
| 73 | Johnston County | 7.77 |
| 74 | Watauga County | 7.63 |
| 75 | Pender County | 7.58 |
| 76 | Halifax County | 7.52 |
| 77 | Bertie County | 7.47 |
| 78 | Columbus County | 7.40 |
| 78 | Person County | 7.40 |
| 79 | Cabarrus County | 7.30 |
| 79 | Lincoln County | 7.30 |
| 80 | Union County | 7.13 |
| 81 | Moore County | 7.00 |
| 82 | Haywood County | 6.88 |
| 83 | Chatham County | 6.85 |
| 84 | Beaufort County | 6.73 |
| 84 | Wake County | 6.73 |
| 85 | Richmond County | 6.58 |
| 86 | Orange County | 6.39 |
| 87 | Currituck County | 6.15 |
| 88 | Jones County | 6.11 |
| 89 | Tyrrell County | 3.82 |