Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Pennsylvania with household income of less than $40k was 29.92%. Among all Pennsylvania counties, Forest County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (45.07%), followed by Cameron County (44.86%), and Fayette County (40.52%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Chester County (16.04%), Bucks County (17.70%), and Montgomery County (18.18%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Pennsylvania counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Pennsylvania 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 | Forest County | 45.07 |
| 2 | Cameron County | 44.86 |
| 3 | Fayette County | 40.52 |
| 4 | Philadelphia County | 40.46 |
| 5 | Cambria County | 40.34 |
| 6 | Northumberland County | 39.07 |
| 7 | Indiana County | 38.81 |
| 8 | McKean County | 38.79 |
| 9 | Mercer County | 38.56 |
| 10 | Clarion County | 38.55 |
| 11 | Potter County | 38.48 |
| 12 | Clearfield County | 38.05 |
| 13 | Lawrence County | 38.02 |
| 14 | Jefferson County | 37.72 |
| 15 | Sullivan County | 37.57 |
| 16 | Tioga County | 37.36 |
| 17 | Blair County | 37.21 |
| 18 | Bedford County | 36.88 |
| 19 | Erie County | 36.84 |
| 20 | Clinton County | 36.81 |
| 21 | Crawford County | 36.60 |
| 22 | Warren County | 36.38 |
| 23 | Columbia County | 36.23 |
| 24 | Luzerne County | 36.15 |
| 25 | Bradford County | 35.84 |
| 26 | Somerset County | 35.79 |
| 27 | Montour County | 35.65 |
| 28 | Schuylkill County | 35.51 |
| 29 | Greene County | 35.29 |
| 30 | Venango County | 35.24 |
| 31 | Lackawanna County | 35.05 |
| 31 | Mifflin County | 35.05 |
| 32 | Huntingdon County | 34.85 |
| 33 | Carbon County | 34.38 |
| 34 | Armstrong County | 34.15 |
| 35 | Elk County | 34.09 |
| 36 | Fulton County | 33.89 |
| 37 | Lycoming County | 33.31 |
| 38 | Union County | 33.26 |
| 39 | Susquehanna County | 33.06 |
| 40 | Juniata County | 32.92 |
| 41 | Wayne County | 32.89 |
| 42 | Beaver County | 32.52 |
| 43 | Centre County | 32.42 |
| 44 | Westmoreland County | 31.33 |
| 45 | Allegheny County | 30.82 |
| 46 | Snyder County | 30.02 |
| 47 | Wyoming County | 29.62 |
| 48 | Lebanon County | 29.16 |
| 49 | Pike County | 28.58 |
| 50 | Dauphin County | 28.50 |
| 51 | Washington County | 27.99 |
| 52 | Berks County | 27.92 |
| 53 | Lehigh County | 27.83 |
| 54 | Franklin County | 26.33 |
| 55 | Monroe County | 25.83 |
| 56 | Butler County | 25.43 |
| 56 | York County | 25.43 |
| 57 | Delaware County | 25.34 |
| 58 | Perry County | 25.32 |
| 59 | Adams County | 25.05 |
| 60 | Northampton County | 24.59 |
| 61 | Lancaster County | 24.18 |
| 62 | Cumberland County | 23.04 |
| 63 | Montgomery County | 18.18 |
| 64 | Bucks County | 17.70 |
| 65 | Chester County | 16.04 |