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Counties With the Highest Household Income in Alabama (2026)

Shelby has the highest household income of any county in Alabama, at $97,961, followed by Madison and Limestone (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Highest counties for household income in Alabama

Top 25 of 67 counties with data.

Ranked by median household income (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), highest first.

Highest counties for household income in Alabama
RankCountyValue
1Shelby$97,961
2Madison$86,499
3Limestone$83,629
4Baldwin$78,775
5Elmore$78,243
6St. Clair$77,463
7Autauga$72,481
8Morgan$68,845
9Coffee$68,353
10Jefferson$66,388
11Tuscaloosa$66,231
12Lawrence$66,071
13Lee$65,824
14Chilton$65,603
15Blount$64,190
16Cullman$62,656
17Lauderdale$62,649
18Marshall$62,571
19Washington$61,042
20Colbert$60,628
21Henry$59,931
22Montgomery$59,386
23Tallapoosa$59,356
24Mobile$58,880
25Houston$58,626

How this ranking works

This page ranks Alabama counties by median household income, sorted so the highest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For household income, a higher value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the highest. Want to weigh household income against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of median household income.

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