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Counties With the Highest Household Income in Michigan (2026)

Livingston has the highest household income of any county in Michigan, at $103,039, followed by Leelanau and Oakland (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 Michigan

Top 25 of 83 counties with data.

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

Highest counties for household income in Michigan
RankCountyValue
1Livingston$103,039
2Leelanau$99,422
3Oakland$97,760
4Ottawa$90,502
5Washtenaw$89,180
6Clinton$88,210
7Allegan$83,283
8Kent$82,631
9Grand Traverse$81,647
10Eaton$79,597
11Emmet$78,112
12Macomb$77,837
13Midland$77,705
14Barry$77,500
15Monroe$77,335
16Lapeer$77,306
17Charlevoix$76,531
18Ionia$75,611
19Benzie$74,834
20Kalamazoo$72,532
21Antrim$72,054
22St. Clair$71,270
23Lenawee$70,518
24Cass$70,443
25Kalkaska$68,578

How this ranking works

This page ranks Michigan 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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