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Counties With the Highest Household Income in Missouri (2026)

St. Charles has the highest household income of any county in Missouri, at $104,692, followed by Platte and Lincoln (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 Missouri

Top 25 of 115 counties with data.

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

Highest counties for household income in Missouri
RankCountyValue
1St. Charles$104,692
2Platte$96,227
3Lincoln$89,278
4Clay$88,468
5Cass$87,535
6Christian$83,437
7St. Louis$82,936
8Jefferson$82,851
9Warren$81,209
10Lafayette$80,612
11Osage$76,681
12Andrew$75,625
13Cole$74,876
14Ray$74,573
15Callaway$74,176
16Franklin$73,165
17Boone$72,758
18Chariton$71,520
19Webster$71,155
20Clinton$70,627
21Cooper$70,625
22DeKalb$69,826
23Scotland$68,913
24Jackson$68,577
25Cape Girardeau$68,464

How this ranking works

This page ranks Missouri 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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