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Median household income, Black householders in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania ranks 34th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Pennsylvania, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Pennsylvania$49,610
plus or minus $782
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Pennsylvania: $77,971 (plus or minus $342). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Somerset County $186,098, plus or minus $616. Ranked 1st of 30 counties. What is Somerset County doing that works? Furthest to go: Indiana County, $16,563. See Somerset County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Pennsylvania

30 ranked of 67
Margin of error
1 Somerset County $186,098 plus or minus $616 $61,446
2 Monroe County $87,712 plus or minus $13,350 $83,565
3 Franklin County $78,333 plus or minus $8,014 $77,003
4 Potter County $76,146 plus or minus $12,551 $59,020
5 Montgomery County $75,353 plus or minus $4,134 $113,915
6 Northampton County $75,346 plus or minus $8,404 $89,184
7 Berks County $68,666 plus or minus $7,958 $79,777
8 Fulton County $68,527 plus or minus $4,111 $65,836
9 Chester County $64,515 plus or minus $5,935 $127,208
10 Bucks County $63,804 plus or minus $6,433 $114,764
11 Lancaster County $61,031 plus or minus $9,842 $86,959
12 Lehigh County $59,298 plus or minus $4,164 $80,079
13 York County $56,988 plus or minus $4,114 $84,829
14 Wayne County $56,333 plus or minus $6,759 $62,381
15 Delaware County $54,940 plus or minus $2,154 $89,546
16 Cumberland County $54,560 plus or minus $10,651 $87,494
17 Dauphin County $50,688 plus or minus $6,609 $76,242
18 Blair County $47,266 plus or minus $7,435 $62,382
19 Philadelphia County $46,835 plus or minus $1,378 $61,953
20 Allegheny County $41,225 plus or minus $1,093 $78,548
21 Lackawanna County $38,750 plus or minus $6,638 $66,223
22 Luzerne County $37,349 plus or minus $3,761 $63,691
23 Erie County $37,337 plus or minus $5,489 $63,354
24 Beaver County $36,843 plus or minus $4,857 $71,089
25 Westmoreland County $36,125 plus or minus $2,713 $74,109
26 Cambria County $35,821 plus or minus $6,773 $58,418
27 Lawrence County $35,469 plus or minus $6,331 $61,931
28 Mercer County $30,600 plus or minus $7,146 $59,976
29 Bedford County $24,006 plus or minus $5,494 $59,992
30 Indiana County $16,563 plus or minus $2,200 $60,208
Not ranked Adams County $59,455 Wide margin of error plus or minus $17,335 $84,092
Not ranked Armstrong County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,008
Not ranked Bradford County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,675
Not ranked Butler County $32,367 Wide margin of error plus or minus $24,718 $89,843
Not ranked Cameron County Not published: too few people in the survey $50,573
Not ranked Carbon County $71,063 Wide margin of error plus or minus $25,593 $67,554
Not ranked Centre County $40,220 Wide margin of error plus or minus $16,448 $74,291
Not ranked Clarion County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,649
Not ranked Clearfield County $21,538 Wide margin of error plus or minus $6,866 $62,152
Not ranked Clinton County $66,167 Wide margin of error plus or minus $24,172 $60,816
Not ranked Columbia County $60,795 Wide margin of error plus or minus $41,199 $64,644
Not ranked Crawford County $28,294 Wide margin of error plus or minus $20,739 $60,476
Not ranked Elk County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,380
Not ranked Fayette County $33,245 Wide margin of error plus or minus $10,762 $58,236
Not ranked Forest County Not published: too few people in the survey $52,191
Not ranked Greene County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,041
Not ranked Huntingdon County $159,352 Wide margin of error plus or minus $54,505 $65,557
Not ranked Jefferson County $35,789 Wide margin of error plus or minus $32,510 $58,686
Not ranked Juniata County $43,594 Wide margin of error plus or minus $29,452 $66,318
Not ranked Lebanon County $57,168 Wide margin of error plus or minus $16,731 $78,425
Not ranked Lycoming County $30,360 Wide margin of error plus or minus $14,207 $63,917
Not ranked McKean County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,905
Not ranked Mifflin County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,953
Not ranked Montour County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,976
Not ranked Northumberland County $46,603 Wide margin of error plus or minus $21,231 $60,583
Not ranked Perry County Not published: too few people in the survey $79,444
Not ranked Pike County $83,147 Wide margin of error plus or minus $31,350 $81,323
Not ranked Schuylkill County $30,491 Wide margin of error plus or minus $13,474 $68,313
Not ranked Snyder County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,876
Not ranked Sullivan County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,764
Not ranked Susquehanna County $61,875 Wide margin of error plus or minus $46,952 $68,487
Not ranked Tioga County $28,375 Wide margin of error plus or minus $17,632 $64,899
Not ranked Union County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,404
Not ranked Venango County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,522
Not ranked Warren County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,480
Not ranked Washington County $37,733 Wide margin of error plus or minus $10,595 $78,958
Not ranked Wyoming County Not published: too few people in the survey $72,460

Ranked: the 30 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.