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Median Household Income by Race/Ethnicity

Disparities exist in median household income by the race/ethnicity

Household income¹ is a widely accepted measure of financial well-being. There are large disparities across racial and ethnic groups in median household income.

The overall Lincoln median household income in 2021 was $62,566

• The median White household income was $65,103 or 4.1% higher than the Lincoln median.
• The median American Indian and Alaska Native household income was $38,417 or 38.6% lower than the Lincoln median.
• The median Asian household income was $70,780 or 13.1% higher than the Lincoln median.
• The median Black or African American household income was $33,941 or 45.8% lower than the Lincoln median.
• The median Latino/a or Hispanic household income was $50,359 or 19.5% lower than the Lincoln median.
• The median household income for householders reporting as Some Other Race was $40,989 or 35.5% lower than the Lincoln median.
• The median household income for householders reporting as Two or More Races was $36,309 or 42.0% lower than the Lincoln median.

Note

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-year estimates, table S1903.

Footnotes

1. The sum of the income of all people 15 years and older living in the household. A household includes related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit, is also counted as a household. https://www.census.gov/glossary/#term_Employed?term=Household+income