The information contained in this report was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program. The estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, the changes since the prior year and the adjustments for inflation are from calculations by the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties. For more information, contact the CIP at (512) 478-8753.





Bar chart showing median household income by county.
  1. Median houshold income data for this county is available from the U.S. Census Bureau's SAIPE Interactive Tool.
  2. There was a change in the U.S. Census Bureau's methodolgy from 2004 to 2005. This makes comparability across those years problematic. Therefore, data shown on this webpage begins with 2006.
  3. Median is the midpoint of a sorted dataset. Therefore, approximately half the households have income less than the median household income and approximately half the households have income greater than the median household income. This is approximate since one or more households may have income exactly equat to the median household income.
  4. Nominal amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
  5. Real amounts are adjusted for inflation.
  6. In the table, the 90% confidence interval lower and upper bounds are for the nominal estimated median household income. Bounds are not provided for the real estimated median household income.
Data for the Howard County Median Household Income Chart
YearMedian Household Income (Nominal)Change (Nominal)Median Household Income (Real)Change (Real)
2006$35,812N/A$35,812N/A
2007$37,2854.1%$36,2521.2%
2008$38,6613.7%$36,200-0.1%
2009$36,929-4.5%$34,702-4.1%
2010$39,0225.7%$36,0774.0%
2011$41,1255.4%$36,8582.2%
2012$42,2562.8%$37,1040.7%
2013$46,63610.4%$40,3598.8%
2014$47,2991.4%$40,279-0.2%
2015$47,148-0.3%$40,103-0.4%
2016$51,86310.0%$43,5648.6%
2017$46,899-9.6%$38,572-11.5%
2018$50,4237.5%$40,4825.0%
2019$61,11221.2%$48,19019.0%
2020$58,445-4.4%$45,526-5.5%
2021$55,842-4.5%$41,546-8.7%
2022$59,5986.7%$41,055-1.2%
2023$63,3986.4%$41,9462.2%