| Rank | Mean Family Income ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $126,015 | Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools / 77,480 |
| 2. | $99,777 | Wake County Schools / 828,759 |
| 3. | $94,216 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools / 861,189 |
| 4. | $89,074 | Union County Public Schools / 181,852 |
| 5. | $87,402 | Asheville City Schools / 35,538 |
| 6. | $84,139 | Chatham County Schools / 61,444 |
| 7. | $83,768 | Orange County Schools / 47,023 |
| 8. | $83,597 | New Hanover County Schools / 189,463 |
| 9. | $81,638 | Dare County Schools / 33,976 |
| 10. | $81,469 | Cabarrus County Schools / 139,933 |
| 11. | $79,561 | Durham Public Schools / 256,296 |
| 12. | $78,325 | Guilford County Schools / 464,041 |
| 13. | $77,538 | Forsyth County Schools / 346,851 |
| 14. | $75,970 | Camden County Schools / 9,375 |
| 15. | $75,568 | Hickory City Schools / 33,078 |
| 16. | $74,592 | Davie County Schools / 40,297 |
| 17. | $74,454 | Iredell-Statesville Schools / 132,472 |
| 18. | $73,972 | Currituck County Schools / 23,713 |
| 19. | $73,183 | Avery County Schools / 17,903 |
| 20. | $71,781 | Buncombe County Schools / 190,331 |
| 21. | $71,528 | Moore County Schools / 84,280 |
| 22. | $70,694 | Carteret County Schools / 63,369 |
| 23. | $70,609 | Watauga County Schools / 44,636 |
| 24. | $69,188 | Mooresville City Schools / 17,874 |
| 25. | $69,123 | Henderson County Schools / 100,333 |
| 26. | $68,744 | Davidson County Schools / 110,134 |
| 27. | $68,057 | Johnston County Schools / 156,888 |
| 28. | $67,852 | Catawba County Schools / 105,364 |
| 29. | $67,850 | Macon County Schools / 32,607 |
| 30. | $67,848 | Pitt County Schools / 151,931 |
| 31. | $67,617 | Brunswick County Schools / 98,712 |
| 32. | $66,686 | Lincoln County Schools / 72,728 |
| 33. | $65,910 | Pasquotank County Schools / 40,334 |
| 34. | $65,003 | Elkin City Schools / 6,970 |
| 35. | $64,760 | Rowan-Salisbury Schools / 129,367 |
| 36. | $64,757 | Transylvania County Schools / 29,886 |
| 37. | $64,603 | Gaston County Schools / 202,149 |
| 38. | $64,399 | Haywood County Schools / 56,535 |
| 39. | $64,324 | Stanly County Schools / 59,136 |
| 40. | $64,311 | Granville County Schools / 55,670 |
| 41. | $64,187 | Craven County Schools / 96,789 |
| 42. | $63,591 | Alamance-Burlington Schools / 144,769 |
| 43. | $63,558 | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools / 103,982 |
| 44. | $63,533 | Whiteville City Schools / 15,155 |
| 45. | $63,236 | Gates County Schools / 11,555 |
| 46. | $63,105 | Pender County Schools / 49,408 |
| 47. | $63,028 | Roanoke Rapids City Schools / 14,357 |
| 48. | $62,834 | Randolph County Schools / 110,774 |
| 49. | $62,677 | Cumberland County Schools / 281,742 |
| 50. | $62,655 | Lee County Schools / 57,919 |
| 51. | $62,535 | Beaufort County Schools / 45,993 |
| 52. | $61,973 | Jackson County Schools / 33,174 |
| 53. | $61,713 | Newton-Conover City Schools / 16,715 |
| 54. | $61,685 | Person County Schools / 37,301 |
| 55. | $60,729 | Franklin County Schools / 57,201 |
| 56. | $60,356 | Alexander County Schools / 36,278 |
| 57. | $59,920 | Wilson County Schools / 76,765 |
| 58. | $59,854 | Polk County Schools / 19,107 |
| 59. | $59,795 | Swain County Schools / 9,717 |
| 60. | $58,957 | Onslow County Schools / 124,820 |
| 61. | $58,946 | Harnett County Schools / 108,885 |
| 62. | $58,938 | Mount Airy City Schools / 10,248 |
| 63. | $58,822 | Yadkin County Schools / 37,520 |
| 64. | $58,611 | Perquimans County Schools / 12,367 |
| 65. | $58,058 | Clinton City Schools / 16,216 |
| 66. | $57,805 | Wayne County Public Schools / 113,290 |
| 67. | $57,670 | Edenton-Chowan Schools / 14,629 |
| 68. | $57,351 | Caldwell County Schools / 79,382 |
| 69. | $57,175 | Stokes County Schools / 45,916 |
| 70. | $57,027 | Rockingham County Schools / 92,007 |
| 71. | $56,675 | Pamlico County Schools / 12,470 |
| 72. | $56,145 | Kannapolis City Schools / 29,560 |
| 73. | $56,145 | Hyde County Schools / 5,256 |
| 74. | $55,912 | Cleveland County Schools / 98,331 |
| 75. | $55,389 | Surry County Schools / 54,948 |
| 76. | $55,287 | Wilkes County Schools / 66,563 |
| 77. | $55,091 | Greene County Schools / 20,402 |
| 78. | $54,783 | Asheboro City Schools / 28,669 |
| 79. | $54,586 | Warren County Schools / 19,545 |
| 80. | $54,406 | Burke County Schools / 88,987 |
| 81. | $54,378 | Hoke County Schools / 42,410 |
| 82. | $54,304 | Washington County Schools / 12,979 |
| 83. | $54,094 | Clay County Schools / 10,084 |
| 84. | $54,006 | Montgomery County Schools / 27,456 |
| 85. | $53,797 | Rutherford County Schools / 63,153 |
| 86. | $53,759 | Sampson County Schools / 46,780 |
| 87. | $53,564 | Alleghany County Schools / 10,905 |
| 88. | $53,562 | Jones County Schools / 10,028 |
| 89. | $53,509 | Madison County Schools / 20,227 |
| 90. | $53,350 | Duplin County Schools / 52,358 |
| 91. | $53,337 | Cherokee County Schools / 26,203 |
| 92. | $53,127 | Ashe County Schools / 25,467 |
| 93. | $52,984 | McDowell County Schools / 43,587 |
| 94. | $52,810 | Lenoir County Schools / 56,831 |
| 95. | $52,715 | Edgecombe County Schools / 41,418 |
| 96. | $52,489 | Mitchell County Schools / 15,690 |
| 97. | $52,481 | Vance County Schools / 42,987 |
| 98. | $51,380 | Anson County Schools / 25,243 |
| 99. | $51,306 | Columbus County Schools / 38,895 |
| 100. | $51,042 | Caswell County Schools / 23,228 |
| 101. | $50,854 | Bladen County Schools / 32,412 |
| 102. | $50,847 | Bertie County Schools / 19,187 |
| 103. | $50,321 | Richmond County Schools / 45,947 |
| 104. | $49,824 | Scotland County Schools / 36,394 |
| 105. | $49,586 | Martin County Schools / 23,699 |
| 106. | $48,992 | Hertford County Schools / 23,281 |
| 107. | $48,935 | Northampton County Schools / 20,611 |
| 108. | $48,850 | Yancey County Schools / 18,336 |
| 109. | $48,717 | Thomasville City Schools / 23,906 |
| 110. | $48,395 | Weldon City Schools / 7,089 |
| 111. | $48,119 | Graham County Schools / 7,964 |
| 112. | $46,678 | Robeson County Schools / 127,686 |
| 113. | $46,473 | Halifax County Schools / 33,672 |
| 114. | $45,464 | Lexington City Schools / 21,993 |
| 115. | $44,318 | Camp Lejeune Schools / 40,361 |
| 116. | $43,967 | Fort Bragg Schools / 27,574 |
| 117. | $43,299 | Tyrrell County Schools / 4,112 |
| 118. | $38,993 | Eastern Cherokee Reservation / 6,923 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Mean Family Income' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Mean Family Income' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
