The median income of Riley County residents was $23,025 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 26,490 households with a population of 75,056.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Johnson County with $43,408 per year after adjusting for inflation – $20,383 more than Riley County. It had 228,592 households with a population of 591,506.
The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Elk County with $20,737 per year after adjusting for inflation – $2,288 less than Riley County. It had 1,128 households with a population of 2,523.
Top 100 counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County | $43,408 |
| 2 | Miami County | $36,073 |
| 3 | Jefferson County | $35,862 |
| 4 | Pottawatomie County | $34,454 |
| 5 | Grant County | $33,723 |
| 6 | Gray County | $32,514 |
| 7 | Trego County | $32,477 |
| 8 | Leavenworth County | $32,466 |
| 9 | Butler County | $32,402 |
| 10 | Sheridan County | $32,220 |
| 11 | Stanton County | $32,121 |
| 12 | Clark County | $32,045 |
| 13 | Shawnee County | $31,826 |
| 14 | Wallace County | $31,675 |
| 15 | Meade County | $31,543 |
| 16 | Hodgeman County | $31,348 |
| 17 | Wabaunsee County | $31,168 |
| 18 | Kingman County | $31,157 |
| 19 | McPherson County | $31,091 |
| 20 | Wichita County | $30,813 |
| 21 | Harvey County | $30,756 |
| 22 | Ottawa County | $30,751 |
| 23 | Scott County | $30,737 |
| 24 | Franklin County | $30,681 |
| 25 | Finney County | $30,650 |
| 26 | Geary County | $30,573 |
| 27 | Nemaha County | $30,556 |
| 28 | Greeley County | $30,542 |
| 29 | Morris County | $30,533 |
| 30 | Edwards County | $30,531 |
| 31 | Sedgwick County | $30,468 |
| 32 | Ness County | $30,362 |
| 33 | Jackson County | $30,334 |
| 34 | Lane County | $30,275 |
| 35 | Hamilton County | $29,909 |
| 36 | Marshall County | $29,842 |
| 37 | Coffey County | $29,788 |
| 38 | Thomas County | $29,763 |
| 39 | Sumner County | $29,526 |
| 40 | Saline County | $29,229 |
| 41 | Stevens County | $29,191 |
| 42 | Comanche County | $29,181 |
| 43 | Ford County | $29,089 |
| 44 | Morton County | $28,843 |
| 45 | Haskell County | $28,841 |
| 46 | Gove County | $28,801 |
| 47 | Republic County | $28,486 |
| 48 | Osage County | $28,478 |
| 49 | Washington County | $28,288 |
| 50 | Decatur County | $28,254 |
| 51 | Stafford County | $28,120 |
| 52 | Lincoln County | $28,105 |
| 53 | Clay County | $27,977 |
| 54 | Rawlins County | $27,957 |
| 55 | Kiowa County | $27,866 |
| 56 | Osborne County | $27,770 |
| 57 | Pratt County | $27,764 |
| 58 | Sherman County | $27,415 |
| 59 | Mitchell County | $27,353 |
| 60 | Ellsworth County | $27,225 |
| 61 | Rush County | $27,188 |
| 62 | Seward County | $27,166 |
| 63 | Linn County | $27,113 |
| 64 | Cowley County | $26,974 |
| 65 | Logan County | $26,898 |
| 66 | Wyandotte County | $26,878 |
| 67 | Kearny County | $26,867 |
| 68 | Dickinson County | $26,855 |
| 69 | Cheyenne County | $26,798 |
| 70 | Graham County | $26,768 |
| 71 | Ellis County | $26,676 |
| 72 | Barton County | $26,586 |
| 73 | Reno County | $26,565 |
| 74 | Rice County | $26,515 |
| 75 | Cloud County | $26,492 |
| 76 | Lyon County | $26,439 |
| 77 | Neosho County | $26,323 |
| 78 | Douglas County | $26,292 |
| 79 | Rooks County | $26,245 |
| 80 | Barber County | $26,147 |
| 81 | Harper County | $26,080 |
| 82 | Phillips County | $26,056 |
| 83 | Brown County | $26,031 |
| 84 | Labette County | $25,772 |
| 85 | Allen County | $25,762 |
| 86 | Smith County | $25,739 |
| 87 | Marion County | $25,715 |
| 88 | Anderson County | $25,546 |
| 89 | Wilson County | $25,522 |
| 90 | Greenwood County | $25,421 |
| 91 | Doniphan County | $25,274 |
| 92 | Pawnee County | $24,658 |
| 93 | Montgomery County | $24,542 |
| 94 | Chase County | $24,442 |
| 95 | Cherokee County | $24,412 |
| 96 | Jewell County | $24,077 |
| 97 | Bourbon County | $23,767 |
| 98 | Norton County | $23,436 |
| 99 | Crawford County | $23,064 |
| 100 | Riley County | $23,025 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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