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A median household income refers to the income level earned by a given household where half of the homes in the area earn more and half earn less. It's used instead of the average or mean household income because it can give a more accurate picture of an area's actual economic status.
The mean is the one to use with symmetrically distributed data; otherwise, use the median. If you follow this rule, you will get a more accurate reflection of an 'average' value. This question was at the heart of a UK news story in 2005, where the use of median or mean was at the bottom of substantial national confusion. The following paragraphs tell the story. In early April 2005 there was considerable debate in the UK media about whether 'average' incomes had gone up or down.