Communities with the lowest median income

3. Holyoke

2009 median income: $43,578
1999 median income: $46,608
1989 median income: $50,803
1979 median income: $49,888
30-year change: -12.6 percent

Fun Fact: Holyoke can join Springfield as a sports innovator for being the birthplace of volleyball, invented in 1895 by William Morgan.

Pictured: The Volleyball Hall of Fame