Bloomberg: America's 100 Richest Places (living, state, people, Chicago)

[PerseusVeil]

It's based on average household income in 2015. Here's the top 20:

CITY, STATE (COUNTY) - INCOME

1. Atherton, California (San Mateo) - $444,374
2. Cherry Hills Village, Colorado (Arapahoe) - $403,532
3. Scarsdale, New York (Westchester) - $371,194
4. Hillsborough, California (San Mateo) - $368, 949
5. Short Hills, New Jersey (Essex) - $346,819
6. Old Greenwich, Connecticut (Fairfield) - $341,401
7. Los Altos Hills, California (Santa Clara) $333,780
8. Bronxville, New York (Westchester) - $317,063
9. Darien, Connecticut (Fairfield) - $313,277
10. Winnetka, Illinois (Cook) - $311,902
11. Great Falls, Virginia (Fairfax) - $311,296
12. Glencoe, Illinois (Cook) - $308,625
13. Indian Hill, Ohio (Hamilton) - $305,630
14. Highland Park, Texas (Dallas) - 303,332
15. Piedmont, California (Alameda) - $298,519
16. West University Place, Texas (Harris) - $292,902
17. Greenville, New York (Westchester) - $278,501
18. Kentfield, California (Marin) - $278,189)
19. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey (Bergen) - $276,982
20. Ladue, Missouri (St. Louis) - $274,583

The other 80 can be found here, in addition to the change in income since 2014:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2...ichest-places/

[18Montclair]

Piedmont at 15th? Who knew?

[IrishIllini]

Originally Posted by PerseusVeil

It's based on average household income in 2015. Here's the top 20:

CITY, STATE (COUNTY) - INCOME

1. Atherton, California (San Mateo) - $444,374
2. Cherry Hills Village, Colorado (Arapahoe) - $403,532
3. Scarsdale, New York (Westchester) - $371,194
4. Hillsborough, California (San Mateo) - $368, 949
5. Short Hills, New Jersey (Essex) - $346,819
6. Old Greenwich, Connecticut (Fairfield) - $341,401
7. Los Altos Hills, California (Santa Clara) $333,780
8. Bronxville, New York (Westchester) - $317,063
9. Darien, Connecticut (Fairfield) - $313,277
10. Winnetka, Illinois (Cook) - $311,902
11. Great Falls, Virginia (Fairfax) - $311,296
12. Glencoe, Illinois (Cook) - $308,625
13. Indian Hill, Ohio (Hamilton) - $305,630
14. Highland Park, Texas (Dallas) - 303,332
15. Piedmont, California (Alameda) - $298,519
16. West University Place, Texas (Harris) - $292,902
17. Greenville, New York (Westchester) - $278,501
18. Kentfield, California (Marin) - $278,189)
19. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey (Bergen) - $276,982
20. Ladue, Missouri (St. Louis) - $274,583

The other 80 can be found here, in addition to the change in income since 2014:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2...ichest-places/

11 Chicago suburbs in the top 100 is impressive.

[fluffydelusions]

Knew Greenwich, CT would be somewhere near the top

[Justabystander]

Originally Posted by IrishIllini

11 Chicago suburbs in the top 100 is impressive.

I agree, and it is more impressive how far up the list that many Chicago suburbs are found. Hinsdale, IL home of city data, made it to 39th wealthiest. What is more interesting to me is how far down super expensive towns like Beverly Hills, Malibu, San Marino and Harrison NY are. You wonder how the typical guy in Beverly Hills can afford a house there, unless there are a lot of renters around town who drag down the average.

[bolehboleh]

I almost feel a sense of pride in my home state of Massachusetts that I only saw two towns on this list (unless I missed a couple). Overall it's a pretty wealthy state, but it seems that the wealth is more evenly distributed throughout the commonwealth.

[Justabystander]

Originally Posted by bolehboleh

I almost feel a sense of pride in my home state of Massachusetts that I only saw two towns on this list (unless I missed a couple). Overall it's a pretty wealthy state, but it seems that the wealth is more evenly distributed throughout the commonwealth.

Yea, I only saw Lexington and Wellesly. So how can the people in Newton, Brookline, Weston, Cohassett, Lincoln, Needham etc. afford to live in those places? I wouldn't be too proud if I were you if you reason that those places can't supply high enough incomes that correlate with the high real estate prices. I also saw that Newport Beach and all other Orange County towns except Coto de Caza did not make the list as well, even though real estate has gotten expensive there. Those places also sound like the bubble could burst without big incomes that can support the price of living there.

[grega94]

It's odd how WA is home to two of the richest people on the planet (Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos), yet not a single city from WA makes it in the top 100.

[Koji7]

No worries if you're feeling slighted probably a new list from another writer with all different places out soon!

[That_One_Guy]

I really had no idea Scarsdale was that rich...