US Metro Areas with the Highest Median Household Income, 2007 (2011, median income)

[18Montclair]

This is the very latest data from the American Factfinder, Community Survey, 2007

MSAs by median household income, 2007($50,000+)
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $80,638
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $78,978
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $76,671
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $72,107
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $70,463
Napa, CA $66,645
Manchester-Nashua, NH $66,382
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY $65,367
Trenton-Ewing, NJ $65,305
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH $64,144
Honolulu, HI $63,372
Anchorage, AK $62,513
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $62,223
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $62,193
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $61,753
Boulder, CO $61,748
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $61,533
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $60,821
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, CA $60,663
Baltimore-Towson, MD $61,010
Rochester, MN $60,189
Norwich-New London, CT $59,719
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA $59,591
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA $59,281
Worcester, MA $58,984
Fairbanks, AK $58,833
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI $57,008
Barnstable Town, MA $56,974
Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville, CA $56,953
New Haven-Milford, CT $56,840
Ann Arbor, MI $56,817
Holland-Grand Haven, MI $56,576
Madison, WI $56,544
Raleigh-Cary, NC $56,150
Naples-Marco Island, FL $55,888
Ogden-Clearfield, UT $55,839
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $55,593
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA $55,552
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $55,516
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA $55,257
Concord, NH $55,072
Salinas, CA $55,045
Denver-Aurora, CO $54,994
Monroe, MI $54,444
Ft Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL $54,422
Burlington-South Burlington, VT $53,988
Ft Collins-Loveland, CO $53,745
Salt Lake City, UT $53,587
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV $53,536
Colorado Springs, CO $53,486
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA $53,477
Richmond, VA $53,416
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $53,384
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA $53,243
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $53,202
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $52,976
Olympia, WA $52,935
Austin-Round Rock, TX $52,882
Kingston, NY $52,725
Greeley, CO $52,543
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA $52,480
Kansas City, MO-KS $52,359
Reno-Sparks, NV $52,297
Atlantic City, NJ $52,230
Key West-Marathon, FL $52,069
Lancaster, PA $52,064
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI $52,004
Dallas-Ft Worth-Arlington, TX $52,001
Stockton, CA $51,951
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $51,862
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA $51,797
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $51,627
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $51,464
Hagertown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $51,423
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $51,339
Sioux Falls, SD $51,327
Appleton, WI $51,189
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME $51,114
Bloomington-Normal, IL $51,035
Cheyenne, WY $50,907
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN $50,841
Racine, WI $50,758
Charlottesville, VA $50,672
Bend, OR $50,637
Redding, PA $50,039
Provo-Orem, UT $50,583
Kanakee-Bradley, IL $50,507
Wausau, WI $50,443
Santa Fe, NM $50,437
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC $50,367
Huntsville, AL $50,331
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN $50,306
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $50,270
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX $50,250
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $50,209
Ocean City, NJ $50,024

[ScranBarre]

Would you mind posting the link to 2007 ACS information, as the latest I've been able to find online has been from the 2006 ACS? I'm curious to see just how horribly my own MSA fared in terms of median household income, population estimate, etc. Thanks!

[Duderino]

Interesting, because this data is significantly off from the data I found on the this FannieMae website based on 2007 HUD data. A lot of the MSA median household incomes from ACS appear much more understated compared to what HUD finds.

https://www.efanniemae.com/sf/refmaterials/hudmedinc/

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by ScrantonWilkesBarre

Would you mind posting the link to 2007 ACS information, as the latest I've been able to find online has been from the 2006 ACS? I'm curious to see just how horribly my own MSA fared in terms of median household income, population estimate, etc. Thanks!

yikes...your right...its 2006. This is the latest released in 2007 for data collected in 2006. Thanks for making me look it up.

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

yikes...your right...its 2006. This is the latest released in 2007 for data collected in 2006. Thanks for making me look it up.

Oh darn! I've already seen these stats then! GRRR!!! I was excited thinking the newest data was just released! LOL!

[skatealoneskatetogether]

the bay area will probably have the highest again.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by skatealoneskatetogether

the bay area will probably have the highest again.

San Jose is number 1-part of the Bay Area.

[Monumental1]

The bay area is pretty much the perennial figure.

[tahiti]

i'd like to see stats showing a median income -vs- cost of living comparison - in other words, most bang for the buck. it ain't gonna be San Jose, that's for sure. what good is a median salary of 80K when the average housing price is 800k?

[StuyTownRefugee]

These are all much more extensive MSA's that dilute data more than the immediate metro areas of the places. If one extends the area to include parts of NY area for instance it will bring it lower than without including far extremes.