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Top 100 High-Educated but Low-Earning Cities (pop. 5000+)

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  1. Stanford, California ($41,106, 94.6%)
  2. State College, Pennsylvania ($21,186, 69.2%)
  3. Durham, New Hampshire ($30,040, 73.3%)
  4. West Lafayette, Indiana ($24,869, 69.7%)
  5. East Lansing, Michigan ($28,217, 70.4%)
  6. Athens, Ohio ($17,122, 63.8%)
  7. Pullman, Washington ($20,652, 65.3%)
  8. Storrs, Connecticut ($26,371, 68.1%)
  9. Amherst Center, Massachusetts ($35,754, 72.3%)
  10. Chapel Hill, North Carolina ($39,140, 73.7%)
  11. North Amherst, Massachusetts ($28,062, 67.5%)
  12. Blacksburg, Virginia ($22,513, 64.2%)
  13. Amherst, Massachusetts ($40,017, 68.7%)
  14. Ithaca, New York ($45,281, 71.2%)
  15. College Station, Texas ($21,180, 58.1%)
  16. Auburn, Alabama ($17,206, 56.0%)
  17. Davis, California ($42,454, 68.6%)
  18. Druid Hills, Georgia ($62,953, 78.8%)
  19. Ann Arbor, Michigan ($46,299, 69.3%)
  20. Hanover, New Hampshire ($62,143, 77.0%)
  21. Clemson, South Carolina ($26,892, 58.2%)
  22. Falcon Heights, Minnesota ($51,382, 70.3%)
  23. Boulder, Colorado ($44,748, 66.9%)
  24. Carrboro, North Carolina ($33,527, 60.9%)
  25. Brookline, Massachusetts ($66,711, 76.9%)
  26. New Paltz, New York ($21,747, 54.3%)
  27. Park Forest Village, Pennsylvania ($47,589, 66.0%)
  28. Alfred, New York ($32,067, 58.2%)
  29. Bloomington, Indiana ($25,377, 54.8%)
  30. Berkeley, California ($44,485, 64.3%)
  31. Cambridge, Massachusetts ($47,979, 65.1%)
  32. Edinboro, Pennsylvania ($26,652, 54.4%)
  33. Oxford, Ohio ($25,164, 53.6%)
  34. North Druid Hills, Georgia ($48,530, 65.1%)
  35. Ames, Iowa ($36,042, 58.6%)
  36. Vinings, Georgia ($58,876, 69.9%)
  37. Moscow, Idaho ($26,884, 53.9%)
  38. Carbondale, Illinois ($15,882, 47.8%)
  39. Urbana, Illinois ($27,819, 53.5%)
  40. Shorewood, Wisconsin ($47,224, 62.9%)
  41. Iowa City, Iowa ($34,977, 55.9%)
  42. Clayton, Missouri ($64,184, 69.7%)
  43. Morgantown, West Virginia ($20,649, 47.8%)
  44. Lake Purdy, Alabama ($54,349, 64.1%)
  45. Albany, California ($54,919, 64.0%)
  46. Boone, North Carolina ($20,541, 46.5%)
  47. South Amherst, Massachusetts ($44,628, 58.2%)
  48. Wilmore, Kentucky ($31,500, 51.6%)
  49. Oxford, Mississippi ($20,526, 46.1%)
  50. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania ($82,653, 77.1%)
  51. Corvallis, Oregon ($35,236, 53.1%)
  52. Okemos, Michigan ($62,810, 66.8%)
  53. Stillwater, Oklahoma ($25,432, 48.0%)
  54. Orono, Maine ($30,262, 50.4%)
  55. Princeton Meadows, New Jersey ($66,415, 68.2%)
  56. Houghton, Michigan ($21,186, 45.5%)
  57. Alamo Heights, Texas ($64,688, 66.9%)
  58. Starkville, Mississippi ($22,590, 45.8%)
  59. Ashland, Oregon ($32,670, 50.6%)
  60. Evanston, Illinois ($56,335, 62.4%)
  61. University Park, Texas ($92,778, 80.5%)
  62. West Point, New York ($56,516, 62.3%)
  63. Aspen, Colorado ($53,750, 60.6%)
  64. Columbia, Missouri ($33,729, 50.5%)
  65. Bozeman, Montana ($32,156, 49.5%)
  66. Vermillion, South Dakota ($24,095, 45.4%)
  67. Laramie, Wyoming ($27,319, 46.7%)
  68. Manhattan, Kansas ($30,463, 48.2%)
  69. Highland Park, New Jersey ($53,250, 59.5%)
  70. North Decatur, Georgia ($50,047, 57.8%)
  71. Coralville, Iowa ($38,080, 51.8%)
  72. Tysons Corner, Virginia ($74,151, 69.8%)
  73. Oak Park, Illinois ($59,183, 62.1%)
  74. Decatur, Georgia ($47,395, 56.0%)
  75. Bexley, Ohio ($70,200, 67.2%)
  76. Athens, Georgia ($24,957, 44.2%)
  77. Homewood, Alabama ($45,431, 54.2%)
  78. Upper Arlington, Ohio ($72,116, 67.5%)
  79. Isla Vista, California ($16,151, 39.5%)
  80. Richmond Heights, Missouri ($50,557, 56.7%)
  81. Brighton, New York ($52,066, 57.4%)
  82. Signal Mountain, Tennessee ($66,900, 64.5%)
  83. Cheney, Washington ($22,593, 42.3%)
  84. Emeryville, California ($45,359, 53.5%)
  85. Potsdam, New York ($21,273, 41.4%)
  86. Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania ($60,783, 61.0%)
  87. Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin ($80,755, 70.9%)
  88. Arcata, California ($22,315, 41.6%)
  89. Lawrence, Kansas ($34,669, 47.7%)
  90. Geneseo, New York ($30,437, 45.5%)
  91. Sandy Springs, Georgia ($60,428, 60.2%)
  92. Prairie Village, Kansas ($58,685, 59.3%)
  93. Brentwood, Missouri ($50,643, 55.1%)
  94. Tallahassee, Florida ($30,571, 45.0%)
  95. Shaker Heights, Ohio ($63,983, 61.7%)
  96. Lincoln, Massachusetts ($79,003, 69.2%)
  97. Bald Mountain, Colorado ($72,869, 66.1%)
  98. Glendale, Missouri ($75,279, 67.3%)
  99. Mansfield, Connecticut ($48,888, 54.1%)
  100. Santa Monica, California ($50,714, 54.8%)

 

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