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Median Household Income is what the media and demographers usually refers to when measuring average wealth. Here are MSAs with a median household income of $55,000 or greater in 2014.
Median Household Income by Metropolitan Statistical Area($55,000+), 2014
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $96,481
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV $91,193
California-Lexington Park, MD $86,417
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $85,925
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $83,222
Midland, TX $77,574
Anchorage, AK $75,682
Boston-Cambridge-Newtown, MA-NH $75,667
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $75,449
Trenton, NJ $74,961
Honolulu, HI $74,634
Napa, CA $74,123
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $71,501
Boulder, CO $71,540
Manchester-Nashua, NH $71,422
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $71,273
Fairbanks, AK $69,820
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $69,111
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $68,532
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $67,999
Santa Rosa, CA $67,771
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $67,066
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI $66,987
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $66,870
Rochester, MN $66,214
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $66,192
Norwich-New London, CT $61,146
Barnstable Town, MA $65,384
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $65,368
Worcester, MA-CT $64,556
Ogden-Clearfield, UT $64,301
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $63,833
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $63,474
Bismark, ND $63,356
East Stroudsburg, PA $63,118
Ann Arbor, MI $62,845
Salt Lake City, UT $62,642
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $62,446
Raleigh, NC $62,313
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $62,265
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $62,171
Greeley, CO $62,083
Burlington-South Burlington,VT $61,947
Cedar Rapids, IA $61,865
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA $61,794
Gettysburg, PA $61,543
Richmond, VA $60,936
Madison, WI $60,903
Provo-Orem, UT $60,890
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $60,514
New Haven-Milford, CT $60,391
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA $60,320
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $60,248
Appleton, WI $60,106
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $60,072
Sacramento-Roseville-Arden Arcade, CA $60,015
Iowa City, IA $59,791
Portland-South Portland, ME $59,573
Colorado Springs, CO $59,411
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $58,871
Sioux Falls, SD $58,849
Odessa, TX $58,701
York-Hanover, PA $58,587
Kankakee, IL $58,378
Charlottesville, VA $58,189
Kingston, NY $58,093
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $58,026
Kennewick-Richland, WA $58,020
Salinas, CA $57,864
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $57,742
Bloomington, IL $57,592
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $57,527
Lancaster, PA $57,403
Monroe, MI $57,275
Kansas City, MO-KS $56,994
Ocean City, NJ $56,899
Fort Collins, CO $56,575
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $56,537
Huntsville, AL $56,453
Casper, WY $56,392
Columbus, OH $56,371
Peoria, IL $56,186
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $56,166
Dubuque, IA $56,129
Reading, PA $56,059
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $55,836
St Louis, MO-IL $55,535
St Cloud, MN $55,390
Atlantic City, NJ $55,313
Dover, DE $55,227
Springfield, IL $55,021
The Largest CSAs since that's my preferred measurement
Median Household Income by Combined Statistical Area, 2014
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington $81,469
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland $80,600
Boston-Worcester-Providence $69,291
Seattle-Tacoma $68,467
Hartford-West Hartford $67,969
Minneapolis-St Paul $67,704
New York-Newark $67,123
Denver-Aurora $67,013
Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem $63,072
Chicago-Naperville $61,224
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden $60,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach $59,927
Houston-The Woodlands $59,343
Sacramento-Roseville $58,849
Dallas-Ft Worth $58,565
Portland-Vancouver-Salem $56,751
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill $56,641
Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville $55,349
St Louis-St Charles-Farmington $54,990
Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs $54,776
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville $53,632
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha $53,405
Charlotte-Concord $52,314
Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor $52,228
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro $51,549
Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton $51,450
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie $51,258
Las Vegas-Henderson $49,459
Cleveland-Akron-Canton $49,230
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Port St Lucie $48,239
Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach $47,111
Data may be accessed at factfinder.census.gov
Last edited by 18Montclair; 10-06-2015 at 02:47 PM..
People always try to discredit these lists by saying how expensive most of the places in the top 10 are but pretty much everyone I know in the DC area makes a nice amount and lives extremely comfortably despite the high CoL.
People wouldn't be flocking to these places if their salaries didn't outweigh the CoL so works out for most.
Well, it's the main reason (COL/jobs) that people have been flocking to sun belt/southern metros. Some prefer places like DC (I do) to places like Houston, but the bulk are moving, as usual, where there are jobs and where their dollar stretches.
Well, it's the main reason (COL/jobs) that people have been flocking to sun belt/southern metros. Some prefer places like DC (I do) to places like Houston, but the bulk are moving, as usual, where there are jobs and where their dollar stretches.
I may be wrong but the people flocking to these low COL areas are people who do not have professional careers that pay high $$ premium in high COL areas, but at the same time not poor enough to get a government subsidy. The COL of a poor person in an expensive place like NYC is very cheap, since they are obviously not paying market rate and are renting for like $300 a month or whatever living in subsidized housing.
Median Family Income is a much more distinct unit of measure than just 'household' which encompasses all groupings.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas by Median Family Income, $75,000+, 2014
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $107,840
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $105,854
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $104,987
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $100,827
California-Lexington Park, MD $96,595
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $96,531
Boulder, CO $95,184
Trenton, NJ $92,443
Midland, TX $88,834
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $88,291
Napa, CA $88,187
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $87,553
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $87,416
Barnstable Town, MA $87,405
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $87,033
Anchorage, AK $86,683
Ann Arbor, MI $85,556
Corvallis, OR $84,773
Manchester-Nashua, NH $84,553
Honolulu, HI $83,963
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $83,019
Iowa City, IA $82,471
Norwich-New London, CT $82,337
Fairbanks, AK $82,235
New Haven-Milford, CT $81,542
Rochester, MN $81,519
Denver-Aurora, CO $81,329
Santa Rosa, CA $81,305
Santa Cruz, Watsonville, CA $80,788
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $80,687
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $80,637
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $80,576
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $80,510
Burlington-South Burlington, VT $79,838
Des Moines-Des Moines, IA $79,719
Bismark, ND $79,509
Austin-Round Rock, TX $87,927
Madison, WI $78,787
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $77,896
Raleigh, NC $77,779
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $76,876
Bloomington, IL $76,802
Richmond, VA $76,288
Kingston, NY $76,072
Huntsville, AL $75,791
Mankato-North Mankato, MN $75,651
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $75,522
Portland-South Portland, ME $75,435
Some other large MSAs
Dallas-Ft Worth-Arlington, TX $70,353
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $70,323
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $67,575
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $67,120
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $67,399
Miami-Ft Lauderdale $57,747
Median Family Income is a much more distinct unit of measure than just 'household' which encompasses all groupings.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas by Median Family Income, $75,000+, 2014
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $107,840
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $105,854
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $104,987
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $100,827
California-Lexington Park, MD $96,595
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $96,531
Boulder, CO $95,184
Trenton, NJ $92,443
Midland, TX $88,834
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $88,291
Napa, CA $88,187
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $87,553
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $87,416
Barnstable Town, MA $87,405
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $87,033
Anchorage, AK $86,683
Ann Arbor, MI $85,556
Corvallis, OR $84,773
Manchester-Nashua, NH $84,553
Honolulu, HI $83,963
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $83,019
Iowa City, IA $82,471
Norwich-New London, CT $82,337
Fairbanks, AK $82,235
New Haven-Milford, CT $81,542
Rochester, MN $81,519
Denver-Aurora, CO $81,329
Santa Rosa, CA $81,305
Santa Cruz, Watsonville, CA $80,788
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $80,687
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $80,637
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $80,576
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $80,510
Burlington-South Burlington, VT $79,838
Des Moines-Des Moines, IA $79,719
Bismark, ND $79,509
Austin-Round Rock, TX $87,927
Madison, WI $78,787
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $77,896
Raleigh, NC $77,779
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $76,876
Bloomington, IL $76,802
Richmond, VA $76,288
Kingston, NY $76,072
Huntsville, AL $75,791
Mankato-North Mankato, MN $75,651
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $75,522
Portland-South Portland, ME $75,435
Some other large MSAs Dallas-Ft Worth-Arlington, TX $70,353
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $70,323
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $67,575
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $67,120
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $67,399
Miami-Ft Lauderdale $57,747
I'm dead at the fact that the 4 largest "southern" metros are like dead tied and far behind all of their peers up north and out west in this regard.
It's both sad and a realistic measure of how far the South has to go. COL is lower, true, but money is money. Los Angeles hands down fares the worst. 18 million people and playing with featherweights (in their eyes, not mine) from the South. Lol.
It's both sad and a realistic measure of how far the South has to go. COL is lower, true, but money is money. Los Angeles hands down fares the worst. 18 million people and playing with featherweights (in their eyes, not mine) from the South. Lol.
The Los Angeles MSA has 12 million people not 18 million. The Los Angles median family income is dragged down by a large population of poorer immigrants.
How? I'm skeptical of cost of living comparisons. What type of home should be compared? An apartment? a 2000 square foot house? Where in the metro? People in different metro areas don't always buy the same thing either.
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