Wealthiest Counties by Median Household Income, 2017 (cost, state, places, America)
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It's interesting how much wealth is spread out all over the country.
US Counties by Median Household Income($80,000+), 2017
Loudoun, VA $135,842
Santa Clara, CA $119,039
Fairfax, VA $118,279
Arlington, VA $117,237
San Mateo, CA $116,653
Morris, NJ $114,732
Marin, CA $113,908
Stafford, VA $112,795
Somerset, NJ $112,153
Hunterdon, NJ $112,038
Douglas, CO $111,482
Howard, MD $111,473
San Francisco, CA $110,816
Nassau, NY $108,133
Delaware, OH $106,933
Williamson, TN $105,622
Montgomery, MD $103,235
Forsyth, GA $102,084
Carver, MN $101,271
Prince William, VA $100,845
Norfolk, MA $100,829
Calvert, MD $100,590
Alexandria, VA $100,530
Putnam, NY $99,479
Fauquier, VA $98,585
Middlesex, MA $98,555
Scott, MN $98,538
Monmouth, NJ $98,270
Charles, MD $97,986
Anne Arundel, MD $97,085
Chester, PA $96,656
Oldham, KY $96,576
Alameda, CA $96,296
Contra Costa, CA $95,339
Collin, TX $94,933
Rockwall, TX $94,848
Suffolk, NY $94,750
Bergen, NJ $94,107
Carroll, MD $93,676
Hamilton, IN $93,604
Frederick, MD $92,495
Washington, MN $91,867
Kendall, IL $91,250
Fairfield, CT $91,198
Broomfield, CO $90,939
Fort Bend, TX $90,845
Westchester, NY $90,578
Hanover, VA $90,066
Sussex, NJ $90,026
King, WA $89,675
Rockingham, NH $89,451
DuPage, IL $89,521
Rockland, NY $88,726
Dallas, IA $88,561
James, VA $87,910
Sherburne, MN $87,756
Burlington, NJ $87,673
Montgomery, PA $87,304
Plymouth, MA $86,910
Napa, CA $86,562
Gloucester, NJ $ 86,496
McHenry, IL $86,348
Denton, TX $86,291
Orange, CA $86,217
Lake, IL $85,895
Middlesex, NJ $85,337
New York, NY $85,071
Bucks, PA $84,749
Fayette, GA $84,742
York, VA $83,993
Kauai, HI $83,860
Saratoga, NY $83,726
Ozaukee, WI $82,869
Ventura, CA $82,857
Johnson, KS $82,855
Geauga, OH $82,741
Snohomish, WA $82,595
Washington, DC $82,372
Waukesha, WI $82,248
Brazoria, TX $82,229
Will, IL $82,196
Boone, IN $81,785
Williamson, TX $81,719
St Charles, MO $81,594
St Mary's, MD $81,495
Honolulu, HI $81,284
Prince George's, MD $81,240
Washington, OR $80,946
Boulder, CO $80,834
Dakota, MN $80,832
Chesterfield, VA $80,800
Livingston, MI $80,733
Placer, CA $80,728
Sarpy, NE $80,694
Warren, NJ $80,657
Jefferson, CO $80,616
St Croix, WI $80,512
Harford, MD $80,476
Sonoma, CA $80,409
Davis, UT $80,301
Maui, HI $80,241
Newport, RI $80,222
I used to note that the City and County of San Francisco had a median household income on par with that of Fairfield County, Ct., which made San Francisco unusual among US cities.
No longer, I see. San Fran now blows Fairfield out of the water, relatively speaking.
And San Francisco now has two near-peers in the category of "affluent US cities": New York (specifically, the Borough of Manhattan [New York County]; add the other four boroughs in and that city drops out of the $80k-plus club) and the District of Columbia, even though its MHI sits near the opposite end of this list.
Another notable development is the degree to which affluence (and wealth too, for most of these high-income households also have relatively high net worth) has spread around the country over the last half century.
When I was growing up in Kansas City in the 1960s, Johnson County, Kan., which contains Kansas City, Mo.'s most affluent suburbs, was one of the 25 richest counties in the country.
It's in the bottom quarter of the rich-counties club now.
I hate lists like these since they don't adjust for cost of living so they're almost always useless (at least if one is trying to determine which places have the "richest" residents).
As we all already know, $100k in Texas is MUCH different from $100k in California.
If cost of living was taken into account then Douglas County (CO), Delaware County (OH) and Williamson (TN) counties would probably be the winners since they place very high on this list despite being in lower to medium cost of living regions.
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I’m surprising Loudoun is still holding the top spot. I wonder if with Amazon coming to Arlington, they’ll move up the list over the next couple years.
I hate lists like these since they don't adjust for cost of living so they're almost always useless (at least if one is trying to determine which places have the "richest" residents).
As we all already know, $100k in Texas is MUCH different from $100k in California.
If cost of living was taken into account then Douglas County (CO), Delaware County (OH) and Williamson (TN) counties would probably be the winners since they place very high on this list despite being in lower to medium cost of living regions.
Yeah, I would think that any county not on or very close to the coasts on this list does very well in this regard.
Might be stating the obvious, but generally speaking, the way counties are made up completely change these statistics. Cook County, IL, which holds a good majority of the States ultra affluence, is not included because it hosts Chicago as the seat. Middlesex County, MA is lower on this list than Norfolk County, though a good majority of the states wealth can be found in Middlesex. That's because it hosts many different cities, including two that are 100k+ in population vs Norfolk which is largely sleepy residential suburbs.
Interesting but not surprising that some of the only wealthy counties in the interior east "flyover country" are suburbs of Columbus (Delaware), Nashville, (Williamson), and Louisville (Oldham). These three cities are doing very well right now attracting the right kinds of people for middle America.
Orange County, California, is surprisingly low for me. I've always thought of it as a group of affulent LA suburbs but its right below Denton County, Texas, in median household income, even though Denton County isn't seen as unusually well off or desirable for surburban areas.
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It is very affluent and has a number of Uber wealthy neighborhoods. It also has some lower income communities in the Northern and central parts of the county that bring the average down a bit. A person living in Newport Beach or Coto de Caza is probably not hanging out in Santa Ana or Garden Grove.
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Orange County, California, is surprisingly low for me. I've always thought of it as a group of affulent LA suburbs but its right below Denton County, Texas, in median household income, even though Denton County isn't seen as unusually well off or desirable for surburban areas.
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Interesting but not surprising that some of the only wealthy counties in the interior east "flyover country" are suburbs of Columbus (Delaware), Nashville, (Williamson), and Louisville (Oldham). These three cities are doing very well right now attracting the right kinds of people for middle America.
What are you defining as interior east? The Twin Cities, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cleveland, Milwaukee, etc, all had counties make this list as well.
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