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When I think of high income people that choose to live in LA, I think of entertainment. When I think of high income people that choose to live in Atlanta, I think of black entertainment and sports. Do black people make up a significant percentage of Atlanta's high income people?
The 1-year estimates for 2018 are out from the census bureau.
Anyhow here's a stat I was looking at.
Apart from SF, Atlanta, Seattle and DC always post super high numbers for city-level upper income stats.
2018 50 Largest US Cities by Average Household Income, Top 5%:
$808,105 San Francisco, CA
$663,082 Atlanta, GA
$609,166 Seattle, WA
$595,669 Washington, DC
$575,446 San Jose, CA
$568,281 New York, NY
$553,402 Oakland, CA
$533,316 Boston, MA
$515,711 Los Angeles, CA
$494,306 Dallas, TX
$486,480 Austin, TX
$479,737 Denver, CO
$479,344 Charlotte, NC
$477,994 San Diego, CA
$476,882 Chicago, IL
$463,803 Tampa, FL
$452,152 Minneapolis, MN
$439,131 Miami, FL
$436,124 Portland, OR
$434,652 Houston, TX
$431,675 Las Vegas, NV
$429,329 Raleigh, NC
$412,518 Virginia Beach, VA
$411,500 Omaha, NE
$409,738 Nashville, TN
$387,864 Tulsa, OK
$386,149 Jacksonville, FL
$373,367 Fort Worth, TX
$371,468 Baltimore, MD
$364,352 New Orleans, LA
$362,625 Oklahoma City, OK
$351,003 Phoenix, AZ
$348,145 Philadelphia, PA
$346,256 Louisville, KY
$345,063 Long Beach, CA
$344,712 Colorado Springs, CO
$321,765 Albuquerque, NM
$321,465 Kansas City, MO
$315,340 Indianapolis, IN
$311,398 Mesa, AZ
$307,162 Memphis, TN
$300,272 El Paso, TX
$298,450 San Antonio, TX
$285,035 Fresno, CA
$282,782 Arlington, TX
$268,811 Columbus, OH
$254,336 Milwaukee, WI
$246,862 Tucson, AZ
$199,192 Detroit, MI
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I think that's the median home value. Sounds right for Denver, high for Omaha. HH incomes seem very high.
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Also, is there median income numbers for the top 5? I'm only asking because that can give an idea in terms of where half of that group is in terms of income, above or below said figure.
Yea, I'm confused. Didn't know Dallas would be more than San Diego though. I do agree, I think this is median home value?
This is the mean HH income of the top 5% households. That's why the numbers are so high.
In any case means are not the best way to look at income numbers since there can be a lot of very high earners that can skew the figures a little. Looking at the 95th percentile would also be interesting.
This is the mean HH income of the top 5% households. That's why the numbers are so high.
In any case means are not the best way to look at income numbers since there can be a lot of very high earners that can skew the figures a little. Looking at the 95th percentile would also be interesting.
Also, is there median income numbers for the top 5? I'm only asking because that can give an idea in terms of where half of that group is in terms of income, above or below said figure.
No, the census bureau does not produce a stat for median incomes by quintile or the top 5%, only by mean(average).
I really like the stat below because I think it best represents the average family in these cities, or at least families where there are 2 earners.
2018 50 Largest US Cities by Median Income, 2-Earner Families:
$189,493 San Francisco, CA
$182,594 Washington, DC
$161,164 Seattle, WA
$160,121 San Jose, CA
$139,971 Oakland, CA
$134,996 Atlanta, GA
$123,725 Austin, TX
$121,415 Boston, MA
$120,240 San Diego, CA
$119,407 Portland, OR
$115,879 Denver, CO
$113,582 Minneapolis, MN
$108,167 Chicago, IL
$107,273 Raleigh, NC
$104,786 Virginia Beach, FL
$103,759 Charlotte, NC
$103,416 Tampa, FL
$103,188 New York, NY
$101,181 Sacramento, CA
$100,821 New Orleans, LA
$98,041 Baltimore, MD
$95,486 Kansas City, MO
$93,282 Philadelphia, PA
$92,638 Nashville, TN
$92,130 Long Beach, CA
$91,552 Omaha, NE
$91,077 Los Angeles, CA
$89,855 Las Vegas, NV
$88,894 Louisville, KY
$88,877 Fort Worth, TX
$88,264 Colorado Springs, CO
$88,032 Oklahoma City, OK
$87,847 Phoenix, AZ
$86,603 Arlington, TX
$85,839 Indianapolis, IN
$85,460 Jacksonville, FL
$85,027 Columbus, OH
$83,236 Dallas, TX
$83,134 Albuquerque, NM
$82,963 Mesa, AZ
$82,414 Tulsa, OK
$82,123 Houston, TX
$78,376 San Antonio, TX
$76,992 Fresno, CA
$75,606 Memphis, TN
$74,473 Milwaukee, WI
$70,160 Miami, FL
$68,575 Tucson, AZ
$65,767 El Paso, TX
$61,319 Detroit, MI
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