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I'm sitting in Arlington County, VA now as I type this, and I fully believe this list. I know a number of couples where I work that both earn $125-$150k a piece, actually some higher than that.
Also interesting to me...No Los Angeles area counties on this list??
I thought $125,000 was a good threshold for counties.
2018 US Countied by Median Income, 2-Earner Families($125,000+):
$190,757 Arlington, VA
$189,493 San Francisco, CA
$188,125 Marin, CA
$186,107 San Mateo, CA
$185,701 New York, NY
$184,299 Santa Clara, CA
$182,584 Washington, DC
$181,571 Loudoun, VA
$177,163 Fairfax, VA
$168,985 Howard, MD
$166,586 Hunterdon, NJ
$164,886 Somerset, NJ
$164,316 Alexandria, VA
$160,252 Morris, NJ
$158,310 Alameda, CA
$155,345 Nassau, NY
$153,465 Norfolk, MA
$153,055 Middlesex, MA
$151,896 Westchester, NY
$150,492 Fairfield, CT
$149,838 Douglas, CO
$148,594 Montgomery, MD
$147,311 Bergen, NJ
$145,889 Rockland, NY
$145,586 Carver, MN
$143,308 King, WA
$142,877 Delaware, OH
$141,584 Contra Costa, CA
$141,656 Chester, PA
$140,483 Calvert, MD
$139,938 Newport, RI
$139,714 Middlesex, CT
$139,516 Stafford, VA
$138,797 Monmouth, NJ
$137,331 Boulder, CO
$137,312 Suffolk, NY
$135,634 Carroll, MD
$135,565 Williamson, TN
$135,536 Fayette, GA
$135,343 Collin, TX
$134,436 Prince William, VA
$134,177 Putnam, NY
$133,619 Rockingham, NH
$133,160 Frederick, MD
$133,137 Tolland, CT
$132,899 Fauquier, VA
$132,269 Anne Arundel, MD
$132,141 Broomfield, CO
$132,107 Forsyth, GA
$131,839 Fulton, GA
$131,366 Montgomery, PA
$130,958 Plymouth, MA
$130,320 Washington, MN
$130,293 Middlesex, NJ
$129,725 Washtenaw, MI
$129,557 DuPage, IL
$128,588 Richmond, NY
$128,487 Mercer, NJ
$127,779 Hamilton, IN
$127,031 Oldham, KY
$126,763 Hennepin, MN
$126,723 Travis, TX
$126,609 Dallas, IA
$126,295 Fort Bend, TX
$126,085 Orange, NC
$126,050 Sussex, NJ
$125,503 Charles, MD
$125,482 Oakland, MI
$125,222 Essex, MD
Notice the top 16 are either in the DC Metro, the NY Metro or the Bay Area.
Always thought the county comparisons were kind of useless.
Arlington "County" is Arlington, at 235k. Howard County is 300k. Nassau, NY is 1.35M, and Middlesex, MA 1.6M. The latter pairing are fare more diverse and expansive, made up of many different cities and towns with an extreme variety of socioeconomics. Cook County is the most glaring example. Some of the most extreme wealth/wealthiest towns and villages in North America but at 5.2M, it's lower thank Oakland, MI.
I'm sitting in Arlington County, VA now as I type this, and I fully believe this list. I know a number of couples where I work that both earn $125-$150k a piece, actually some higher than that.
Also interesting to me...No Los Angeles area counties on this list??
See above.
Compare cities/towns, and you will see Southern California float to the top of the board.
Im putting together CSA data and found this interesting stat for the 12 biggest CSA economies.
2018 Combined Statistical Area by the number of households earning $200,000+
1,199,955 New York-Newark
676,543 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
621,618 Los Angeles-Long Beach
560,464 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
398,980 Boston-Worcester-Providence
358,918 Chicago-Naperville
254,278 Philadelphia-Camden-Reading
244,392 Dallas-Ft Worth
233,644 Seattle-Tacoma
224,613 Houston-The Woodlands
206,430 Atlanta-Athens-Sandy Springs
173,175 Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Port St Lucie
from data.census.gov
Table B19001
Without doing any unnatural math, the Bay Area, DC, Boston, and Seattle are the clear heavyweights when it comes to high income households based on population.
I am a bit surprised to see Chicago this low, purely because of MSA population. Same goes for DFW. ATL is a bit lower than I would have expected, with an MSA population 75% larger than Seattle.
Without doing any unnatural math, the Bay Area, DC, Boston, and Seattle are the clear heavyweights when it comes to high income households based on population.
I am a bit surprised to see Chicago this low, purely because of MSA population. Same goes for DFW. ATL is a bit lower than I would have expected, with an MSA population 75% larger than Seattle.
if I'm reading this right Seattle has more than Houston
if I'm reading this right Seattle has more than Houston
Yeah I had to look again just to make sure and I added a few others...
2018 Combined Statistical Area by the number of households earning $200,000+
1,199,955 New York-Newark
676,543 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
621,618 Los Angeles-Long Beach
560,464 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
398,980 Boston-Worcester-Providence
358,918 Chicago-Naperville
254,278 Philadelphia-Camden-Reading
244,392 Dallas-Ft Worth
233,644 Seattle-Tacoma
224,613 Houston-The Woodlands
206,430 Atlanta-Athens-Sandy Springs
173,175 Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Port St Luci
147,265 Denver-Aurora
143,585 Minneapolis-St Paul
133,417 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
99,194 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
82,191 St Louis-St Charles-Farmington
81,970 Sacramento-Roseville
75,871 Charlotte-Concord
75,015 Cleveland-Akron-Canton
2018 Percentage of all CSA households earning $200,000+
21.9% San Francisco
15.6% Washington DC
13.9% New York
12.6% Boston
12.3% Seattle
10.7% Denver
10.3% Los Angeles
9.7% Chicago
9.4% Minneapolis
9.4% Philadelphia
9.2% Houston
8.7% Dallas
8.6% Atlanta
8.6% Sacramento
8.0% Portland
7.3% Charlotte
7.2% Miami
6.9% St Louis
6.2% Detroit
5.1% Cleveland
Anecdotally among my peer group (mid 30s professional) in Seattle most of my friends are either at or above $200k/yr household income. It's almost kind of a 'meh' thing among us, however growing up I would have thought that income would get you a lot further than it does here in reality (ugh).
Chicago's MSA and CSA, are pretty much the same. SO, CSA stats will benefit the other cities you choose, but not Chicago, as the numbers barely change. I do believe this is known by most, though. Braggy threads about cities with high income, but no mention they have the highest COL, as well. (Oh, and some of them, a hugely growing homeless population, as people are being priced out of living there). Nice to brag, though, as some on this site can't help themselves, it seems. High incomes are only a part of the story....tell the rest of the story to go along with it. I will, one of these days, post my homeless in San Francisco photos, from our recent visit there.
Anecdotally among my peer group (mid 30s professional) in Seattle most of my friends are either at or above $200k/yr household income. It's almost kind of a 'meh' thing among us, however growing up I would have thought that income would get you a lot further than it does here in reality (ugh).
Yes the census bureau's income brackets are really outdated. I wish they did a $500,000+ household income stat-that would at least better reflect some semblance of wealth nowadays.
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