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This is a very different ranking than what we're used to regarding county wealth. I searched all over for #47--if you find it, please let me know.
Based on Median Income, Investment Income, and Real Estate Values.
Wealthiest Counties in the U.S., 2023
1 San Mateo, CA
2 San Francisco, CA
3 Santa Clara, CA
4 Marin, CA
5 Nantucket, MA
6 New York, NY
7 Teton, WY
8 Falls Church, VA
9 Alameda, CA
10 Dukes, MA
11 Santa Cruz, CA
12 Arlington, VA
13 Summit, UT
14 Orange, CA
15 Kings, NY
16 Pitkin, CO
17 Honolulu, HI
18 Contra Costa, CA
19 Napa, CA
20 Maui, HI
21 King, WA
22 Sonoma, CA
23 Summit, CO
24 Eagle, CO
25 Fairfax, VA
26 Ventura, CA
27 Loudoun, VA
28 Los Angeles, CA
29 Kauai, HI
30 San Benito, CA
31 San Diego, CA
32 Fairfax city, VA
33 San Luis Obispo, CA
34 Santa Barbara, CA
35 Middlesex, MA
36 Nassau, NY
37 Monroe, FL
38 Alexandria, VA
39 Queens, NY
40 Monterey, CA
41 Boulder, CO
42 Douglas, CO
43 Westchester, NY
44 Richmond, NY
45 Suffolk, MA
46 Routt, CO
48 Norfolk, MA
49 San Juan, WA
50 Placer, CA
Surprised to see 0 IL counties on the list, usually Lake and/or DuPage make the cut. Especially because I always hear it's the working-class who's leaving IL.
San Mateo over Santa Clara, CA is notable. I guess San Mateo has traditionally had some extremely wealthy areas (Atherton, central Palo Alto, areas in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills) alongside working-class areas (East Palo Alto, parts of Redwood City, Daly City), while Santa Clara has traditionally been at a more consistent (normal-high) level of wealth. But in the past decade, the San Mateo working-class areas have heavily gentrified while there hasn't been much to gentrify in Santa Clara.
Surprised to see 0 IL counties on the list, usually Lake and/or DuPage make the cut. Especially because I always hear it's the working-class who's leaving IL.
If you go the link and explore the site, you can look at IL in particular and see that DuPage is #1 in the state but nowhere near the very top in the country.
Surprised to see 0 IL counties on the list, usually Lake and/or DuPage make the cut. Especially because I always hear it's the working-class who's leaving IL.
San Mateo over Santa Clara, CA is notable. I guess San Mateo has traditionally had some extremely wealthy areas (Atherton, central Palo Alto, areas in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills) alongside working-class areas (East Palo Alto, parts of Redwood City, Daly City), while Santa Clara has traditionally been at a more consistent (normal-high) level of wealth. But in the past decade, the San Mateo working-class areas have heavily gentrified while there hasn't been much to gentrify in Santa Clara.
I always say this when it comes to County level comparisons, but heavily populated counties, especially in larger and older metros like Chicago, NY, Boston, never really end up high on these lists. These counties have millions of people, and span from the most affluent to the least affluent towns and villages in their respective States.
This list has everything to do with counties that are universally middle-upper-upper class. Not the level of affluence you can find in each county.
This list has everything to do with counties that are universally middle-upper-upper class. Not the level of affluence you can find in each county.
Yep. The kids I grew up with in the DC area were wealthy in the sense their parents got them a Jaguar or BMW as their first car, they lived in nice neighborhoods and had no student loan debt since their parents paid for it out of pocket and that was the norm.
But that’s very different from Beverly Hills or Manhattan wealth. It’s still wealth but doesn’t even come close to NYC/LA wealth.
Surprised to see 0 IL counties on the list, usually Lake and/or DuPage make the cut. Especially because I always hear it's the working-class who's leaving IL.
San Mateo over Santa Clara, CA is notable. I guess San Mateo has traditionally had some extremely wealthy areas (Atherton, central Palo Alto, areas in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills) alongside working-class areas (East Palo Alto, parts of Redwood City, Daly City), while Santa Clara has traditionally been at a more consistent (normal-high) level of wealth. But in the past decade, the San Mateo working-class areas have heavily gentrified while there hasn't been much to gentrify in Santa Clara.
Real estate values Trump everything else. That’s why.
I always say this when it comes to County level comparisons, but heavily populated counties, especially in larger and older metros like Chicago, NY, Boston, never really end up high on these lists. These counties have millions of people, and span from the most affluent to the least affluent towns and villages in their respective States.
This list has everything to do with counties that are universally middle-upper-upper class. Not the level of affluence you can find in each county.
Most Populated Metros By Per Capita Personal Income 2021
San Francisco metro ---- $123,711
San Jose metro ---------- $136,338
Boston metro ------------ $92,290
Providence metro -------- $64,566
NYC metro --------------- $85,136
Washington DC metro --- $80,822
Baltimore metro --------- $70,490
Los Angeles metro ------ $75,821
Riverside metro --------- $50,384
Miami metro ------------ $73,522
Philadelphia metro ------ $72,379
Chicago metro ---------- $71,992
Dallas metro ------------ $66,727
Houston metro ---------- $64,837
Atlanta metro ----------- $63,219
Phoenix metro ---------- $58,308
Yep. The kids I grew up with in the DC area were wealthy in the sense their parents got them a Jaguar or BMW as their first car, they lived in nice neighborhoods and had no student loan debt since their parents paid for it out of pocket and that was the norm.
But that’s very different from Beverly Hills or Manhattan wealth. It’s still wealth but doesn’t even come close to NYC/LA wealth.
This is so true, and my DC friends hate to hear it. But DC wealth is two upper incomes per household. You’re not finding billionaires or centimillionaires the way you would in places like NYC (Connecticut in particular) and California cities.
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