America’s Highest Earning Cities...

Survey of 562 cities, population over 50,000

Congratulations to Flower Mound, Frisco and Allen

There are 16 cities in the United State with populations over 50,000 where more than 50% of the households in the city earn more than $100,000 per year.  California and Texas dominate this list of high-earners.  Most of these cities are well-to-do suburbs of large metro areas, including Dallas-Ft Worth, San Francisco, Atlanta and Chicago.

 

Rank	City/CDP	Larger   metro area	Percentage   of households making over $100,000	Percentage   of households making less than $100,000	Percentage   of households making $100,000 to $149,999	Percentage   of households making $150,000 to $199,999	Percentage   of households making $200,000 or more
1	San   Ramon, California	San   Francisco	63.50%	36.50%	22.10%	16.40%	25.00%
2	Flower   Mound, Texas	Dallas-Fort   Worth	62.80%	37.10%	28.30%	15.90%	18.60%
3	Pleasanton,   California	San   Francisco	59.80%	40.00%	22.80%	14.70%	22.30%
4	Yorba   Linda, California	Los   Angeles	58.80%	41.20%	23.50%	16.70%	18.60%
5	Carmel,   Indiana	Indianapolis	58.40%	41.60%	20.90%	14.30%	23.20%
6	Palo   Alto, California	San   Francisco	57.80%	42.10%	17.70%	11.90%	28.20%
7	Newton,   Massachusetts	Boston	55.40%	44.60%	18.00%	11.70%	25.70%
8	Naperville,   Illinois	Chicago	54.80%	45.10%	18.50%	13.50%	22.80%
9	Frisco,   Texas	Dallas-Fort   Worth	53.70%	46.30%	25.70%	14.70%	13.30%
10	The   Woodlands CDP, Texas	Houston	53.40%	46.70%	24.70%	13.40%	15.30%
11	Johns   Creek, Georgia	Atlanta	52.10%	48.00%	21.20%	10.40%	20.50%
12	Ellicott   City CDP, Maryland	Baltimore	51.70%	48.30%	16.80%	16.40%	18.50%
13	Allen,   Texas	Dallas-Fort   Worth	51.20%	48.90%	24.50%	16.10%	10.60%
14	Lake   Forest, California	Los   Angeles	50.70%	49.30%	26.70%	13.70%	10.30%
15	Highlands   Ranch CDP, Colorado	Denver	50.50%	49.40%	25.60%	12.70%	12.20%
16	Arlington   CDP, Virginia	Washington,   DC	50.30%	49.80%	18.10%	12.90%	19.30%

Data was obtained from the U.S. Census. 562
cities were included in this analysis.