National ranking
The places with the highest household incomes
27 places share first place at the survey's top value ($250,000 or more), listed by their mean household income, which puts Scarsdale, NY and Hillsborough, CA first. Ranked: 5,360 places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate. Medians above $250,000 are published by the Census Bureau as "250,000+" and share the top rank; within it they are listed by mean household income. The per capita ranking below names a single richest place.
Which U.S. places have the highest median household income?
The places with the highest household incomes, first to fifth: Scarsdale, NY ($250,000 or more), Hillsborough, CA ($250,000 or more), Short Hills, NJ ($250,000 or more), Winnetka, IL ($250,000 or more) and Darien, CT ($250,000 or more).
| Rank | Place | Median household income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scarsdale, NY | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Hillsborough, CA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Short Hills, NJ | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Winnetka, IL | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Darien, CT | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | West University Place, TX | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Millburn Township, NJ | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Los Altos, CA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | New Canaan, CT | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Weston, MA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Piedmont, CA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | University Park, TX | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Great Falls, VA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Alamo, CA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Southlake, TX | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | McLean, VA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Orinda, CA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Westport, CT | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Hinsdale, IL | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Wellesley, MA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Weston, CT | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Town of New Castle, NY | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Difficult Run, VA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Saratoga, CA | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Upper Montclair, NJ | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Travilah, MD | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Wolf Trap, VA | $250,000 or more |
| 28 | Paradise Valley, AZwithin the margin | $247,159±$31,482 |
| 29 | Rye Brook, NYwithin the margin | $246,944±$42,250 |
| 30 | Garden City, NYwithin the margin | $244,152±$13,012 |
| 31 | Bellaire, TXwithin the margin | $244,015±$32,835 |
| 32 | Coto de Caza, CAwithin the margin | $243,816±$16,391 |
| 33 | Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CAwithin the margin | $243,227±$24,690 |
| 34 | Belmont, VAwithin the margin | $242,542±$18,054 |
| 35 | Wilton, CTwithin the margin | $242,199±$15,893 |
| 36 | Palos Verdes Estates, CAwithin the margin | $242,014±$34,614 |
| 37 | La Cañada Flintridge, CAwithin the margin | $241,875±$20,555 |
| 38 | Broadlands, VAwithin the margin | $241,042±$16,083 |
| 39 | Rye, NYwithin the margin | $239,815±$28,123 |
| 40 | Sammamish, WAwithin the margin | $239,690±$15,260 |
| 41 | Lexington, MAwithin the margin | $238,444±$17,708 |
| 42 | New Albany, OHwithin the margin | $238,250±$25,457 |
| 43 | Brambleton, VAwithin the margin | $238,018±$23,087 |
| 44 | Wakefield, Fairfax County, VAwithin the margin | $237,975±$15,354 |
| 45 | San Carlos, CAwithin the margin | $237,470±$15,954 |
| 46 | Potomac, MDwithin the margin | $236,675±$16,199 |
| 47 | Sudbury, MAwithin the margin | $236,250±$16,791 |
| 48 | Medfield, MAwithin the margin | $235,800±$31,636 |
| 49 | Franklin Lakes, NJwithin the margin | $235,795±$26,395 |
| 50 | Wyndham, VAwithin the margin | $235,250±$29,566 |
| 51 | Lake Forest, ILwithin the margin | $235,081±$24,243 |
| 52 | Cupertino, CAwithin the margin | $234,707±$12,596 |
| 53 | Corte Madera, CAwithin the margin | $232,763±$36,730 |
| 54 | Westfield, NJwithin the margin | $232,629±$17,720 |
| 55 | Town and Country, MOwithin the margin | $232,534±$45,210 |
| 56 | Danville, CAwithin the margin | $232,216±$13,793 |
| 57 | Town of Lewisboro, NYwithin the margin | $231,953±$27,590 |
| 58 | Palo Alto, CAwithin the margin | $231,101±$9,859 |
| 59 | Western Springs, ILwithin the margin | $230,255±$28,792 |
| 60 | Winchester, MAwithin the margin | $230,198±$20,670 |
| 61 | Livingston Township, NJwithin the margin | $229,806±$19,424 |
| 62 | Lafayette, CAwithin the margin | $228,250±$25,040 |
| 63 | Dix Hills, NYwithin the margin | $227,944±$25,268 |
| 64 | Montgomery Township, NJwithin the margin | $226,771±$11,993 |
| 65 | Loudoun Valley Estates, VAwithin the margin | $224,704±$29,140 |
| 66 | Wayland, MAwithin the margin | $224,000±$28,027 |
| 67 | Westwood, MAwithin the margin | $223,125±$33,149 |
| 68 | Hopkinton, MAwithin the margin | $222,801±$21,775 |
| 69 | Lowes Island, VAwithin the margin | $220,833±$26,767 |
| 70 | Plain Township, Franklin County, OHwithin the margin | $219,181±$27,306 |
| 71 | Mercer Island, WAwithin the margin | $219,069±$17,476 |
| 72 | Millstone Township, NJwithin the margin | $218,472±$57,387 |
| 73 | Colleyville, TXwithin the margin | $218,328±$15,954 |
| 74 | Los Gatos, CAwithin the margin | $217,554±$14,059 |
| 75 | Vienna, VAwithin the margin | $216,953±$22,121 |
| 76 | Moraga, CAwithin the margin | $216,193±$21,202 |
| 77 | Fort Hunt, VAwithin the margin | $216,038±$15,803 |
| 78 | New Trier Township, ILwithin the margin | $215,916±$13,959 |
| 79 | Franklin Farm, VAwithin the margin | $215,544±$16,207 |
| 80 | Glen Rock, NJwithin the margin | $215,096±$18,218 |
| 81 | Easttown Township, PAwithin the margin | $214,861±$17,210 |
| 82 | Dranesville, VAwithin the margin | $214,688±$13,980 |
| 83 | Dublin, CAwithin the margin | $214,385±$9,481 |
| 84 | Needham, MAwithin the margin | $214,308±$13,048 |
| 85 | San Marino, CAwithin the margin | $214,167±$27,617 |
| 86 | Snoqualmie, WAwithin the margin | $214,107±$35,277 |
| 87 | Cottage Lake, WAwithin the margin | $213,106±$21,420 |
| 88 | Fairfax Station, VAwithin the margin | $212,224±$25,796 |
| 89 | Chevy Chase, Montgomery County (CDP), MDwithin the margin | $211,765±$20,243 |
| 90 | Rossmoor, CAwithin the margin | $211,597±$35,560 |
| 91 | Town of Pelham, NYwithin the margin | $210,813±$21,868 |
| 92 | Robertsville, NJwithin the margin | $210,661±$15,956 |
| 93 | Menlo Park, CAwithin the margin | $210,025±$20,341 |
| 94 | Campton Hills, ILwithin the margin | $209,134±$14,950 |
| 95 | Ridgewood, NJwithin the margin | $208,211±$17,735 |
| 96 | Tenafly, NJwithin the margin | $208,200±$17,786 |
| 97 | Town of North Castle, NYwithin the margin | $208,156±$35,156 |
| 98 | Brock Hall, MDwithin the margin | $206,451±$23,064 |
| 99 | Pinecrest, FLwithin the margin | $206,417±$26,104 |
| 100 | Mill Valley, CA | $206,212±$10,740 |
Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · Check it at data.census.gov
How is this ranking made?
One figure is read for each of the places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate: the median household income. Places whose survey estimate has a coefficient of variation over 40% are left out, because the survey cannot place them reliably. Equal published figures share a rank. A ranking measures one number; it is not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Across the 100 places shown, the median household income runs from $206,212 (Mill Valley, CA) to $250,000 or more (Scarsdale, NY); the middle place on the list stands at $235,250.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · How ranks are computed
How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections