Highest Paying U.S. Cities

The average household income in the United States is just over $50,000 annually. Spread across the country there are cities which average well above the national average. In fact, some rank more than well above the normal averages. Househunt neighborhood demographics recently put out a list of the top 20 cities in the United States based on the highest household income. Six of these cities are in the state of New York while California has 5 entries. What is slightly surprising is that the highest population of any of the cities which made the list is 25,000. Small cities with extremely high income levels.

The top 10 cities in the US for highest household income are;
10. Golden Bridge, NY $276,640
9. Pound Ridge, NY $285,811
8. Kenilworth, IL $296,947
7. Chappaque, NY $297,460
6. Gladwyne, PA $298,025
5. Portola Valley, CA $303,431
4. Short Hills, NJ $310,875
3. Auburn University, AL $329,387
2. Atherton, CA $341,129
1. Rancho Santa Fe, CA $411,595

There they are, the highest income households in the United States. The number one city, Rancho Santa Fe, CA with a per household income of 8.23 times that of the rest of the country. The average population of the top ten cities is just over 5,800 people. The smallest city to make the list cam in at number 10, Golden Bridge , NY, with 2,234 residents, while the largest city to make the list came in at number 18, Pacific Palisades, CA with 25,000 residents. Sometimes, it would seem, smaller can be bigger.