This Is the Richest Town in Your State, According to Data
Looking at areas with 1,000-plus homes, here's where people are wealthiest in each of the 50 states.
![mansion with green yard and three car garage with glowing interior lights and sunset sky](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/mansion.jpg?quality=82&strip=1&resize=640%2C360)
When you think of parts of the country with the most top 10-percenters, you probably picture bustling metropolises like New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles; but not only are these not the wealthiest towns in the country, they're not even the wealthiest in their respective states, according to a 2021 report from GOBankingRates. The financial website crunched the numbers in all 50 states to discover which town in each is the richest. To do so, they looked at all the towns or cities in each state with over 1,000 households. From there, they looked at median household income to determine which one was the wealthiest. Interestingly, their results showed that residents who live in towns, not cities, are actually the ones who bring home the most bucks. Wondering which town is the richest in your state is? Read on to find out!
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1
Alabama
![Blue Heron lake in Mobile, Alabama, which is near Highland Lakes](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/highland-lakes-alabama.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Highland Lakes
Median household income: $152,774
2
Alaska
![cityscape photo of Alaska at sunset](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/fishhok-anchorage-alaska.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Fishhook
Median household income: $106,310
3
Arizona
![aeriel view of a golf course and resort in Paradise Valley, Arizona](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/paradise-valley-arizona.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Paradise Valley
Median household income: $211,393
4
Arkansas
![a photo of a red house and War Eagle bridge, which is nearby Cave Springs, Arkansas](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/cave-springs-benton-county-arkansas.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Cave Springs
Median household income: $134,740
5
California
![view of houses ins Los Altos hills, California](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/los-altos-hills-california.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Atherton, Hillsborough, Los Altos Hills (pictured), Monte Sereno, Woodside
Median household income: $250,000-plus
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6
Colorado
![a lake, trees, and houses in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/Cherry-Hills-Village-colorado.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Cherry Hills Village
Median household income: $250,000-plus
7
Connecticut
![a church in Darien, Connecticut](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/Darien-conneticut.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Darien
Median household income: $232,523
8
Delaware
![a suburb in New Castle County, an area near Delaware](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/north-star-new-castle-county-delaware.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: North Star
Median household income: $137,917
9
Florida
![photo of Miami Beach, an city near Pinecrest, Florida](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/pinecrest-miami-dade-county-florida.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Pinecrest
Median household income: $156,875
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10
Georgia
![a court house in Decatur, Georgia, which is the town near Druid Hills, Georgia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/dekalb-county-georgia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Druid Hills
Median household income: $129,740
11
Hawaii
![East Honolulu, Hawaii at sunset](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/East-Honolulu-Hawaii.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: East Honolulu
Median household income: $133,165
12
Idaho
![landscape photo of the Idaho Falls, in Idaho](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/eagle-idaho-falls-idaho.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Eagle
Median household income: $92,807
13
Illinois
![a colonial house in Winnetka, Illinois](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/winnetka-illinois-house.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Winnetka
Median household income: $250,000-plus
14
Indiana
![small waterfall in Zionsville, Indiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/Zionsville-indiana.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Zionsville
Median household income: $137,377
15
Iowa
![cityscape photo of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, near the suburb of Robins](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/cedar-rapids-iowa.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Robins
Median household income: $131,078
16
Kansas
![ducks on a lake in Kansas](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/mission-hills-shawnee-mission-kansas.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Mission Hills
Median household income: $250,000-plus
17
Kentucky
![a road and trees in Louisville, near Indiana Hills, Kentucky](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/indian-hills-louisville-KY.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Indian Hills
Median household income: $190,313
18
Louisiana
![a home in Louisiana in Baton Rouge, a city near Prairieville, Louisiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/prairieville-louisiana.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Prairieville
Median household income: $99,953
19
Maine
![photo of Bustin's Island, which is a part of Freeport in Cumberland County, Maine](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/cumberland-center-maine.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Cumberland Center
Median household income: $99,500
20
Maryland
![Aerial view of Travilah neighborhood in Montgomery County, Maryland](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/travilah-montgomery-county-maryland.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Travilah
Median household income: $241,369
21
Massachusetts
![Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/wellesley-massachusetts.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Wellesley
Median household income: $197,132
22
Michigan
![a garden and home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/bloomfield-hills-michigan.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Bloomfield Hills
Median household income: $178,894
23
Minnesota
![a lake in northern Minnesota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/north-oaks-minnesota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: North Oaks
Median household income: $178,816
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24
Mississippi
![Fountain in front of a mall in Madison, Mississippi](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/madison-mississippi.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Madison
Median household income: $114,521
25
Missouri
![a row of suburban houses in Missouri](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/frontenac-suburb-missouri.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Frontenac
Median household income: $217,768
26
Montana
![Thomas Francis Meagher Statue at the Montana State Capital Building in Helena, Montana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/helena-montana.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Helena Valley Northeast
Median household income: $96,146
27
Nebraska
![landscape photo of a shop in Grenta, Nebraska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/grenta-nebraska.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Gretna
Median household income: $83,103
28
Nevada
![Wild Horse Reservoir in Elko County, Nevada](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/spring-creek-elko-county-nevada.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Spring Creek
Median household income: $99,854
29
New Hampshire
![Red trees and a church in Hanover, New Hampshire](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/hanover-new-hampshire.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Hanover
Median household income: $109,514
30
New Jersey
![A Mall in short hills, a part of Millburn, New Jersey](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/short-hills-millburn-new-jersey.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Short Hills
Median household income: $250,000+
31
New Mexico
![Rio Grande river and mountains in White Rock, New Mexico](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/white-rock-new-mexico.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: White Rock
Median household income: $135,964
32
New York
![Scarsdale Falls in Scarsdale, New York](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/scarsdale-new-york.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Lloyd Harbor and Scarsdale (pictured)
Median household income: $250,000-plus
33
North Carolina
![suburb in Charlotte, North Carolina](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/suburb-near-charlotte-north-carolina.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Marvin
Median household income: $206,469
34
North Dakota
![Rural Mercer County area, which is near Beulah, North Dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/mercer-county-North-dakota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Beulah
Median household income: $99,125
35
Ohio
![landscape photo of Hamilton County, which Indian Hill, Ohio is a part of](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/hamilton-county-ohio.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Village of Indian Hill
Median household income: $207,174
36
Oklahoma
![A mansion in Oklahoma City, which is Nichola Hills, Oklahoma near](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/mansions-in-oklahoma-city-oklahoma.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Nichols Hills
Median household income: $186,912
37
Oregon
![a surburban town in Portland, Oregon, a city near Cedar Mill](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/portland-oregon-suburbs.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Cedar Mill
Median household income: $145,057
38
Pennsylvania
![suburb in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/suburb-in-pittsburgh-pennsylvania.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Fox Chapel
Median household income: $205,987
39
Rhode Island
![a river in Cumberland, which is near Cumberland Hill, Rhode Island](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/cumberland-hill-rhode-island.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Cumberland Hill
Median household income: $89,456
40
South Carolina
![Tega City Hall in Tega Cay, South Carolina](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/tega-cay-south-carolina.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Tega Cay
Median household income: $130,918
41
South Dakota
![aeriel view of houses in South Dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/southeastern-south-dakota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Dakota Dunes
Median household income: $118,966
42
Tennessee
![a photo of houses in Nashville, a city near Forest Hills, Tennessee](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/nashville-tennessee.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Forest Hills
Median household income: $203,056
43
Texas
![Harris County court house in Texas](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/piney-point-village-harris-county.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Hunters Creek Village, Piney Point Village (pictured), West University Place
Median household income: $250,000-plus
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44
Utah
![city skyline of Park City, near Silver Summit, Utah](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/summitt-county-utah.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Silver Summit
Median household income: $147,404
45
Vermont
![A brick building in Essex Junction, Vermont](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/essex-junction-vermont.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Essex Junction
Median household income: $80,019
46
Virginia
![Historic red brick house in Great Falls, Virginia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/great-falls-virginia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Great Falls
Median household income: $238,125
47
Washington
![a waterfall and house in King County, Washington](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/king-county-washington.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Clyde Hill
Median household income: $238,958
48
West Virginia
![landscape photo of Cheat Leak, West Virginia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/cheat-lake-west-virginia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Cheat Lake
Median household income: $89,310
49
Wisconsin
![a wooden bridge goes over a river near Merton, Wisconsin](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/merton-wisconsin.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Merton
Median household income: $154,464
50
Wyoming
![a mountain, trail, and flowers in Laramie County, which Ranchettes, Wyoming is a part of](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/laraime-county-wyoming.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024)
Richest town: Ranchettes
Median household income: $99,403
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