U.S. Cities - Rich or Poor?

The median household income in the United States is $74,755. Guess whether each city is above or below that average.

Source: U.S. Census via DollarTimes

Each city is at least 25% above or below the average

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1. Palo Alto, California

$179,707 / year

Rich

Poor

2. Flint, Michigan

$33,036 / year

Rich

Poor

3. Seattle, Washington

$115,409 / year

Rich

Poor

4. Cambridge, Massachusetts

$109,358 / year

Rich

Poor

5. Camden, New Jersey

$37,075 / year. Note: Camden is the poorest city in the richest state

Rich

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6. Evanston, Illinois

$97,144 / year

Rich

Poor

7. Scottsdale, Arizona

$100,636 / year

Rich

Poor

8. Brownsville, Texas

$46,912 / year

Rich

Poor

9. Scranton, Pennsylvania

$48,279 / year

Rich

Poor

10. Gary, Indiana

$36,153 / year

Rich

Poor

11. Cleveland, Ohio

$37,351 / year

Rich

Poor

12. Plano, Texas

$103,916 / year

Rich

Poor

13. Bethesda, Maryland

$158,720 / year

Rich

Poor

14. Birmingham, Alabama

$39,326 / year

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15. Overland Park, Kansas

$96,694 / year

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28 Comments

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Level 88

Feb 16, 2024

I liked the factoid about Camden being the poorest city in the richest state! It made me want to look up the richest city in the poorest state, which apparently is Madison, MS!

https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Mississippi/Household-Income

Level 93

Feb 16, 2024

Just missed Overland Park, which is very close to the threshold. Wasn't sure if it was more of a wealthy or poor suburb of Kansas City and guessed wrong.

Level ∞

Feb 16, 2024

Overland Park is only 3% above our threshold for "rich", but it's 72% above our threshold for "poor". So it's not really a close call.

Still, that is one of the harder questions...

+11

Level 70

Feb 16, 2024

It would be interesting to see this same list adjusted for cost of living.

Level 89

Feb 16, 2024

Rust Belt vs University Cities

Level 74

Jan 5, 2026

Not all, Camden is neither.

Level 86

Feb 17, 2024

Is a given city's homeless population figure into the calculation?

Level ∞

Feb 17, 2024

Don't know but it's not going to move the needle much.

Level 85

Feb 17, 2024

Extremely pedantic, but Bethesda is an unincorporated census-designated place, not a city. An alternative "rich" city in the DC area would be Alexandria, VA.

Level 73

Feb 20, 2024

Alexandria is definitely a rich city overall but it has it's share of "not so rich" areas.

You are correct that Bethesda is more of a wealthy suburban enclave than a proper city.

Level 77

Feb 26, 2024

Bethesda represent

Level 61

Mar 7, 2024

It sounded like a place that would be full of white christians, so rich was best guess. Odd, as Bethesda chapels in Wales tend to be in pretty poor places.

Level 74

Jan 5, 2026

It's a DC suburb...

Level 40

Mar 7, 2024

11/15 can't be mad about that. At least I know the rich cities

Level 57

Mar 8, 2024

I went through this whole quiz guessing my way through based on the state. Some states I immediatly dumped into the poor section (Alabama) and rich section (Massachusetts), everything else guessed by how classy the name sounds

Level 51

Mar 8, 2024

Shoutout Scranton for having the highest poor income on this quiz. Born and raised baby

Level 25

Mar 11, 2024

All these folks talking about relativity to cost of living... Ha! Poorie's a poorie everywhere!

Level 74

Jan 5, 2026

But "wealthy" isn't wealthy everywhere.

Level 66

Mar 11, 2024

Damn, how are families in Camden & Cleveland surviving on less than 40k a year? Is cost of living cheaper there?

Level 74

Jan 5, 2026

I don't know about Cleveland but NJ is one of the highest cost of living states. Although Camden county (where Camden is) has one of the lowest costs of living in NJ, so there's that.

Level 87

Apr 10, 2024

I motion that we all stop referring to people or places as 'rich' or 'poor' and start saying 'diamond' or 'toast', per the thumbnail. Who's with me?

Level 51

Jan 23, 2025

I was born in Birmingham. Hurts to see the city I was born in to vaguely be described as "poor", while low-income could be a better title for its unfortunate average salary.

Level ∞

Mar 29, 2025

Monetarily challenged.

Level 74

Jan 5, 2026

It's not that deep.

Level 55

Feb 4, 2025

Got 15 of 15 in 26 seconds wow

Level 65

Apr 5, 2025

Hesitated at Evanston because some parts are very rich while others are less so.

Level 62

Sep 20, 2025

Good idea!

Level 60

Jan 12, 2026

EZ, 15/15 21 sec.