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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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Last updated: February 15, 2024
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1. Palo Alto, California
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$179,707 / year
2. Flint, Michigan
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$33,036 / year
3. Seattle, Washington
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$115,409 / year
4. Cambridge, Massachusetts
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$109,358 / year
5. Camden, New Jersey
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$37,075 / year. Note: Camden is the poorest city in the richest state
6. Evanston, Illinois
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$97,144 / year
7. Scottsdale, Arizona
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$100,636 / year
8. Brownsville, Texas
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$46,912 / year
9. Scranton, Pennsylvania
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$48,279 / year
10. Gary, Indiana
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$36,153 / year
11. Cleveland, Ohio
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$37,351 / year
12. Plano, Texas
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$103,916 / year
13. Bethesda, Maryland
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$158,720 / year
14. Birmingham, Alabama
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$39,326 / year
15. Overland Park, Kansas
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$96,694 / year
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17 Comments
khalbrucie
+14
Level 86
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

loganite
+4
Level 90
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.
Quizmaster
+4
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...

UnitedStatesQuizzes
+8
Level 71
Feb 16, 2024
It would be interesting to see this same list adjusted for cost of living.
hwes
+4
Level 86
Feb 16, 2024
Rust Belt vs University Cities
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Feb 17, 2024
Is a given city's homeless population figure into the calculation?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 17, 2024
Don't know but it's not going to move the needle much.
Ardennes
+4
Level 84
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.
ed1969
+1
Level 72
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.

SpartanLlama
+3
Level 70
Feb 26, 2024
Bethesda represent
timshorts
+2
Level 58
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.
Willislegit
+2
Level 34
Mar 7, 2024
11/15 can't be mad about that. At least I know the rich cities
AverageLondoner
+3
Level 55
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
JacobKutch314
+1
Level 39
Mar 8, 2024
Shoutout Scranton for having the highest poor income on this quiz. Born and raised baby
jhdgfh
+2
Level 24
Mar 11, 2024
All these folks talking about relativity to cost of living... Ha! Poorie's a poorie everywhere!
oranje
+1
Level 65
Mar 11, 2024
Damn, how are families in Camden & Cleveland surviving on less than 40k a year? Is cost of living cheaper there?
MindWax
+2
Level 84
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?
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