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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.
Each city is at least 25% above or below the average
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Last updated: February 15, 2024
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First submittedFebruary 15, 2024
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1. Palo Alto, California
Rich
Poor
$179,707 / year
2. Flint, Michigan
Rich
Poor
$33,036 / year
3. Seattle, Washington
Rich
Poor
$115,409 / year
4. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rich
Poor
$109,358 / year
5. Camden, New Jersey
Rich
Poor
$37,075 / year. Note: Camden is the poorest city in the richest state
6. Evanston, Illinois
Rich
Poor
$97,144 / year
7. Scottsdale, Arizona
Rich
Poor
$100,636 / year
8. Brownsville, Texas
Rich
Poor
$46,912 / year
9. Scranton, Pennsylvania
Rich
Poor
$48,279 / year
10. Gary, Indiana
Rich
Poor
$36,153 / year
11. Cleveland, Ohio
Rich
Poor
$37,351 / year
12. Plano, Texas
Rich
Poor
$103,916 / year
13. Bethesda, Maryland
Rich
Poor
$158,720 / year
14. Birmingham, Alabama
Rich
Poor
$39,326 / year
15. Overland Park, Kansas
Rich
Poor
$96,694 / year
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Level 85
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

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Level 88
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.
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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...

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Level 69
Feb 16, 2024
It would be interesting to see this same list adjusted for cost of living.
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Level 85
Feb 16, 2024
Rust Belt vs University Cities
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Level 84
Feb 17, 2024
Is a given city's homeless population figure into the calculation?
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Level ∞
Feb 17, 2024
Don't know but it's not going to move the needle much.
+3
Level 82
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.
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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.

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Level 67
Feb 26, 2024
Bethesda represent
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Level 55
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.
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Level 32
Mar 7, 2024
11/15 can't be mad about that. At least I know the rich cities
+3
Level 51
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
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Level 33
Mar 8, 2024
Shoutout Scranton for having the highest poor income on this quiz. Born and raised baby
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Level 23
Mar 11, 2024
All these folks talking about relativity to cost of living... Ha! Poorie's a poorie everywhere!
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Level 64
Mar 11, 2024
Damn, how are families in Camden & Cleveland surviving on less than 40k a year? Is cost of living cheaper there?