Maryland’s richest town is located in Montgomery County
Did you know that 24/7 Wall St. ranked Maryland, with a $70,004 median household income, as the richest state in the Union back in 2012? They also deemed the Washington DC metro area as the richest city in the country with a median household income of $86,680.
According to 24/7 Wall St:
“Maryland, which has had the highest median income of all states since 2006, was the only state in the country to have a median income above $70,000 in 2011. The state’s 10.1% was well below the national rate of 15.9%. Furthermore, a sizable portion of the population is earning well above the median income. Maryland is one of three states, along with New Jersey and Connecticut, where more than 10% of families earned more than $200,000 in 2011. Across the U.S., only 5.6% of families made more than $200,000 in 2011.”
However in their recent list of state by state richest towns, Montgomery County’s Poolesville is crowned Maryland’s richest town, with a median household income of $135,430 and a listed population of 4,977. Visit the Town of Poolesville’s official site.
24/7 Wall Street had this to say about Poolesville:
“With Maryland households the wealthiest in the nation, Poolesville was not just the richest in the state but also among the richest nationwide. A typical household in the town earned $135,430 annually. Maryland was also one of just 10 states where the difference between the poorest and richest towns’ household median income exceeded $100,000.”