Based on a recent analysis by the personal finance site MoneyLion, the wealthiest suburbs in the United States are predominantly clustered in a few key states, with New York, California, and Texas claiming eight of the top ten spots. The rankings, which measure the average household income from the 2024 American Community Survey, reveal that these affluent communities share several common traits, including proximity to water, excellent school systems, limited housing supply, and high home values. While these suburbs offer significant wealth and amenities, they also come with potential downsides such as heightened risks of white-collar crime like identity theft and wire fraud.
Topping the list is Scarsdale, New York, a leafy suburb of New York City in Westchester County, boasting an average household income of $612,591 and average home values of $1.7 million. The Houston suburb of West University Place, named for its proximity to Rice University, ranks second with an average income of $439,594. The top five is rounded out by Rye, New York ($428,806), Los Altos, California ($417,182), and Paradise Valley, Arizona ($408,500). Los Altos, a Silicon Valley suburb of San Jose, stands out for having the highest average home value on the list at $4.8 million. Paradise Valley, a Phoenix suburb known for golf resorts, only made the cut this year after its household count surpassed the 5,000 threshold for the first time.
The remaining five suburbs on the list are University Park, Texas ($407,253); Alamo, California ($401,221); Southlake, Texas ($384,530); McLean, Virginia ($379,689); and Orinda, California ($376,741). University Park is a Dallas suburb named for Southern Methodist University, while both Alamo and Orinda are San Francisco suburbs in Contra Costa County. McLean, Virginia, serves as the most affluent suburb of Washington, D.C. and is known for being home to diplomats and intelligence professionals. The rankings also highlight how statistical methodology can influence results; this particular analysis uses mean incomes, which can be skewed by the ultra-wealthy, while other lists using median incomes (like a 2025 U.S. News analysis) name Sammamish, Washington as the wealthiest U.S. city.
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