This is the Richest Town in Oklahoma
The median annual household income in America is just over $60,000. While many of the highest paying jobs tend to concentrate near large population centers, there are also smaller towns that are very prosperous. In most states, the wealthiest town has a median household income that is two or three times higher than the median across the state as a whole.
24/7 Wall St. reviewed the median annual household income in over 2,600 cities, towns, villages, and census designated places to identify the richest town in every state. We only considered areas with populations between 1,000 and 25,000. To ensure accuracy, we only considered places where the margin of error for population and median household income was less than 10%.
Oklahoma: Jenks
> Median household income: $93,364 (state: $51,424)
> Poverty rate: 6.4% (state: 16.0%)
> Median home value: $205,100 (state: $130,900)
> Population: 21,793
Jenks, Oklahoma, is located just south of Tulsa, so residents have access to the many high-paying jobs in the bigger city, in sectors like health care and aerospace engineering. Oklahoma has one of the lower median household incomes among states, at $51,424. The median in Jenks is tens of thousands of dollars higher, at over $93,000. This prosperity has likely attracted many new residents to Jenks — the population grew by more than 24%, from less than 18,000 in 2013 to over 21,000 in 2018.
StateRichest TownMedian Household IncomePoverty RateMedian Home ValuePopulationAlabamaHighland Lakes$151,0551.9%$441,0005,500AlaskaGateway$100,6414.2%$296,5007,037ArizonaParadise Valley$204,1455.0%$1,505,30014,215ArkansasCenterton$73,0158.8%$170,70013,252CaliforniaBelvedere$223,1822.3%2,000,000+2,098ColoradoGenesee$159,2265.5%$694,9003,766ConnecticutDarien$210,5113.1%$1,461,10021,759DelawareNorth Star$141,5331.8%$444,4007,441FloridaPinecrest$153,4175.5%$919,80019,446GeorgiaAvondale Estates$108,2992.9%$349,5003,135HawaiiOcean Pointe$114,8014.2%$629,80014,037IdahoDalton Gardens$71,1113.6%$364,6002,765IllinoisInverness$180,5411.2%$625,1007,747IndianaHidden Valley$106,2853.7%$196,8005,449IowaRobins$129,0810.7%$301,7003,414KansasFairway$105,0002.7%$352,2003,947KentuckyBuckner$123,22011.5%$328,0005,465LouisianaDestrehan$92,0523.6%$234,50010,933MaineTopsham$72,53710.6%$218,8006,103MarylandTravilah$235,6691.6%$1,090,40011,633MassachusettsWinchester$159,5362.5%$893,70022,677MichiganBloomfield Hills$174,7502.9%$856,7004,009MinnesotaDellwood$176,5280.3%$619,0001,251MississippiBrandon$74,1723.8%$177,90023,688MissouriClarkson Valley$170,9521.3%$629,2002,640MontanaMontana City$93,1942.4%$331,9002,796NebraskaPapillion$80,8534.1%$180,70020,466NevadaSpring Creek$97,1434.0%$225,40013,805New HampshireHampton$92,6884.3%$358,3009,235New JerseyGlen Ridge$213,8013.9%$644,9007,573New MexicoLos Alamos$106,2886.6%$295,60012,373New YorkGreenville$222,1153.3%$954,4007,336North CarolinaWeddington$132,5871.7%$443,60010,574North DakotaHorace$131,3541.5%$293,8002,660OhioNew Albany$203,1942.5%$494,60010,896OklahomaJenks$93,3646.4%$205,10021,793OregonBethany$127,3514.8%$509,90024,396PennsylvaniaEdgeworth$161,6415.8%$602,0001,596Rhode IslandCumberland Hill$88,1995.3%$251,3008,142South CarolinaTega Cay$123,5640.7%$316,5009,954South DakotaBrandon$84,0752.5%$206,6009,867TennesseeOak Hill$159,1670.8%$649,0004,634TexasUniversity Park$214,4774.3%$1,230,20024,954UtahHighland$133,7682.6%$536,10018,362VermontEssex Junction$75,4396.2%$283,40010,395VirginiaGreat Falls$228,8362.8%$1,133,10015,394WashingtonDuvall$156,2052.1%$452,2007,811West VirginiaBridgeport$80,6664.1%$220,1008,466WisconsinWhitefish Bay$117,3003.5%$373,20014,039WyomingRock Springs$75,44111.0%$217,40023,633
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