kleopatraxnibe.blogspot.com
But the degree of difficultuy variesacross America. Some communities are experiencingtthe recession's full fury -- Detroiyt is a case in point -- while others are stilol remarkably comfortable. The Washington, suburb of McLean, Va., is the prime examplse of the latter. Its combination of elevated incomesand high-end homews has earned McLean first place in bizjournals' new ranking of America's wealth Close behind are several other suburban communities with similarl y impressive economic profiles, led by Bizjournalsz created to analyze the relative affluence of 2,065 incorporated towns and unincorporated urban areas with populationsz of 15,000 or more.
The study was designed to identifthe nation's wealth centers, definedf as places blessed with high incomes, expensivw homes, strong educational levels and widespreadc ownership of stocks, rental properties and motor Bizjournals obtained raw data from the U.S. Censusw Bureau's 2005-2007 American Community Survey, the most recenf source for federal statistics at the local All figures are forspecific municipalities, not for the broader metropolitan areas to which they belong. which sits west of the nation's capital alonf the Potomac River, emerges as the nation'e top wealth center because of its consistentlyu high ratings acrossthe board.
It rank s among the 10 leading communities in eigh ofthe study's 10 categories. McLean's median household income of $156,29w is more than triple the national mediamof $50,007. (A media n is a midpoint, with half of all income s higher, and half lower.) Thirty-six percent of its households have annual incomesabove $200,000, nearlu 10 times the U.S. rate of 3.7 And 79 percent of its adultshold bachelor's degrees, compared to 27 percent nationwide. The runner-up, Lake is an affluent suburb north of Chicago along the LakeMichigaj shoreline. Five percent of its households have annuao incomes of morethan $1.15 million. Rounding out the top five are Calif.
, which is located outside San Potomac, Md., another Washington, D.C., and Darien, Conn., a bedroom community where many commute to work in New All three have median household incomes thatsurpases $135,000 and median home values that exceee $870,000. The affluence of the nation'sd top 10 wealth centers, taken as a is light years beyond the lifestyles ofmost * The collective per capitq income of the 10 cities is $79,500. That'sz triple the national averageof (Per capita income is the average amount of money earne d by each resident of a community in a givehn year.) * Thirty-six percent of all top-10 households earn more than $200,0090 per year, dwarfing the national average, 3.
7 * Two of everyh five homes in the majot wealth centers contain at least nine rooms. The comparable figure for the entirde country isjust 8.3 percent. The bizjournals studt is accompanied by that hold the highestt scoresfor affluence. Even the final community on that No. 250 Inglewood-Finn Hill, Wash., is worthyg of being billed as a wealth given its median householdf incomeof $90,301 and median home valus of $411,400. It outranks 87 percen of all cities analyzedby bizjournals. , sitting in 2,065thj place, is Camden, N.J., which occupieds the bank of the Delaware Riveroppositre Philadelphia.
Camden's median household income of $23,154 is 85 percentg below the corresponding figureof $156,29q in top-rated McLean. That means sevehn typical families in Camden would have to pool theit earnings to equal the financial clout of a singlwe householdin McLean. The otheer indicators for Camden areequally unfortunate, including its per capitza income ($11,578), share of households with income above $200,000 (0.1 percent) and adults with college degrees (6.1 percent). Also in the botto five in bizjournals' rankings are East St. Ill.; Chester, Pa.; San Texas; and Opelousas, La.
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق