Income threshold of top 1% for the top and bottom 25 of 916 metropolitan areas, 2013
| Rank (from highest to lowest threshold) | Metropolitan area | Income threshold of top 1% |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson, WY-ID | $1,650,902 |
| 2 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | $1,390,965 |
| 3 | Summit Park, UT | $1,206,863 |
| 4 | Williston, ND | $1,066,541 |
| 5 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $964,238 |
| 6 | Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL | $959,229 |
| 7 | Midland, TX | $885,806 |
| 8 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | $785,946 |
| 9 | Key West, FL | $773,711 |
| 10 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $701,776 |
| 11 | Hailey, ID | $690,535 |
| 12 | Boulder, CO | $683,648 |
| 13 | Edwards, CO | $680,688 |
| 14 | Dickinson, ND | $674,032 |
| 15 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $672,795 |
| 16 | Trenton, NJ | $645,399 |
| 17 | Glenwood Springs, CO | $640,277 |
| 18 | Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | $617,382 |
| 19 | Steamboat Springs, CO | $616,365 |
| 20 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $606,286 |
| 21 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $575,237 |
| 22 | Vineyard Haven, MA | $571,352 |
| 23 | Easton, MD | $559,658 |
| 24 | Gardnerville Ranchos, NV | $553,891 |
| 25 | Napa, CA | $552,799 |
| 892 | Ashtabula, OH | $160,918 |
| 893 | Jackson, OH | $159,791 |
| 894 | Lumberton, NC | $159,460 |
| 895 | Fort Leonard Wood, MO | $158,727 |
| 896 | Henderson, NC | $158,034 |
| 897 | Palatka, FL | $156,861 |
| 898 | Bucyrus, OH | $156,740 |
| 899 | North Vernon, IN | $155,223 |
| 900 | Malvern, AR | $154,742 |
| 901 | Valley, AL | $154,352 |
| 902 | Newport, TN | $154,338 |
| 903 | Cedartown, GA | $153,240 |
| 904 | Las Vegas, NM | $152,989 |
| 905 | Hinesville, GA | $152,556 |
| 906 | Española, NM | $150,842 |
| 907 | Rockingham, NC | $150,132 |
| 908 | Summerville, GA | $148,569 |
| 909 | Gaffney, SC | $147,522 |
| 910 | Portales, NM | $147,232 |
| 911 | Deming, NM | $146,521 |
| 912 | Fitzgerald, GA | $145,130 |
| 913 | Raymondville, TX | $137,185 |
| 914 | Rio Grande City, TX | $136,855 |
| 915 | Middlesborough, KY | $136,814 |
| 916 | Bennettsville, SC | $126,085 |
| United States | $389,436 |
Note: Incomes are in 2014 dollars. Data are for tax units.
Source: Authors’ analysis of county and state-level tax data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012). Core Based Statistical Areas defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division; Office of Management and Budget, February 2013 delineations.