These Are America’s Wealthiest Counties

Many U.S. states contain multiple wealthy counties.

To find out which U.S. counties are the wealthiest, GOBankingRates isolated the 50 counties with the highest average household income and used Zillow to find each county’s 2024 typical home value. The state of Virginia has the highest concentration of wealthy counties in it with a total of nine counties. 

Ranked in order from counties with the highest to lowest average household income, these are the 50 wealthiest counties in America.

• Average household income: $216,684
• Typical home value: $1,702,429

• Average household income: $215,832
• Typical home value: $1,624,785

• Average household income: $210,349
• Typical home value: $1,778,745

• Average household income: $209,659
• Typical home value: $1,158,483

• Average household income: $201,590
• Typical home value: $789,961

• Average household income: $197,408
• Typical home value: $1,422,426

• Average household income: $194,835
• Typical home value: $1,475,523

• Average household income: $185,205
• Typical home value: $792,293

• Average household income: $184,058
• Typical home value: $1,514,301

• Average household income: $182,050
• Typical home value: $2,641,734

• Average household income: $180,825
• Typical home value: $747,207

• Average household income: $180,479
• Typical home value: $827,864

• Average household income: $180,199
• Typical home value: $1,015,431

• Average household income: $180,169
• Typical home value: $4,789,848

• Average household income: $180,078
• Typical home value: $673,371

• Average household income: $178,045
• Typical home value: $658,851

• Average household income: $176,392
• Typical home value: $603,537

• Average household income: $176,197
• Typical home value: $2,811,217

• Average household income: $173,854
• Typical home value: $632,961

• Average household income: $172,866
• Typical home value: $665,207

• Average household income: $170,721
• Typical home value: $767,075

• Average household income: $169,404
• Typical home value: $884,075

• Average household income: $169,322
• Typical home value: $732,177

• Average household income: $165,199
• Typical home value: $868,326

• Average household income: $165,058
• Typical home value: $575,532

• Average household income: $164,883
• Typical home value: $556,211

• Average household income: $164,668
• Typical home value: $1,212,997

• Average household income: $164,118
• Typical home value: $841,335

• Average household income: $162,075
• Typical home value: $734,060

• Average household income: $161,998
• Typical home value: $713,238

• Average household income: $161,206
• Typical home value: $939,651

• Average household income: $160,337
• Typical home value: $755,278

• Average household income: $159,778
• Typical home value: $522,080

• Average household income: $159,035
• Typical home value: $536,651

• Average household income: $158,520
• Typical home value: $621,564

• Average household income: $156,856
• Typical home value: $525,629

• Average household income: $156,781
• Typical home value: $805,083

• Average household income: $156,189
• Typical home value: $636,905

• Average household income: $154,691
• Typical home value: $426,978

• Average household income: $154,569
• Typical home value: $513,054

• Average household income: $154,247
• Typical home value: $1,543,325

• Average household income: $153,498
• Typical home value: $416,381

• Average household income: $152,417
• Typical home value: $896,333

• Average household income: $152,380
• Typical home value: $588,007

• Average household income: $151,722
• Typical home value: $448,802

• Average household income: $151,544
• Typical home value: $597,946

• Average household income: $150,842
• Typical home value: $689,643

• Average household income: $150,292
• Typical home value: $731,880

• Average household income: $149,608
• Typical home value: $567,785

• Average household income: $148,374
• Typical home value: $670,688

Photo disclaimer: Photos are for illustrative purposes only. In many cases, the closest major city outside of the city/county mentioned in the article was used.

Methodology: For this piece, GOBankingRates looked at all counties in the United States. GOBankingRates isolated the 50 counties with the highest average household income as sourced from the 2022 American Community Survey. GOBankingRates was then able to find the 2024 typical home value for the county as sourced from Zillow. All data was collected and is up to date as of July 10, 2024.