While Tennessee is not a state known for its extreme wealth, there are parts of the state that are known for wealth.
A recent analysis from Stacker, an online media content organization, determined the wealthiest city in each state using data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey Five-Year Data. The analysis breaks the data down into median household income and median earnings among other categories. As the bureau’s statistics don’t show specific incomes or earnings beyond $250,000, the earnings are designated as $250,000 and over.
Here’s what to know.
What is the richest city in Tennessee?
According to Census data, Belle Meade is the richest city in Tennessee. A suburb of Nashville in Davidson County, Belle Meade has a population of 2,668 people as of 2022.
The median household income in this city is $250,000, which is 232.7% more than the United States median income. About 74% of households earn over $200,000 annually. The unemployment rate in Belle Meade is only 1%.
“Belle Meade, a suburb of Nashville, is also the name of an 1853 Greek Revival mansion that is now a museum and winery,” the analysis wrote. “The site dates to the 18th century and was a massive plantation worked on by hundreds of enslaved people. John Harding helped the suburb become the seat of thoroughbred horse breeding in America. About 37% of homes in the city were built by 1939.”
What is the richest county in Tennessee?
While Belle Meade is the richest city in the state, it is not in the richest county. According to 2022 data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Williamson County is the richest. The county, only one over from Davidson, has a per capita income of $119,937.
What are the richest cities in the South?
According to Census data, these are the richest cities in each Southern state along with median household income:
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Mountain Brook, Alabama: $167,007
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Goshen, Arkansas: $167,961
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Palm Beach, Florida: $190,824
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Johns Creek, Georgia: $153,882
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Anchorage, Kentucky: $202,917
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Youngsville, Louisiana: $111,619
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Madison, Mississippi: $124,575
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Ladue, Missouri: $250,000
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Marvin, North Carolina: $238,875
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Kiawah Island, South Carolina: $214,250
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Belle Meade, Tennessee: $250,000
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Hunters Creek Village, Texas: $250,000
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Vienna, Virginia: $215,556
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Winfield, West Virginia: $101,500
What are the richest cities in the United States?
The richest cities all recorded a median household income of $250,000. These cities are: Hillsborough, California; Cherry Hills Village, Colorado; Kildeer, Illinois; Mission Hills, Kansas; Chevy Chase, Maryland; Ladue, Missouri; Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey; Scarsdale, New York; Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania; Belle Meade, Tennessee; Hunters Creek Village, Texas; and Clyde Hill, Washington.
The least affluent of the richest cities per state was South Portland, Maine. In this city, the median household income is $82,489. The second-least-affluent city was Cranston, Rhode Island, where the median household income was $83,123. The third-least-affluent city was Henderson, Nevada, where the median household income was $85,311.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: What’s the richest city in Tennessee? What to know
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