| City | Median 2005 household income |
| 1 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | $62,979 |
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $49,276 |
| 3 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $48,530 |
| 4 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $46,782 |
| 5 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | $46,060 |
| 6 | Trenton-Ewing, NJ | $44,661 |
| 7 | Boulder, CO | $43,640 |
| 8 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | $43,277 |
| 9 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $42,846 |
| 10 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $41,634 |
| 11 | Barnstable Town, MA | $41,362 |
| 12 | Denver-Aurora, CO | $40,939 |
| 13 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $40,915 |
| 14 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $40,880 |
| 15 | Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | $40,677 |
| 16 | Napa, CA | $40,666 |
| 17 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $39,815 |
| 18 | Ann Arbor, MI | $39,528 |
| 19 | Reno-Sparks, NV | $39,430 |
| 20 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $38,901 |
| 21 | Baltimore-Towson, MD | $38,813 |
| 22 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $38,768 |
| 23 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $38,515 |
| 24 | Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL | $38,348 |
| 25 | New Haven-Milford, CT | $38,254 |
| 26 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | $37,965 |
| 27 | Norwich-New London, CT | $37,801 |
| 28 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $37,740 |
| 29 | Madison, WI | $37,447 |
| 30 | Casper, WY | $37,401 |
| 31 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | $37,169 |
| 32 | Anchorage, AK | $37,058 |
| 33 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | $36,852 |
| 34 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | $36,650 |
| 35 | Midland, TX | $36,642 |
| 36 | Rochester, MN | $36,619 |
| 37 | Ocean City, NJ | $36,525 |
| 38 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | $36,488 |
| 39 | Des Moines, IA | $36,384 |
| 40 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | $36,124 |
| 41 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | $36,079 |
| 42 | Carson City, NV | $36,055 |
| 43 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $35,502 |
| 44 | Richmond, VA | $35,422 |
| 45 | Worcester, MA | $35,384 |
| 46 | Indianapolis, IN | $35,266 |
| 47 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | $35,188 |
| 48 | Honolulu, HI | $34,911 |
| 49 | Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | $34,904 |
| 50 | Pittsfield, MA | $34,887 |
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| Source: US Census Bureau |
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