Pennsylvania counties by per capita income

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Pennsylvania has the twenty-fourth highest per capita income in the United States of America, at $20,880 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $31,998 (2003), the sixteenth highest in the country. Its median household income is $40,106 (2000), ranked twenty-eighth in the country, and its median family income is $49,184 (2000), the twenty-sixth highest in the country. The median value of an owner-occupied housing unit is $97,000 (2000), ranked thirty-fourth in the country.

Many of the top richest places in Pennsylvania are suburbs of Pittsburgh, located in Allegheny County, and the suburbs of Harrisburg, which include Cumberland and Dauphin counties. However, the overall richest area is the Delaware Valley, which is composed of suburban Philadelphia, and is located in a wealth corridor that runs from the suburbs of Washington, DC all the way into southern New Hampshire. In contrast to the Delaware Valley, the wealthy Pittsburgh neighborhoods are more condensed into small locations, while the wealthy Philadelphia communities spread out over four counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery) and within the city’s borders.

One notable wealthy area in the Philadelphia area is the Pennsylvania Main Line, which includes Lower Merion, Radnor, and Tredyffrin townships. Some of Pennsylvania’s most affluent neighborhoods and priciest real estate are located in communities located in these townships, including Ardmore, Bala Cynwyd, Gladwyne, Haverford, and Villanova. Chestnut Hill is another wealthy area, however no census data exists for it (except for zip code data), because it is part of Philadelphia. The Northeast wealth corridor also runs through Montgomery County, highest in the area of Whitpain, Lower Gwynedd, Plymouth, and Whitemarsh townships; and into areas of Bucks County especially the area around New Hope, such as Solebury, Lower Makefield, and Upper Makefield townships.

Outside of the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg metropolitan areas, Pennsylvania is a relatively poorer state, especially in the northern areas and the Appalachian Mountains; only 22% of Pennsylvania places have per capita incomes higher than the national per capita income, and 11.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.

1.9% of Pennsylvania households have annual incomes of $200,000+, and 10.3% have incomes of $100,000 or more. On the contrary, 9.7% have incomes of less than $10,000, and 43.8% less than $34,999.

[edit] Pennsylvania counties ranked by per capita income

There are sixty-seven counties located in Pennsylvania, three of which are in the 100 richest counties in the country.

Rank	National Rank	County	Per Capita Income	Median House- hold Income	Metropolitan Area
1	34	Chester County	$31,627	$65,295	Philadelphia (PA-NJ-DE-MD)
2	44	Montgomery County	$30,898	$60,829	Philadelphia (PA-NJ-DE-MD)
3	83	Bucks County	$27,430	$59,727	Philadelphia (PA-NJ-DE-MD)
4	140	Delaware County	$25,040	$50,092	Philadelphia (PA-NJ-DE-MD)
5	206	Cumberland County	$23,610	$46,707	Harrisburg (PA)
6	279	Allegheny County	$22,491	$38,329	Pittsburgh (PA)
7	308	Dauphin County	$22,134	$41,507	Harrisburg (PA)
8	331	Lehigh County	$21,897	$43,449	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (PA-NJ)
9	390	Northampton County	$21,399	$45,234	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (PA-NJ)
10	407	Berks County	$21,232	$44,714	Reading (PA)
11	428	York County	$21,086	$45,268	York-Hanover (PA)
12	469	Butler County	$20,794	$42,308	Pittsburgh (PA)
13	516	Lancaster County	$20,398	$45,507	Lancaster (PA)
14	529	Pike County	$20,315	$44,608	New York-Northern NJ-Long Island (NY-NJ-CT-PA)
15	572	Monroe County	$20,011	$46,257
16	589	Washington County	$19,935	$37,607	Pittsburgh (PA)
17	616	Lebanon County	$19,773	$40,838	Harrisburg (PA)
18	635	Westmoreland County	$19,674	$37,106	Pittsburgh (PA)
19	708	Franklin County	$19,339	$40,476
20	712	Montour County	$19,302	$38,075
21	859	Lackawanna County	$18,710	$34,438	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre (PA)
22	905	Adams County	$18,577	$42,704
23	911	Perry County	$18,551	$41,909	Harrisburg (PA)
24	961	Beaver County	$18,402	$36,995	Pittsburgh (PA)
25	1020	Luzerne County	$18,228	$33,771	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre (PA)
26	1035	Elk County	$18,174	$37,550
27	1085	Centre County	$18,020	$36,165	State College (PA)
28	1132	Erie County	$17,932	$36,627	Erie (PA)
29	1134	Union County	$17,918	$40,336
30	1154	Warren County	$17,862	$36,083
31	1252	Mercer County	$17,636	$34,666
32	1322	Wyoming County	$17,452	$36,365	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre (PA)
33	1417	Schuylkill County	$17,230	$32,699
34	1419	Lycoming County	$17,224	$34,016	Williamsport (PA)
35	1462	Bradford County	$17,148	$35,038
36	1508	Carbon County	$17,064	$35,113	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (PA-NJ)
37	1551	Wayne County	$16,977	$34,082
38	1556	Columbia County	$16,973	$34,094
39	1601	Crawford County	$16,870	$33,560
40	1615	Lawrence County	$16,835	$33,152
41	1651	McKean County	$16,777	$33,040
42	1663	Snyder County	$16,973	$35,981
43	1667	Blair County	$16,870	$32,861	Altoona (PA)
44	1752	Philadelphia County	$16,509	$30,746	Philadelphia (PA-NJ-DE-MD)
45	1763	Northumberland County	$16,489	$31,314
46	1793	Sullivan County	$16,438	$30,279
47	1796	Susquehanna County	$16,435	$33,622
48	1810	Fulton County	$16,409	$34,882
49	1858	Bedford County	$16,316	$32,731
50	1881	Venango County	$16,252	$32,257
51	1916	Jefferson County	$16,186	$31,722
52	1926	Juniata County	$16,142	$34,698
53	1957	Potter County	$16,070	$32,253
54	1965	Cambria County	$16,058	$30,179	Johnstown (PA)
55	1984	Clearfield County	$16,010	$31,357
56	2007	Cameron County	$15,968	$32,212
57	2106	Clinton County	$15,750	$31,064
58	2129	Armstrong County	$15,709	$31,557	Pittsburgh (PA)
59	2190	Mifflin County	$15,553	$32,175
60	2193	Tioga County	$15,549	$32,020
61	2268	Huntingdon County	$15,379	$33,313
62	2301	Indiana County	$15,312	$30,233
63	2311	Fayette County	$15,274	$27,451	Pittsburgh (PA)
64	2318	Clarion County	$15,243	$30,770
65	2336	Somerset County	$15,178	$30,911
66	2416	Greene County	$14,959	$30,352
67	2622	Forest County	$14,314	$27,581