Economics

These Are the Wealthiest Towns in the U.S.

  • New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, California dominate list
  • Entry-level income for 100 richest places topped $200,000
A home in Atherton, California.Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Silicon Valley town that billionaires Eric Schmidt of Google and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg have called home is America’s richest community for the third year in a row.

Atherton, California, whose household income averaged $450,696 in 2017, topped the Bloomberg Richest PlacesBloomberg Terminal annual index.