These Are The 10 Richest Cities In Pennsylvania

Franklin Park, Fort Washington, Blue Bell: These cities aren’t just some of the best places to live in Pennsylvania. They are also home to some of the richest people in the Keystone State.

Franklin Park in particular houses the richest residents in the state thanks, in part, to a median household income of $116,378 and a ridiculously low poverty rate of 1.6%.

If you’re thinking of moving to one of these towns, you’ll probably need to start saving. The richest places in Pennsylvania share common characteristics such as having a genius level populous, sky high home prices, and a Pleasantville level of married couples.

After analyzing Census data from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey for the 256 places in Pennsylvania with more than 5,000 people, we were left with this set of the ten richest places in the Keystone State:

1. Franklin Park
2. Fort Washington
3. Blue Bell
4. Maple Glen
5. Murrysville
6. Penn Wynne
7. Audubon
8. Trooper
9. Upper St. Clair
10. Blandon

For more on how we calculated the top ten, read on or skip to the end for the full list. Oh, and the poorest place in Pennsylvania? That would be Duquesne.

How We Determined The Richest Places In Pennsylvania

The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is simply how much people earn. After all, rich people have really high salaries.

However, we don’t think that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places”. So we looked at this set of criteria from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey:

• Poverty Level
• Median Household Income
• Unemployment Rate

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place really is. The unemployment rate tries to capture the prospects for more people to become rich. If more people are employed, the richer the future looks.

After we collected the data for all 256 places with more than 5,000 people in Pennsylvania, we ranked each place from 1 to 256 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, Franklin Park, crowned the “Richest Place In Pennsylvania”.

You can learn more about the top ten below or skip to the end to see the rankings for all 256 places.

1. Franklin Park

Population: 13,882
Median Income: 11637800.0%
Poverty Level: 1.6%
Unemployment Rate: 3.7%

2. Fort Washington

Population: 5,619
Median Income: 11250000.0%
Poverty Level: 1.2%
Unemployment Rate: 3.8%

3. Blue Bell

Population: 6,049
Median Income: 12487500.0%
Poverty Level: 1.5%
Unemployment Rate: 4.6%

4. Maple Glen

Population: 6,767
Median Income: 11207900.0%
Poverty Level: 1.9%
Unemployment Rate: 4.7%

5. Murrysville

Population: 20,171
Median Income: 9002600.0%
Poverty Level: 3.0%
Unemployment Rate: 4.1%

6. Penn Wynne

Population: 5,740
Median Income: 10490900.0%
Poverty Level: 3.5%
Unemployment Rate: 4.4%

7. Audubon

Population: 8,483
Median Income: 8646300.0%
Poverty Level: 3.6%
Unemployment Rate: 4.0%

8. Trooper

Population: 5,868
Median Income: 10296200.0%
Poverty Level: 4.9%
Unemployment Rate: 3.8%

9. Upper St. Clair

Population: 19,303
Median Income: 10644400.0%
Poverty Level: 3.4%
Unemployment Rate: 5.2%

10. Blandon

Population: 7,139
Median Income: 7500000.0%
Poverty Level: 4.1%
Unemployment Rate: 4.0%

There You Have It – The Richest Places In Pennsylvania

Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Pennsylvania, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Pennsylvania. When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.

If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in PA, according to data:

Poorest: Duquesne
2nd Poorest: Reading
3rd Poorest: York
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Detailed List Of Richest Places In Pennsylvania

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City	Rank	Population	Median Income	Poverty Level	Unemployment Rate
Franklin Park	1	13,882	$116,378	1.6%	3.7%
Fort Washington	2	5,619	$112,500	1.2%	3.8%
Blue Bell	3	6,049	$124,875	1.5%	4.6%
Maple Glen	4	6,767	$112,079	1.9%	4.7%
Murrysville	5	20,171	$90,026	3.0%	4.1%
Penn Wynne	6	5,740	$104,909	3.5%	4.4%
Audubon	7	8,483	$86,463	3.6%	4.0%
Trooper	8	5,868	$102,962	4.9%	3.8%
Upper St. Clair	9	19,303	$106,444	3.4%	5.2%
Blandon	10	7,139	$75,000	4.1%	4.0%
Montgomeryville	11	12,977	$106,360	3.8%	5.1%
Allison Park	12	20,867	$80,572	4.4%	4.1%
Glenshaw	13	8,908	$76,842	3.1%	5.0%
Clarks Summit	14	5,101	$64,297	3.1%	3.6%
Paoli	15	5,616	$76,019	4.2%	4.7%
Middletown	16	7,529	$77,642	4.8%	5.3%
Harleysville	17	9,348	$79,044	1.8%	6.2%
Glenside	18	7,614	$83,929	5.2%	5.6%
Bethel Park	19	32,338	$70,102	2.9%	5.8%
Wyomissing	20	10,467	$73,545	4.6%	5.3%
Linglestown	21	6,482	$73,115	5.6%	5.2%
Economy	22	9,133	$76,639	5.7%	5.3%
Broomall	23	10,312	$70,185	4.3%	5.5%
Wescosville	24	5,951	$87,783	7.4%	4.6%
Jefferson Hills	25	10,984	$77,118	5.2%	6.1%
Whitfield	26	5,171	$71,955	8.8%	2.3%
Shanor-Northvue	27	5,156	$63,705	7.5%	1.5%
Village Green-Green Ridge	28	7,804	$67,237	2.0%	6.9%
Swarthmore	29	6,198	$105,197	8.8%	4.9%
Plum	30	27,386	$67,639	3.7%	6.4%
East York	31	8,504	$61,711	6.9%	4.0%
Camp Hill	32	7,891	$65,192	5.3%	5.7%
King of Prussia	33	19,919	$72,942	6.4%	5.8%
Horsham	34	14,936	$68,843	4.2%	7.0%
South Park Township	35	13,492	$69,365	6.0%	6.0%
Richboro	36	6,382	$121,458	0.7%	8.7%
Plymouth Meeting	37	5,721	$75,204	4.2%	7.6%
New Holland	38	5,407	$54,451	3.1%	5.3%
Oakmont	39	6,358	$57,813	6.1%	4.7%
Mountain Top	40	11,182	$73,078	5.1%	7.2%
Fox Chapel	41	5,397	$168,274	5.8%	8.0%
Collegeville	42	5,263	$105,662	5.7%	8.0%
Crafton	43	5,931	$49,888	5.1%	3.9%
Lower Allen	44	7,012	$56,932	5.3%	5.3%
Doyle	45	8,353	$66,172	6.2%	5.9%
West View	46	6,752	$59,387	7.3%	4.4%
Shillington	47	5,272	$55,097	6.1%	5.0%
Conshohocken	48	7,864	$75,280	7.9%	6.2%
Glenolden	49	7,150	$56,362	6.1%	5.6%
Lititz	50	9,386	$50,792	7.0%	3.3%
Kulpsville	51	8,401	$67,596	4.3%	8.0%
Monroeville	52	28,365	$56,554	6.5%	5.5%
Shiloh	53	11,493	$63,544	6.0%	6.9%
Oreland	54	5,748	$82,795	6.0%	8.4%
New Cumberland	55	7,276	$53,075	7.6%	4.1%
White Oak	56	7,851	$50,408	5.5%	5.3%
Westmont	57	5,086	$58,074	7.1%	5.8%
Willow Grove	58	16,185	$68,435	6.1%	7.8%
Swoyersville	59	5,038	$52,837	8.8%	2.8%
Dormont	60	8,565	$51,901	6.7%	5.2%
Emmaus	61	11,291	$55,929	6.5%	5.9%
Folsom	62	8,282	$72,731	4.4%	8.8%
Ardmore	63	12,867	$74,671	9.5%	6.2%
Lansdale	64	16,382	$61,182	7.4%	6.2%
Levittown	65	51,326	$69,232	6.8%	8.0%
Lionville	66	6,334	$81,429	8.1%	8.0%
Perkasie	67	8,511	$64,477	7.4%	7.2%
Leola	68	7,088	$61,055	7.6%	6.7%
Souderton	69	6,668	$62,490	6.8%	7.6%
Hollidaysburg	70	5,792	$51,128	9.6%	2.7%
Whitehall	71	13,931	$56,196	8.3%	5.8%
St. Marys	72	12,940	$48,842	8.0%	4.5%
Ancient Oaks	73	7,312	$82,019	3.7%	11.5%
Weigelstown	74	13,174	$54,241	5.5%	7.7%
Phoenixville	75	16,530	$58,418	7.7%	6.8%
Willow Street	76	7,485	$56,526	6.2%	7.6%
Forest Hills	77	6,501	$63,378	7.3%	7.8%
Elizabet	78	11,602	$55,601	10.0%	5.0%
Kennett Square	79	6,123	$67,378	9.3%	7.3%
Hermitage	80	16,237	$53,784	7.2%	6.7%
Homeacre-Lyndora	81	6,966	$48,408	9.0%	4.1%
Mechanicsburg	82	8,971	$58,342	6.2%	8.2%
Wyndmoor	83	5,681	$86,619	6.4%	10.8%
Northampton	84	9,921	$51,014	6.9%	6.9%
Hatboro	85	7,403	$66,875	4.2%	11.1%
Grove City	86	8,242	$42,984	9.0%	3.9%
Moosic	87	5,712	$51,802	10.9%	4.9%
Pleasant Hills	88	8,291	$62,969	5.7%	9.5%
Drexel Hill	89	28,262	$65,328	6.8%	9.1%
Brookhaven	90	8,045	$65,826	8.7%	8.4%
Colonial Park	91	13,124	$50,220	9.0%	6.0%
Sanatoga	92	8,581	$66,029	6.9%	9.7%
Helle	93	5,881	$53,768	7.9%	7.8%
Bridgeville	94	5,142	$43,465	9.7%	5.0%
Baldwin	95	19,791	$53,699	7.0%	8.4%
Wilson	96	7,852	$48,099	7.2%	7.5%
Mount Joy	97	7,774	$54,629	10.2%	7.0%
Palmerton	98	5,382	$44,833	11.0%	4.6%
Jeannette	99	9,522	$41,780	11.4%	3.9%
Morrisville	100	8,689	$61,689	5.8%	11.4%
Brentwood	101	9,625	$52,455	10.2%	6.9%
Norwood	102	5,897	$65,975	7.0%	11.3%
Prospect Park	103	6,464	$59,494	9.4%	8.4%
Progress	104	9,717	$59,276	7.4%	9.7%
Olyphant	105	5,178	$46,497	12.3%	5.1%
Selinsgrove	106	5,698	$41,265	14.6%	2.7%
Nazareth	107	5,723	$53,208	10.4%	7.4%
Palmyra	108	7,399	$50,640	8.4%	7.9%
Ephrata	109	13,529	$50,417	9.3%	7.5%
Carnot-Moon	110	12,081	$57,013	13.3%	7.4%
Dunmore	111	13,974	$48,422	9.4%	7.1%
Hershey	112	14,172	$54,118	22.8%	4.7%
Ridley Park	113	7,021	$59,966	9.8%	8.6%
Northwest Harborcreek	114	9,492	$63,171	8.3%	10.5%
Lansdowne	115	10,618	$56,020	9.3%	8.5%
Downin	116	7,921	$57,327	7.9%	9.8%
Quake	117	8,939	$52,615	11.9%	7.4%
Media	118	5,341	$57,327	10.1%	8.5%
Red Lion	119	6,343	$41,924	9.6%	6.2%
Clifton Heights	120	6,656	$41,956	11.6%	5.4%
Sierra View	121	5,154	$66,488	9.1%	11.1%
Fairless Hills	122	9,289	$61,325	7.5%	11.5%
Bellefonte	123	6,250	$42,476	17.8%	4.3%
Lehighton	124	5,427	$42,500	8.5%	7.5%
Dickson City	125	6,049	$42,569	11.7%	5.9%
Castle Shannon	126	8,317	$47,149	12.6%	6.3%
Archbald	127	7,053	$50,447	10.2%	8.1%
Canonsburg	128	8,973	$50,036	9.0%	8.5%
Birdsboro	129	5,158	$62,050	9.4%	10.7%
Munhall	130	11,355	$44,075	7.8%	8.3%
Ambler	131	6,481	$58,429	7.8%	11.9%
South Williamsport	132	6,370	$42,861	15.3%	5.9%
Kingston	133	13,105	$48,248	15.5%	7.2%
Lowe r Burrell	134	11,653	$51,300	9.4%	9.5%
Monaca	135	5,721	$43,393	10.6%	7.7%
Fullerton	136	15,529	$53,216	11.5%	9.1%
Sugarcreek	137	5,238	$39,885	12.8%	6.2%
Park Forest Village	138	9,276	$46,108	33.6%	3.5%
Arlington Heights	139	5,392	$55,926	10.2%	10.5%
Sayre	140	5,553	$38,690	10.7%	7.1%
Enola	141	6,053	$47,809	11.7%	8.2%
Carlisle	142	18,877	$46,614	17.6%	7.5%
Croydon	143	10,017	$56,155	8.9%	13.3%
Yeadon	144	11,506	$49,735	12.6%	8.5%
Catasauqua	145	6,477	$51,458	10.1%	10.8%
Blakely	146	6,534	$38,698	15.3%	6.8%
Old Forge	147	8,265	$51,135	10.4%	10.2%
Coraopolis	148	5,655	$35,704	13.8%	6.2%
Taylor	149	6,230	$41,927	11.2%	8.3%
Huntingdon	150	7,069	$40,461	21.2%	5.7%
Bellevue	151	8,338	$40,502	14.8%	7.5%
Oxford	152	5,100	$48,687	18.0%	8.2%
Woodlyn	153	10,131	$51,162	11.9%	10.1%
West Mifflin	154	20,271	$47,894	12.1%	9.6%
Penn Estates	155	5,972	$70,015	18.5%	14.0%
Ellwood City	156	7,743	$38,905	10.7%	8.5%
Hanover	157	15,365	$44,249	13.1%	8.8%
Columbia	158	10,399	$43,410	15.8%	8.4%
Sharon Hill	159	5,685	$50,129	8.2%	16.4%
Exeter	160	5,633	$40,529	14.3%	8.4%
Edinboro	161	6,484	$34,258	34.2%	3.7%
Parkville	162	6,949	$53,619	12.3%	12.5%
Bristol	163	9,657	$41,446	12.5%	9.2%
Pott	164	22,519	$45,724	17.4%	8.9%
Lewisburg	165	5,781	$46,326	29.3%	7.3%
Collingdale	166	8,778	$47,281	13.9%	10.6%
Berwick	167	10,398	$39,098	16.5%	8.4%
Chambersburg	168	20,430	$40,936	21.2%	7.7%
West Chester	169	18,860	$48,779	29.7%	7.8%
Middl	170	8,909	$38,867	18.6%	8.2%
Millersville	171	8,320	$45,946	24.4%	8.1%
Bethlehem	172	75,050	$46,902	18.9%	9.3%
Franklin	173	6,448	$35,029	15.9%	8.0%
Bangor	174	5,256	$47,349	13.5%	11.4%
Steelton	175	5,959	$46,627	18.8%	9.5%
Folcroft	176	6,615	$52,210	14.8%	12.6%
Carnegie	177	7,960	$37,846	19.2%	8.0%
Tyrone	178	5,433	$38,147	17 .0%	8.6%
Connellsville	179	7,578	$31,420	22.1%	6.1%
Warren	180	9,543	$36,914	15.3%	9.3%
Greensburg	181	14,726	$38,339	19.2%	8.5%
Clearfield	182	6,143	$34,083	19.8%	8.2%
Schuylkill Haven	183	5,368	$41,200	16.7%	11.0%
Swissvale	184	8,963	$37,039	16.4%	9.8%
Mount Carmel	185	5,833	$32,278	17.3%	8.5%
Altoona	186	45,987	$36,258	19.2%	9.2%
Vandergrift	187	5,142	$36,111	16.3%	9.9%
Scranton	188	75,842	$37,551	21.2%	9.1%
Somerset	189	6,185	$38,061	20.2%	9.4%
Pittsburgh	190	306,045	$40,009	22.6%	9.4%
Pottsville	191	14,136	$36,768	19.1%	9.7%
Bloomsburg	192	14,699	$29,694	41.7%	6.0%
Waynesboro	193	10,673	$40,037	14.4%	14.0%
DuBois	194	7,718	$33,611	23.5%	8.5%
Norri	195	34,454	$42,296	19.3%	12.0%
Monessen	196	7,630	$32,970	20.4%	8.8%
New Brighton	197	5,973	$33,647	18.6%	9.8%
Nanticoke	198	10,395	$35,723	20.1%	10.6%
Clarion	199	5,000	$35,846	37.2%	8.2%
Punxsutawney	200	5,927	$32,445	20.0%	9.7%
Kut	201	5,016	$46,288	32.7%	11.3%
Wilkinsburg	202	15,894	$33,483	18.3%	11.5%
Easton	203	26,977	$39,773	20.1%	13.1%
Pittston	204	7,702	$34,500	17.6%	12.3%
Greenville	205	5,919	$35,481	19.4%	11.7%
Aliquippa	206	9,356	$34,816	19.9%	11.4%
Plymouth	207	5,905	$33,354	22.2%	9.8%
Turtle Creek	208	5,335	$29,635	21.8%	9.1%
New Kensington	209	12,959	$36,555	20.2%	12.0%
Milton	210	7,017	$34,600	15.8%	14.5%
Meadville	211	13,307	$32,259	26.5%	9.1%
Oil City	212	10,383	$34,897	25.3%	10.8%
East Stroudsburg	213	9,773	$45,375	25.8%	17.5%
Tamaqua	214	6,994	$32,319	23.1%	11.0%
Erie	215	100,832	$33,007	25.2%	11.0%
Washington	216	13,715	$34,234	24.6%	11.5%
Wilkes-Barre	217	41,202	$31,361	25.7%	9.9%
Gettysburg	218	7,632	$31,158	30.0%	9.5%
Allentown	219	118,793	$36,578	23.4%	15.1%
Corry	220	6,546	$31,546	21.7%	11.9%
Philadelphia	221	1,546,920	$37,460	24.9%	14.9%
Carbondale	222	8,843	$32,223	19.5%	14.7%
New Castle	223	$29,762	24.6%	11.3%
Butler	224	13,609	$29,895	27.6%	10.7%
Shamokin	225	7,295	$31,938	21.8%	13.3%
Lebanon	226	25,553	$35,313	24.3%	15.7%
Lewi	227	8,341	$31,377	25.3%	11.5%
Lancaster	228	59,368	$33,772	25.3%	13.9%
State College	229	42,066	$26,627	55.3%	8.8%
Coatesville	230	13,130	$35,601	28.0%	15.7%
Sharon	231	13,845	$29,213	25.7%	11.6%
California	232	6,703	$34,338	36.1%	12.0%
Shippensburg	233	5,479	$31,744	29.8%	11.7%
Williamsport	234	29,377	$33,537	28.4%	14.2%
Hazleton	235	25,179	$30,947	23.4%	15.1%
Beaver Falls	236	8,842	$27,908	27.0%	11.8%
Sunbury	237	9,817	$28,530	26.0%	12.3%
Ambridge	238	6,973	$30,098	29.0%	12.5%
Lock Haven	239	9,860	$26,139	42.7%	10.2%
Clairton	240	6,752	$29,158	28.5%	12.5%
Harrisburg	241	49,297	$32,476	29.2%	16.7%
McKees Rocks	242	6,088	$26,317	25.6%	13.3%
Arnold	243	5,090	$27,421	29.2%	12.3%
Bradford	244	8,665	$32,070	33.7%	13.8%
Darby	245	10,689	$32,224	30.5%	17.4%
Uniontown	246	10,203	$26,846	28.4%	14.0%
Titusville	247	5,479	$30,156	31.1%	17.0%
McKeesport	248	19,663	$26,224	30.5%	13.9%
Stroudsburg	249	5,528	$30,445	36.0%	18.5%
Chester	250	34,007	$28,607	30.0%	20.5%
Indiana	251	14,025	$27,881	47.7%	14.0%
Shenandoah	252	5,002	$27,188	30.5%	18.6%
Johnstown	253	20,576	$25,376	31.9%	15.3%
York	254	43,817	$28,819	34.6%	20.9%
Reading	255	88,051	$26,867	35.3%	20.0%
Duquesne	256	5,558	$19,811	40.0%	25.9%