Massachusetts is one of the wealthiest states in the United States of America, with a median household income of $101,341 (as of 2023), and a per capita income of $56,284 (as of 2023). Many of the state's wealthiest towns are located in the Boston suburbs. This area includes a high concentration of wealthy cities and towns just to the west of Boston, in the MetroWest area, and along the northern and southern coastal regions that have easy access to the city, in particular the North Shore of Boston. Many summer communities are located along the shores of Cape Cod where wealthy second homeowners vacation, and there are several other wealthy communities located farther west than the Boston Metro area clustered in suburban areas around Worcester and in rural areas in far western parts of the state. Data is from the 2009–2013 and 2017–2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates where indicated.
Counties
StateRank USRank County Per capitaincome Medianhouseholdincome Medianfamilyincome Population Number ofhouseholds 1 25 Norfolk $46,920 $84,916 $108,943 677,296 257,451 2 30 Middlesex $42,861 $82,090 $104,032 1,522,533 581,120 3 102 Barnstable $36,142 $60,526 $76,311 215,449 95,398 Massachusetts $35,763 $66,866 $84,900 6,605,058 2,530,147 4 115 Plymouth $35,220 $75,092 $90,431 497,386 179,617 5 117 Essex $35,167 $67,311 $84,185 750,808 286,008 6 164 Dukes $33,363 $66,288 $82,452 16,739 5,891 7 193 Suffolk $32,835 $53,540 $61,449 735,701 288,240 8 244 Worcester $31,537 $65,223 $81,519 802,688 299,663 9 365 Hampshire $29,460 $61,227 $81,385 159,267 58,828 10 374 Berkshire $29,294 $48,450 $65,216 130,545 55,301 11 378 Franklin $29,259 $53,663 $67,785 71,408 30,534 12 412 Bristol $28,837 $55,298 $72,018 549,870 210,037 United States $28,155 $53,046 $64,719 311,536,594 115,610,216 13 874 Hampden $25,817 $49,094 $61,474 465,144 177,990
Cities and towns
Ranking of cities and towns based on per capita income (2021 USD).
Updated with 2023 ACS 5-year estimates