Delaware County Ranks High Among 50 Highest-Earning Counties in PA

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The Media Courthouse in Delaware County, a county among the top 5 earners in Pennsylvania.
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The Media Courthouse.

Delaware County is among the highest-earning counties in Pennsylvania, according to a new report by Stacker.

To determine the areas that earn the most in the Keystone State and nationwide, Stacker used data from the U.S. Census Bureau to rank counties by 2019 5-year estimated median household income.

Delaware County ranked in fourth place with a median household income of $74,477. This is significantly higher than both the state (20.6 percent) and national (18.5 percent) median.

More than a third of households in the county – or 37.3 percent – earn more than $100,000. This puts it in fourth place in Pennsylvania and at No. 196 among all counties nationwide.

Meanwhile, only 8.1 percent of households earn less than $15,000, which is the 2,551 highest rate among all counties nationwide.

All Philadelphia collar counties ranked highly on the list, taking all four top spots. Chester County came in first, Montgomery County placed second, and Bucks County ranked in third place.

Nationally, the 2019 median household income in the U.S. was $68,703, up 6.8% from 2018.

COVID-19 in 2020 drastically altered income and poverty levels, along with consumer habits and job opportunities.

Read more about how Delaware County placed among the highest-earning counties in Pennsylvania at Stacker.

Here’s a video from 2018 touting the top Pennsylvania towns to live in.

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