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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not here but in many other places in the country, it still means a lot of money for one person.

100,000 is the top 24%.

http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/income-rank/[/quote]

It's all about perspective and where you live. [b]Many DC neighborhoods have average incomes of 500K[/b], you would be poor living there, just like you would be rich living in 3rd world Sudan at 100k.[/quote]

Wrong. There isn't a single neighborhood in DC where the average income is $500K. Or even $100K.[/quote]
Notice there are some 500k+ nieghborhoods in McLean and Bethesda, many 300-380K+ in Washington DC, YOU ARE WRONG

Washington DC         
Note: This Metro Area covers 3 sub-areas. 
    Neighborhoods in the District of Columbia: 
            1: Spring Valley (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $354,727, Higley 1000 #126
            3.4% Black, 6.9% Asian, 6.5% Latino and 78.2% Non-Hispanic White.

2: Foxhall Crescent-Wesley Heights West (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $336,498, Higley 1000 #165
            4.4% Black, 5.8% Asian, 7.3% Latino and 77.6% Non-Hispanic White.

3: Kent (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $318,400, Higley 1000 #239
            4.4% Black, 3.8% Asian, 4.3% Latino and 84.1% Non-Hispanic White.

4: Forest Hills North (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $316,140, Higley 1000 #243
            12.5% Black, 4.9% Asian, 8.0% Latino and 68.4% Non-Hispanic White.

5: Cleveland Park West (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $306,496, Higley 1000 #281
            6.9% Black, 4.4% Asian, 6.4% Latino and 77.1% Non-Hispanic White.

6: Logan Circle Northeast (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $297,744, Higley 1000 #339
            12.9% Black, 4.2% Asian, 7.7% Latino and 70.8% Non-Hispanic White.

7: Georgetown (residential core) (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $296,577, Higley 1000 #345
            1.8% Black, 4.3% Asian, 5.3% Latino and 86.2% Non-Hispanic White.

8: Chevy Chase (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $290,931, Higley 1000 #386
            4.5% Black, 3.1% Asian, 4.5% Latino and 84.7% Non-Hispanic White.

9: Tenleytown North (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $278,859, Higley 1000 #478
            4.0% Black, 6.1% Asian, 6.1% Latino and 78.4% Non-Hispanic White.

10: Palisades (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $252,529, Higley 1000 #806
            3.0% Black, 3.7% Asian, 5.1% Latino and 84.9% Non-Hispanic White.

11: Massachusetts Heights (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $251,498, Higley 1000 #819
            3.5% Black, 3.8% Asian, 7.5% Latino and 83.9% Non-Hispanic White.

12: Cathedral Heights (Washington DC) 
            Mean Household Income: $250,456, Higley 1000 #835
            4.7% Black, 5.1% Asian, 7.4% Latino and 75.8% Non-Hispanic White.

Neighborhoods in Maryland: 
            1: Bradley Manor-Longwood (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $599,440, Higley 1000 #2
            3.3% Black, 8.4% Asian, 5.0% Latino and 80.0% Non-Hispanic White.

2: Potomac Manor-Potomac Rivers Estates (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $599,331, Higley 1000 #3
            1.3% Black, 17.7% Asian, 5.7% Latino and 72.4% Non-Hispanic White.

3: Carderock-The Palisades (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $595,669, Higley 1000 #5
            3.0% Black, 16.1% Asian, 5.6% Latino and 73.6% Non-Hispanic White.

4: Chevy Chase Village (Chevy Chase Village) 
            Mean Household Income: $466,049, Higley 1000 #24
            0.5% Black, 1.6% Asian, 2.8% Latino and 93.4% Non-Hispanic White.

5: Congressional Forest Estates-McAuley Park (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $404,394, Higley 1000 #48
            2.6% Black, 7.3% Asian, 5.3% Latino and 81.9% Non-Hispanic White.

6: The Burning Tree Club (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $373,904, Higley 1000 #87
            2.5% Black, 11.1% Asian, 5.2% Latino and 77.6% Non-Hispanic White.

7: Avenal-Heritage Farm (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $366,427, Higley 1000 #101
            6.0% Black, 14.1% Asian, 5.3% Latino and 70.4% Non-Hispanic White.

8: Clewerall-Glengarry (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $361,555, Higley 1000 #113
            2.8% Black, 14.5% Asian, 2.1% Latino and 79.0% Non-Hispanic White.

9: Kenwood (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $349,711, Higley 1000 #135
            0.4% Black, 3.8% Asian, 4.0% Latino and 90.5% Non-Hispanic White.

10: Westmoreland Hills (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $333,704, Higley 1000 #174
            0.5% Black, 2.9% Asian, 6.7% Latino and 87.1% Non-Hispanic White.

11: South Bradley Hills (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $331,275, Higley 1000 #184
            0.8% Black, 4.2% Asian, 5.2% Latino and 87.1% Non-Hispanic White.

12: Potomac Village-Falconhurst (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $320,708, Higley 1000 #230
            5.1% Black, 18.8% Asian, 4.9% Latino and 67.8% Non-Hispanic White.

13: Battery Park (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $315,548, Higley 1000 #246
            0.9% Black, 6.1% Asian, 5.8% Latino and 85.8% Non-Hispanic White.

14: Greenwich Forest (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $309,843, Higley 1000 #270
            1.5% Black, 3.2% Asian, 3.8% Latino and 90.3% Non-Hispanic White.

15: Somerset (Somerset) 
            Mean Household Income: $307,425, Higley 1000 #279
            0.7% Black, 3.9% Asian, 4.8% Latino and 87.7% Non-Hispanic White.

16: Tulip Hill-Glen Echo Heights (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $304,389, Higley 1000 #301
            1.9% Black, 4.1% Asian, 5.2% Latino and 85.5% Non-Hispanic White.

17: Bannockburn-St. Marsh (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $297,989, Higley 1000 #337
            4.3% Black, 15.6% Asian, 5.2% Latino and 71.5% Non-Hispanic White.

18: Kenwood Park-Oakwood Knolls (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $290,967, Higley 1000 #385
            2.8% Black, 17.8% Asian, 8.2% Latino and 66.7% Non-Hispanic White.

19: Chevy Chase (Town) (Chevy Chase (Town)) 
            Mean Household Income: $289,628, Higley 1000 #395
            1.0% Black, 3.8% Asian, 4.7% Latino and 88.1% Non-Hispanic White.

20: Kentdale Estates-Red Coat Woods (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $289,375, Higley 1000 #396
            5.7% Black, 19.7% Asian, 3.9% Latino and 67.0% Non-Hispanic White.

21: Chevy Chase Section Five (Chevy Chase Sec 5) 
            Mean Household Income: $288,468, Higley 1000 #401
            0.0% Black, 2.1% Asian, 3.3% Latino and 92.7% Non-Hispanic White.

22: Woodacres (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $285,545, Higley 1000 #431
            2.2% Black, 3.5% Asian, 5.7% Latino and 86.4% Non-Hispanic White.

23: Fawcett Farms-River Falls (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $282,946, Higley 1000 #448
            2.4% Black, 12.1% Asian, 2.9% Latino and 79.5% Non-Hispanic White.

24: Travilah (Travilah) 
            Mean Household Income: $279,057, Higley 1000 #476
            4.7% Black, 29.7% Asian, 3.6% Latino and 58.9% Non-Hispanic White.

25: Brookmont (Brookmont) 
            Mean Household Income: $278,489, Higley 1000 #486
            1.9% Black, 4.2% Asian, 5.2% Latino and 86.0% Non-Hispanic White.

26: Chevy Chase Section Three (Chevy Chase Sec 3) 
            Mean Household Income: $272,285, Higley 1000 #557
            1.2% Black, 2.6% Asian, 3.9% Latino and 88.8% Non-Hispanic White.

27: Bedfordshire-Elberon (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $266,149, Higley 1000 #622
            3.5% Black, 22.2% Asian, 3.7% Latino and 68.4% Non-Hispanic White.

28: Fallsreach-Potomac Green (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $262,821, Higley 1000 #657
            3.4% Black, 17.1% Asian, 5.7% Latino and 69.8% Non-Hispanic White.

29: Westwood (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $261,980, Higley 1000 #669
            0.8% Black, 3.8% Asian, 6.4% Latino and 87.1% Non-Hispanic White.

30: Westhaven (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $261,291, Higley 1000 #678
            3.3% Black, 4.3% Asian, 5.1% Latino and 83.0% Non-Hispanic White.

31: Martin's Additions (Martin's Additions) 
            Mean Household Income: $259,991, Higley 1000 #702
            0.6% Black, 3.8% Asian, 3.2% Latino and 90.5% Non-Hispanic White.

32: Chevy Chase Lake-Dunlop Hills (Chevy Chase CDP) 
            Mean Household Income: $259,574, Higley 1000 #709
            6.4% Black, 4.2% Asian, 4.4% Latino and 81.1% Non-Hispanic White.

33: Inverness Woods-Inverness Forest (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $257,166, Higley 1000 #738
            3.6% Black, 17.9% Asian, 6.0% Latino and 69.5% Non-Hispanic White.

34: West Chevy Chase (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $256,391, Higley 1000 #754
            1.6% Black, 6.1% Asian, 5.0% Latino and 83.9% Non-Hispanic White.

35: Kemp Mil Forest-Springbrook Forest (Kemp Mill) 
            Mean Household Income: $255,728, Higley 1000 #762
            7.4% Black, 5.0% Asian, 5.2% Latino and 78.0% Non-Hispanic White.

36: Rollingwood (Chevy Chase CDP) 
            Mean Household Income: $255,566, Higley 1000 #765
            8.0% Black, 4.0% Asian, 3.7% Latino and 79.1% Non-Hispanic White.

37: Tilden Woods (North Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $251,240, Higley 1000 #821
            1.2% Black, 6.6% Asian, 4.7% Latino and 84.9% Non-Hispanic White.

38: Highland Hills-Bradley Woods (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $249,481, Higley 1000 #849
            3.4% Black, 9.7% Asian, 8.0% Latino and 75.4% Non-Hispanic White.

39: Rock Creek Forest (Silver Spring) 
            Mean Household Income: $248,758, Higley 1000 #858
            6.0% Black, 3.1% Asian, 4.3% Latino and 82.2% Non-Hispanic White.

40: The Brownstones of Park Potomac (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $246,904, Higley 1000 #881
            19.9% Black, 18.2% Asian, 7.6% Latino and 52.7% Non-Hispanic White.

41: Alta Vista Terrace-Oakmont (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $246,700, Higley 1000 #888
            3.7% Black, 6.9% Asian, 5.9% Latino and 79.3% Non-Hispanic White.

42: English Village-Kenwood Park (Bethesda) 
            Mean Household Income: $245,055, Higley 1000 #913
            1.5% Black, 9.0% Asian, 5.0% Latino and 80.1% Non-Hispanic White.

43: Leland Beach Triangle (Chevy Chase CDP) 
            Mean Household Income: $245,037, Higley 1000 #914
            1.2% Black, 2.8% Asian, 4.6% Latino and 88.2% Non-Hispanic White.

44: Laurel Hill-Stonhurst Center (Potomac) 
            Mean Household Income: $242,131, Higley 1000 #971
            3.0% Black, 7.3% Asian, 7.5% Latino and 80.3% Non-Hispanic White.

Neighborhoods in Virginia: 
            1: Swinks Mill-The Dominion Reserve (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $562,596, Higley 1000 #7
            2.2% Black, 16.8% Asian, 3.5% Latino and 59.8% Non-Hispanic White.

2: McLean Country Estates-Glendale (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $498,944, Higley 1000 #19
            0.7% Black, 10.7% Asian, 4.8% Latino and 81.0% Non-Hispanic White.

3: Douglass Hill (Arlington) 
            Mean Household Income: $416,717, Higley 1000 #39
            0.3% Black, 2.2% Asian, 2.3% Latino and 93.3% Non-Hispanic White.

4: Ingleside-Old Dominion Gardens (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $376,004, Higley 1000 #83
            1.3% Black, 18.8% Asian, 5.0% Latino and 71.2% Non-Hispanic White.

5: Woodside Estates-Peacock Station (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $373,813, Higley 1000 #88
            2.8% Black, 20.3% Asian, 3.6% Latino and 69.9% Non-Hispanic White.

6: Langley (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $344,570, Higley 1000 #142
            1.1% Black, 15.2% Asian, 4.9% Latino and 75.5% Non-Hispanic White.

7: Lake Barcroft Shores (Lake Barcroft) 
            Mean Household Income: $343,824, Higley 1000 #143
            1.4% Black, 3.3% Asian, 8.0% Latino and 83.8% Non-Hispanic White.

8: Belle Haven (Belle Haven ) 
            Mean Household Income: $342,842, Higley 1000 #147
            1.0% Black, 2.0% Asian, 2.7% Latino and 93.0% Non-Hispanic White.

9: Oakton Mill Estates-Avon Park (Oakton) 
            Mean Household Income: $336,629, Higley 1000 #164
            2.0% Black, 10.8% Asian, 4.1% Latino and 79.5% Non-Hispanic White.

10: McLean Hamlet-The Reserve (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $336,039, Higley 1000 #166
            1.7% Black, 16.4% Asian, 3.7% Latino and 75.1% Non-Hispanic White.

11: Chandley Farm-Pleasant Hills North (Centreville) 
            Mean Household Income: $333,446, Higley 1000 #175
            4.1% Black, 11.9% Asian, 5.8% Latino and 72.7% Non-Hispanic White.

12: Williamsburg (Arlington) 
            Mean Household Income: $329,735, Higley 1000 #197
            0.9% Black, 2.7% Asian, 4.5% Latino and 87.0% Non-Hispanic White.

13: Potomac Overlook-Langley Ridge (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $319,669, Higley 1000 #234
            4.4% Black, 15.0% Asian, 4.8% Latino and 69.5% Non-Hispanic White.

14: Brookhaven (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $302,814, Higley 1000 #314
            1.9% Black, 6.8% Asian, 5.7% Latino and 82.2% Non-Hispanic White.

15: Chain Bridge Forest-Old Glebe (Arlington) 
            Mean Household Income: $300,767, Higley 1000 #323
            1.9% Black, 3.8% Asian, 4.1% Latino and 87.4% Non-Hispanic White.

16: Woodmont-Dover Crystal (Arlington) 
            Mean Household Income: $298,376, Higley 1000 #334
            0.6% Black, 3.1% Asian, 5.2% Latino and 87.6% Non-Hispanic White.

17: Chesterbrook (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $294,657, Higley 1000 #357
            1.5% Black, 6.3% Asian, 4.9% Latino and 84.3% Non-Hispanic White.

18: Ridgelea Hills (Mantua) 
            Mean Household Income: $291,519, Higley 1000 #376
            1.5% Black, 19.2% Asian, 5.0% Latino and 70.4% Non-Hispanic White.

19: Cedar Ridge-Kirkpatrick Farms (South Riding) 
            Mean Household Income: $290,158, Higley 1000 #393
            8.3% Black, 31.4% Asian, 8.7% Latino and 41.8% Non-Hispanic White.

20: McLean Hunt-Timberley Park (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $288,058, Higley 1000 #406
            1.1% Black, 14.1% Asian, 3.4% Latino and 78.4% Non-Hispanic White.

21: Dartmoor Woods-Vale Park West (Oakton) 
            Mean Household Income: $280,195, Higley 1000 #467
            1.5% Black, 11.2% Asian, 3.9% Latino and 79.5% Non-Hispanic White.

22: River Creek Club (Loudoun Cty) 
            Mean Household Income: $277,355, Higley 1000 #499
            4.0% Black, 4.0% Asian, 2.8% Latino and 86.7% Non-Hispanic White.

23: Beverley Hills-North Ridge (Alexandria) 
            Mean Household Income: $276,840, Higley 1000 #507
            0.7% Black, 1.0% Asian, 3.0% Latino and 94.1% Non-Hispanic White.

24: Clifton North (Fairfax Cty) 
            Mean Household Income: $276,353, Higley 1000 #511
            2.1% Black, 10.8% Asian, 5.6% Latino and 75.9% Non-Hispanic White.

25: Shaker Woods (Dranesville) 
            Mean Household Income: $274,066, Higley 1000 #534
            2.9% Black, 9.3% Asian, 2.7% Latino and 80.9% Non-Hispanic White.

26: Rosemont (Alexandria) 
            Mean Household Income: $273,987, Higley 1000 #536
            5.2% Black, 2.1% Asian, 2.8% Latino and 83.6% Non-Hispanic White.

27: Balmacara-River Oaks (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $269,129, Higley 1000 #586
            2.1% Black, 8.3% Asian, 5.4% Latino and 82.5% Non-Hispanic White.

28: Elnido-The Potomac School (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $266,494, Higley 1000 #618
            1.6% Black, 13.1% Asian, 3.3% Latino and 79.0% Non-Hispanic White.

29: Great Falls (Great Falls) 
            Mean Household Income: $265,533, Higley 1000 #627
            1.7% Black, 13.5% Asian, 3.9% Latino and 77.4% Non-Hispanic White.

30: Franklin Park-Kenabargan (McLean) 
            Mean Household Income: $263,880, Higley 1000 #641
            0.8% Black, 5.0% Asian, 3.3% Latino and 88.0% Non-Hispanic White.

31: Old Town Central (Alexandria) 
            Mean Household Income: $261,697, Higley 1000 #674
            2.0% Black, 1.6% Asian, 2.3% Latino and 92.7% Non-Hispanic White.

32: Ascot-Hunters Gate (Reston) 
            Mean Household Income: $260,719, Higley 1000 #689
            2.7% Black, 16.2% Asian, 4.5% Latino and 72.4% Non-Hispanic White.

33: Waverly-Spring Lake (Wolf Trap) 
            Mean Household Income: $260,672, Higley 1000 #690
            1.2% Black, 9.6% Asian, 4.3% Latino and 82.2% Non-Hispanic White.

34: Hunters Valley-Hunters Valley North (Oakton) 
            Mean Household Income: $259,359, Higley 1000 #713
            1.6% Black, 9.9% Asian, 5.0% Latino and 81.5% Non-Hispanic White.

35: Lansdowne Riverpoint (Lansdowne) 
            Mean Household Income: $255,092, Higley 1000 #769
            9.9% Black, 18.0% Asian, 7.3% Latino and 57.6% Non-Hispanic White.

36: Tattersall-Cinnamon Ridge (Oakton) 
            Mean Household Income: $254,116, Higley 1000 #785
            1.4% Black, 7.8% Asian, 4.7% Latino and 82.7% Non-Hispanic White.

37: Brimstone-Ardmore (Fairfax Station) 
            Mean Household Income: $252,776, Higley 1000 #801
            2.8% Black, 9.9% Asian, 3.4% Latino and 80.5% Non-Hispanic White.

38: Franklin Oaks Park (Franklin Farm) 
            Mean Household Income: $252,533, Higley 1000 #805
            3.2% Black, 13.9% Asian, 4.2% Latino and 74.5% Non-Hispanic White.

39: Clarks Crossing-Meadowlark Gardens (Wolf Trap) 
            Mean Household Income: $250,655, Higley 1000 #829
            1.1% Black, 8.1% Asian, 4.3% Latino and 82.3% Non-Hispanic White.

40: Fountainhead Park (Fairfax Cty) 
            Mean Household Income: $248,186, Higley 1000 #865
            4.0% Black, 11.5% Asian, 3.3% Latino and 77.5% Non-Hispanic White.

41: Bluffs of Wolf Trap-Spring Lake (Wolf Trap) 
            Mean Household Income: $247,550, Higley 1000 #872
            2.0% Black, 8.5% Asian, 5.4% Latino and 79.9% Non-Hispanic White.

42: Gulf Branch (Arlington) 
            Mean Household Income: $245,261, Higley 1000 #909
            1.5% Black, 3.7% Asian, 3.6% Latino and 88.2% Non-Hispanic White.

43: Rock Spring (Arlington) 
            Mean Household Income: $244,868, Higley 1000 #918
            0.3% Black, 4.6% Asian, 5.4% Latino and 86.1% Non-Hispanic White.

44: Catharpin (Prince William Cty) 
            Mean Household Income: $244,724, Higley 1000 #920
            2.6% Black, 5.4% Asian, 9.2% Latino and 79.2% Non-Hispanic White.

45: Grays-Oakton Knoll Estates (Oakton) 
            Mean Household Income: $243,032, Higley 1000 #955
            1.6% Black, 21.9% Asian, 4.1% Latino and 65.7% Non-Hispanic White.

46: Fairfax Station-Fariview Woods (Fairfax Station) 
            Mean Household Income: $241,771, Higley 1000 #975
            1.9% Black, 8.9% Asian, 4.0% Latino and 81.9% Non-Hispanic White. 
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