Suburb in Dallas America's richest
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January 20, 2011, Thursday
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A DALLAS suburb which is home to teenage pop group Jonas Brothers and the Texas Rangers baseball team owner Chuck Greenberg is the most affluent neighborhood in the United States, according to Forbes.com.
The town of Westlake, Texas, has an estimated annual median household income of US$250,000, five times more than the median for the US overall.
The town of 703 residents is also home to sports stars such as golfer Todd Hamilton.
"We are a very small town and we have a number of highly paid professional -athletes who live here, CEOs of major corporations, members of a popular band of brothers," said Laura Wheat, the mayor of the Town of Westlake.
Second on the list was the Village of Kenilworth, a suburb of Chicago, where median household income totals US$247,000. Mission Hills, Kansas, with median -household income of US$243,000, was third.
The median American household income was US$49,777 in 2009, according to census data.
The town of Westlake, Texas, has an estimated annual median household income of US$250,000, five times more than the median for the US overall.
The town of 703 residents is also home to sports stars such as golfer Todd Hamilton.
"We are a very small town and we have a number of highly paid professional -athletes who live here, CEOs of major corporations, members of a popular band of brothers," said Laura Wheat, the mayor of the Town of Westlake.
Second on the list was the Village of Kenilworth, a suburb of Chicago, where median household income totals US$247,000. Mission Hills, Kansas, with median -household income of US$243,000, was third.
The median American household income was US$49,777 in 2009, according to census data.
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