Napervile Ranking...

As Reported by Ted Slowik, City Editor for The Naperville Sun, Naperville median income ranks fourth among U.S. cities in its category

Naperville has one of the highest median household income levels among smaller cities in the nation, and its poverty rate ranks among the nation's lowest, according to a Census report released Tuesday.

The city's estimated median household income of $93,338 places it fourth among places with populations between 65,000 and 250,000 people. Naperville was outranked by three towns in California and is the only Midwestern city to place in the top 10.

The city's median household income is more than double the nation's median of $46,242 and far greater than the Illinois median of $50,260. Illinois ranked 14th, with New Jersey having the highest median household income at $61,672 and Mississippi having the lowest at $32,938.

Prior to Tuesday, the city's median household income was reported as the highest in the nation among cities of 100,000 or more, at $88,771, based on 2000 Census data.

Naperville's poverty rate of 2.5 percent is third-lowest among places in the 65,000 to 250,000 population range. Only Weston, Fla. (1.5 percent), and Frisco, Texas (2.1 percent), reported lower poverty rates, according to the 2005 American Community Survey.

The survey is a relatively new Census tool designed to provide detailed demographic, socioeconomic and housing data in a more timely fashion than the 10-year Census reports. For the 2005 survey, about 3 million households were sampled nationwide.

The survey says 38.2 million people, or 13.3 percent of the nation's population, live below the poverty line. Illinois had the 23rd-lowest poverty rate, at 12 percent. New Hampshire's rate was the lowest at 7.5 percent, and Mississippi's was the highest at 21.3 percent.

Median household income

Pleasanton, CA $101,022

Newport Beach, CA $97,428

Livermore, CA $96,632

NAPERVILLE, IL $96,338

Chino Hills, CA $93,133

Newton, MA $91,746

Mission Viejo, CA $90,855

Thousand Oaks, CA $90,503

Sugar Land, TX $86,231

Redondo Beach, CA $85,594

Poverty rate

Weston, FL 1.5%

Frisco, TX 2.1%

NAPERVILLE, IL 2.5%

Livonia, MI 2.5%

Redondo Beach, CA 2.6%

Arlington Heights, IL 2.7%

O'Fallon, MO 2.7%

Elk Grove, CA 2.8%

Chino Hills, CA 2.9%

Roswell, GA 3.0%

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