Top-Earning Towns
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10. University Park, Texas
Median Family Income: $170,150
Population: 24,182
Median home price: $997,500
How did the home of Southern Methodist University make the list? Maybe the graduates of its top-rated Cox School of Business liked it so much they decided to stay.
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Next: Wellesley, Mass.More From CNNMoney.com
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9. Wellesley, Mass.
Median Family Income: $172,900
Population: 26,113
Median home price: $861,000
Get your book on in Wellesley. The Boston suburb is home to the school of the same name, which is consistently rated as one of the nation's top liberal arts colleges.
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Next: McLean, Va.More From CNNMoney.com
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8. McLean, Va.
Median Family Income: $180,103
Population: 40,715
Median home price: $840,000
If you want your neighbors to be rich AND powerful, move to McLean. Vice President Dick Cheney is said to be building a home there for when he leaves the West Wing. Other residents from both ends of the political spectrum include Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Democratic senator Ted Kennedy.
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Next: Potomac, Md.More From CNNMoney.com
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7. Potomac, Md.
Median Family Income: $183,258
Population: 46,662
Median home price: $833,400
The locals still call it horse country, but much of Potomac has been turned over to the Washington, D.C., area's wealthiest residents. Multimillion-dollar homes and estates fill the town, which sits on the banks of the river for which it was named.
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Next: Los Altos, Calif.More From CNNMoney.com
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6. Los Altos, Calif.
Median Family Income: $189,839
Population: 27,483
Median home price: $1.4 million
It's in an area once called "The Valley of Hearts Delight," where acres of apricot orchards flourished. But now the heart of Los Altos beats deep in Silicon Valley. The village, in San Francisco's Bay Area, has become a haven for techland's top earners. Still, the birthplace of Hewlett-Packard prides itself on maintaining a semi-rural feel.
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Next: Westport, Conn.More From CNNMoney.com
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5. Westport, Connecticut
Median Family Income: $193,540
Population: 26,218
Median home price: $1.2 million
Culture vultures have been making Westport home for more than a century, but they've traded their paintbrushes for season tickets. Once an artist's colony, Westport is now better known as an affluent bedroom community on Long Island Sound that's held on to its cultural roots.
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Next: Saratoga, Calif.More From CNNMoney.com
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4. Saratoga, Calif.
Median Family Income: $196,420
Population: 30,045
Median home price: $1.5 million
Deep in California's Santa Clara Valley, Saratoga was once best known as the home of the Paul Masson Winery, which - if you recall - would sell no wine before its time. Well, times have changed. The winery is still there, but so are the best and brightest of Silicon Valley, whose fortunes have spilled over into this upscale bedroom community.
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Next: Lake Forest, IllinoisMore From CNNMoney.com
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3. Lake Forest, Illinois
Median Family Income: $212,122
Population: 21,320
Median home price: $1 million
By the beginning of the 20th century, a list of Lake Forest's residents read like a "Who's Who" of Chicago's rich and famous. That tradition continues to this day in the exclusive North Shore suburb.
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Next: Darien, Conn.More From CNNMoney.com
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2. Darien, Conn.
Median Family Income: $218,130
Population: 20,209
Median home price: $1.22 million
You can tell the locals by the way they say the name: It rhymes with "Mary Ann," not "Marion." Just down the road from New Canaan along Connecticut's Gold Coast, Darien's views of Long Island Sound might inspire you to pick up a paintbrush or join one of the town's numerous boat, beach or country clubs.
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Next: New Canaan, Conn.More From CNNMoney.com
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1. New Canaan, Conn.
Median Family Income: $231,138
Population: 19,690
Median home price: $1.5 million
New York City's elite once chose New Canaan as a vacation town, but they liked it so much, they decided to stay there year-round and turn it into one of the nation's wealthiest residential communities.
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