North Tidewater News

Hampton ranked 279th among cities in Virginia by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Hampton residents was an inflation-adjusted $27,752 per year. Hampton had 53,555 households in 2017, with a population of 136,255.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was McLean. McLean's median income was $89,224 per year after adjusting for inflation – $61,472 more than Hampton. It had 16,506 households in 2017 and a population of 47,305.

Emory had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Virginia, with a median income of only $4,856 per year. That was $22,896 less than the median income in Hampton at the time. Emory had 229 households in 2017 and a population of 1,237.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	McLean	89,224
2	Brambleton	89,038
3	Floris	88,147
4	Great Falls	84,594
5	Wolf Trap	84,310
6	Loudoun Valley Estates	84,163
7	Ivy	83,984
8	Fort Hunt	83,738
9	Belmont	83,522
10	Broadlands	82,201
11	Goochland	77,522
12	South Run	73,605
13	Bobtown	72,703
14	Hayfield	72,592
15	Franklin Farm	72,047
16	Clifton	71,875
17	Mason Neck	71,422
18	Crosspointe	70,429
19	Dranesville	70,292
20	Stone Ridge	69,945
21	South Riding	69,909
22	Mantua	69,833
23	Wyndham	68,818
24	Lowes Island	68,803
25	Kingstowne	68,341
26	Oak Grove	66,652
27	Fairfax Station	66,239
28	Independent Hill	65,564
29	Vienna	64,761
30	Arlington	64,686
31	Belle Haven	63,494
32	Cascades	63,405
33	Dunn Loring	61,798
34	Aquia Harbour	60,869
35	Merrifield	60,612
36	McNair	60,072
37	Gainesville	59,588
38	Montclair	59,392
39	Newington Forest	59,369
40	Fair Oaks	59,004
41	Reston	58,887
42	Short Pump	58,875
43	Linton Hall	58,676
44	Huntington	58,093
45	Ashburn	57,945
46	Falls Church	57,853
47	Wakefield	57,313
48	West Springfield	57,129
49	Greenbriar	56,887
50	Neabsco	56,604
51	Lansdowne	56,315
52	Fair Lakes	56,308
53	Oakton	55,944
54	Laurel Hill	55,391
55	Mount Vernon	55,373
56	Franconia	54,824
57	Newington	54,744
58	Kings Park	54,724
59	Rivanna	54,348
60	Long Branch	54,201
61	Riner	53,807
62	Lovettsville	53,056
63	Alexandria	53,054
64	Yorktown	52,955
65	Woodbridge	52,847
66	Pimmit Hills	52,206
67	Occoquan	52,188
68	Haymarket	52,041
69	Buckhall	52,035
70	Burke	51,179
71	Ravensworth	51,159
72	Lake Barcroft	50,930
73	Lake Holiday	50,547
74	Rose Hill	50,449
75	Heathsville	50,192
76	Burke Centre	50,036
77	Idylwood	49,671
78	Churchville	49,097
79	New Baltimore	48,784
80	Chester Gap	48,281
81	Lake Ridge	48,156
82	Centreville	47,448
83	Kings Park West	47,439
84	Innsbrook	47,089
85	Brandermill	46,854
86	Apple Mountain Lake	46,696
87	Opal	46,630
88	Mappsburg	46,250
89	Countryside	46,169
90	Arcola	46,146
91	Round Hill	45,112
92	Pantops	45,035
93	Chantilly	44,554
94	Crozet	44,244
95	Shenandoah Shores	43,958
96	Passapatanzy	43,895
97	Purcellville	43,893
98	Baskerville	43,681
99	Woodburn	43,593
100	Hot Springs	43,406

* All values are inflation-adjusted