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J. David HermanNovember 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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DenisTangneyJr / iStock.comMountain Brook, Alabama -

Population: 22,160

Median household income: $191,128

Average home value: $1,016,861

Livability: 64

Mountain Brook is an affluent suburb of Birmingham. Its livability score from AreaVibes is among the lowest among cities in GBR’s list, however.

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Rocky Grimes / Shutterstock.comSterling, Alaska -

Population: 6,776

Median household income: $110,341

Average home value: $336,564

Livability: 61

Sterling is located on the western side of the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska. About 25% of its residents are aged 65 or older.

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DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoParadise Valley, Arizona -

Population: 12,621

Median household income: $236,250

Average home value: $3,329,727

Livability: 62

Paradise Valley sits in Maricopa County, nestled between the cities of Phoenix and Scottsdale. Paradise Valley’s average home value is the second highest in the list.

Davel5957 / Getty ImagesGoshen, Arkansas -

Population: 2,488

Median household income: $177,604

Average home value: $704,510

Livability: 64

You’ll find Goshen in northwest Arkansas, about seven miles east of Fayetteville. Only about 12% of Goshen’s small population is aged 65 or older.

zorazhuang / iStock/Getty ImagesPalos Verdes Estates, California -

Population: 13,047

Median household income: $247,500

Average home value: $2,673,523

Livability: 68

Palos Verdes Estates is located in Los Angeles County on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Palos Verdes Estates has the third-highest average home value in the list.

Muhammad Zulkifal / Getty Images/iStockphotoCastle Pines, Colorado -

Population: 12,573

Median household income: $189,918

Average home value: $892,798

Livability: 60

Castle Pines sits about 20 miles south of downtown Denver. Castle Pines gets a livability score of just 60 from AreaVibes, tying it for third-lowest in the list.

Sean Pavone / Getty Images/iStockphotoNewtown, Connecticut -

Population: 1,968

Median household income: $161,000

Average home value: $667,244

Livability: 74

Newtown is located in the southwestern part of the state, about 12 miles east of Danbury and roughly 60 miles northeast of New York City. Its median household income lands in the middle of the pack among cities in GBR’s list.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty ImagesHockessin, Delaware -

Population: 13,608

Median household income: $172,695

Average home value: $593,843

Livability: 69

Hockessin is located near the Pennsylvania border, about 10 miles northwest of Wilmington and roughly 40 miles southwest of Philadelphia. About 24% of Hockessin’s residents are age 65-plus.

Wirestock / iStock.comParkland, Florida -

Population: 35,799

Median household income: $200,156

Average home value: $1,073,143

Livability: 67

Parkland is located in southeast Florida near the edge of the Everglades. Parkland is one of 18 cities in the list with an average home value of more than $1 million.

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Jacob Boomsma / Getty Images/iStockphotoBerkeley Lake, Georgia -

Population: 2,615

Median household income: $160,505

Average home value: $779,832

Livability: 66

Berkeley Lake is a northeastern suburb of Atlanta. It’s popular with the retired set — about 28% of Berkeley Lake residents are aged 65 and up.

Art Wager / Getty ImagesKailua, Hawaii -

Population: 39,762

Median household income: $146,615

Average home value: $1,550,921

Livability: 83

Kailua sits on the island of Oʻahu, about 12 miles northeast of downtown Honolulu. Kailua is the most populous town on the list with nearly 40,000 residents.

christiannafzger / Getty Images/iStockphotoEagle, Idaho -

Population: 31,490

Median household income: $118,037

Average home value: $800,558

Livability: 79

You’ll find Eagle Eagle about 10 miles northwest of downtown Boise. Eagle’s median household income is among the lowest in the list.

Page Light Studios / Getty ImagesRiverwoods, Illinois -

Population: 3,988

Median household income: $243,036

Average home value: $942,226

Livability: 66

Riverwoods is a northern suburb of Chicago. Its median household income is the fifth highest in GBR’s list.

Ultima_Gaina / Getty Images/iStockphotoZionsville, Indiana -

Population: 31,442

Median household income: $159,126

Average home value: $675,460

Livability: 78

Zionsville sits just northwest of Indianapolis. It’s a relatively young locale, with only about 15% of its residents age 65-plus.

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Christa Boaz / Getty ImagesPolk City, Iowa -

Population: 5,833

Median household income: $163,000

Average home value: $435,388

Livability: 79

Polk City sits about 15 miles north of downtown Des Moines in central Iowa. Only about 10% of its residents are age 65 and up.

TriggerPhoto / Getty Images/iStockphotoLeawood, Kansas -

Population: 33,844

Median household income: $184,976

Average home value: $759,167

Livability: 74

Leawood is nestled between Overland Park and Kansas City, Missouri. Its median household income falls in the middle of the pack among cities in the list.

volgariver / Getty Images/iStockphotoProspect, Kentucky -

Population: 4,518

Median household income: $172,361

Average home value: $650,682

Livability: 74

Prospect is located about 12 miles northeast of downtown Louisville. Prospect has one of the highest retiree percentages among cities in GBR’s list — about 34%.

Larry Gibson / Getty Images/iStockphotoBroussard, Louisiana -

Population: 13,791

Median household income: $116,613

Average home value: $276,743

Livability: 70

Broussard is located in southern Louisiana, just southeast of Lafayette. Only about 9% of its residents are age 65 or older.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoGorham, Maine -

Population: 7,365

Median household income: $125,058

Average home value: $544,383

Livability: 76

Gorham lies about 10 miles west of downtown Portland in southern Maine. Its median household income is among the lowest in the list.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoFulton, Maryland -

Population: 5,946

Median household income: $240,219

Average home value: $1,010,410

Livability: 82

Fulton sits between the cities of Columbia and Silver Spring, roughly 20 miles southwest of Baltimore and 25 miles north of Washington, D.C. Fulton’s median household income is the sixth highest in the list.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoBoxford, Massachusetts -

Population: 2,325

Median household income: $238,375

Average home value: $1,045,507

Livability: 70

You’ll find Boxford in northeastern Massachusetts, about 25 miles north of Boston. With just over 2,300 residents, it is one of the least populous cities in GBR’s list.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan -

Population: 4,412

Median household income: $200,318

Average home value: $728,611

Livability: 72

Bloomfield Hills sits about 20 miles northwest of downtown Detroit. About 29% of Bloomfield Hills residents are age 65 or older.

Jacob Boomsma / Getty Images/iStockphotoNorth Oaks, Minnesota -

Population: 5,175

Median household income: $235,858

Average home value: $916,201

Livability: 67

North Oaks is located about 10 miles north of downtown Saint Paul and roughly 20 miles northeast of Minneapolis. It has the 13th highest median household income among cities in GBR’s list.

SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images/iStockphotoMooreville, Mississippi -

Population: 2,052

Median household income: $143,681

Average home value: $216,555

Livability: 70

Mooreville is located in Lee County, in northeastern Mississippi, about seven miles east of Tupelo. Percentage-wise, Mooreville is the youngest locale in the list with just 2% of its small population aged 65 or older.

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DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoClarkson Valley, Missouri -

Population: 2,592

Median household income: $238,333

Average home value: $890,562

Livability: 59

Clarkson Valley is a western suburb of St. Louis. Clarkson Valley gets a livability score of just 59 from AreaVibes — the second-lowest score in the list.

DianeBentleyRaymond / Getty ImagesClancy, Montana -

Population: 1,729

Median household income: $116,800

Average home value: $630,284

Livability: 67

You’ll find Clancy in western Montana, about 12 miles south of Helena. With less than 1,800 residents, Clancy is one of the least populated locales in the list.

marekuliasz / iStock.comGretna, Nebraska -

Population: 9,117

Median household income: $118,765

Average home value: $421,064

Livability: 80

Gretna is located in eastern Nebraska between Omaha and Lincoln. Gretna’s average home value ranks seventh-lowest in GBR’s list.

lucky-photographer / Getty ImagesIncline Village, Nevada -

Population: 9,152

Median household income: $162,821

Average home value: $1,724,976

Livability: 60

Incline Village sits in the northwestern corner of Nevada, along the northeastern shore of Lake Tahoe. Among the 50 cities in GBR’s list, Incline Village has the seventh-highest average home value.

DenisTangneyJr / iStock.comHanover, New Hampshire -

Population: 8,520

Median household income: $135,250

Average home value: $1,070,605

Livability: 81

Hanover is located in western New Hampshire, about 60 miles northwest of Concord. Its average home value ranks 12th among cities in the list.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoGlen Ridge, New Jersey -

Population: 7,827

Median household income: $248,016

Average home value: $1,132,974

Livability: 88

Glen Ridge is located in northeastern New Jersey, roughly 15 miles west of Manhattan. Glen Ridge’s livability score from AreaVibes — a strong 88 — is the highest among cities in the list.

benedek / Getty Images/iStockphotoLos Alamos, New Mexico -

Population: 13,471

Median household income: $136,502

Average home value: $608,517

Livability: 81

Los Alamos is found about 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe and roughly 100 miles north of Albuquerque. Los Alamos is one of just 10 cities in GBR’s list to score about 80 on livability.

FilippoBacci / Getty Images/iStockphotoMuttontown, New York -

Population: 3,496

Median household income: $247,589

Average home value: $2,211,575

Livability: 56

Muttontown sits on Long Island, about 25 miles east of Manhattan. Muttontown’s livability score is the lowest among the cities in the list.

Kruck20 / iStock.comWeddington, North Carolina -

Population: 13,468

Median household income: $196,159

Average home value: $1,046,870

Livability: 62

Weddington sits about 15 miles southeast of downtown Charlotte in the southern part of the state. It is one of 18 locales in the list with an average home value of more than $1 million.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty ImagesHorace, North Dakota -

Population: 3,964

Median household income: $145,801

Average home value: $396,143

Livability: 75

You’ll find Horace just southwest of Fargo. Only 6% of Horace’s small population is aged 65 or older.

©iStock.comNew Albany, Ohio -

Population: 10,524

Median household income: $232,524

Average home value: $690,476

Livability: 69

New Albany is located in central Ohio, roughly 15 miles northeast of downtown Columbus. New Albany ranks 14th in median household income.

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JTSorrell / Getty ImagesNichols Hills, Oklahoma -

Population: 3,838

Median household income: $203,750

Average home value: $1,009,997

Livability: 69

This central Oklahoma community lies just north of downtown Oklahoma City. Nichols Hills ranks 15th in median household income.

DaveAlan / Getty ImagesWest Linn, Oregon -

Population: 27,065

Median household income: $138,526

Average home value: $787,662

Livability: 86

West Linn sits just south of Portland along the Willamette River. West Linn has the second highest AreaVibes livability score among cities in this list.

Sean Pavone / Getty Images/iStockphotoEdgeworth, Pennsylvania -

Population: 1,582

Median household income: $202,917

Average home value: $957,413

Livability: 77

Edgeworth is located in western Pennsylvania, about 13 miles northwest of downtown Pittsburgh. With only about 1,600 residents, Edgeworth is the smallest city in this list.

gregobagel / Getty Images/iStockphotoCharlestown, Rhode Island -

Population: 1,648

Median household income: $113,281

Average home value: $709,965

Livability: 69

Charlestown is located along the Atlantic coast in southern Rhode Island. About 45% of Charlestown’s residents are aged 65 and up — the second-highest percentage in the list.

digidreamgrafix / Getty Images/iStockphotoKiawah Island, South Carolina -

Population: 2,196

Median household income: $236,607

Average home value: $2,552,692

Livability: 63

Kiawah Island is located in southeastern South Carolina, about 25 miles southwest of downtown Charleston. Kiawah Island has the fourth highest average home value in the list. It also has the highest population of residents aged 65 and older — a whopping 55%.

DenisTangneyJr / iStock.comSummerset, South Dakota -

Population: 2,978

Median household income: $115,197

Average home value: $422,251

Livability: 70

Summerset sits between Rapid City and Sturgis along Interstate 90. It ranks fifth-lowest in median household income.

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Sean Pavone / iStock.comLookout Mountain, Tennessee -

Population: 2,112

Median household income: $195,063

Average home value: $1,051,545

Livability: 72

Lookout Mountain is situated just southwest of downtown Chattanooga along the Tennessee-Georgia state line. Its median household income falls in the middle of the pack among the cities listed.

RoschetzkyIstockPhoto / Getty ImagesBellaire, Texas -

Population: 17,116

Median household income: $236,311

Average home value: $1,122,025

Livability: 81

Bellaire is located about 10 miles southwest of downtown Houston. Bellaire ranks 11th in household median income.

f11photo / Getty Images/iStockphotoHighland, Utah -

Population: 19,625

Median household income: $178,662

Average home value: $951,431

Livability: 76

This northern Utah locale is found about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City and 12 miles north of Provo. Just over 8% of its residents are age 65-plus.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty ImagesShelburne, Vermont -

Population: 6,292

Median household income: $106,187

Average home value: $719,384

Livability: 76

Shelburne is located in northwestern Vermont, about seven miles south of Burlington. Shelburne has the second-lowest median household income in the list.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoDunn Loring, Virginia -

Population: 8,782

Median household income: $236,563

Average home value: $1,206,094

Livability: 84

Dunn Loring is located in northern Virginia, about 13 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. Dunn Loring’s AreaVibes livability score is the third highest in the list.

Pgiam / Getty ImagesMedina, Washington -

Population: 2,889

Median household income: $249,688

Average home value: $4,529,758

Livability: 79

Medina is located in western Washington, just across Lake Washington from Seattle. Medina’s median household income — nearly $250,000 — is the highest among cities in this list. It’s average single-family home value is also the highest, by far.

DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphotoBridgeport, West Virginia -

Population: 9,292

Median household income: $99,936

Average home value: $298,347

Livability: 82

Bridgeport sits about 40 miles south of Morgantown and 120 miles northeast of Charleston. Bridgeport’s median household income of just under $100,000 is the lowest among cities in GBR’s list.

Ultima_Gaina / Getty ImagesRiver Hills, Wisconsin -

Population: 1,639

Median household income: $198,750

Average home value: $910,937

Livability: 71

You’ll find River Hills roughly 10 miles north of downtown Milwaukee. With less than 1,700 residents, it is one of the least-populated places listed.

stockphoto52 / Getty Images/iStockphotoSleepy Hollow, Wyoming -

Population: 1,812

Median household income: $119,451

Average home value: $328,113

Livability: 72

Sleepy Hollow sits in northeastern Wyoming, just east of Gillette. Sleepy Hollow’s median household income ranks 10th lowest among the cities in GBR’s list.

Methodology: For this study, GOBankingRates identified the richest small towns in every state by analyzing income data from the U.S. Census 2023 American Community Survey. GOBankingRates defines “small town” as a place having between 500 and 15,000 households. The total population, population aged 65 and over and median household income were also sourced from the U.S. Census American Community Survey. The small town with the highest median household income was identified for each state. The livability index was sourced from AreaVibes for each city and included as supplemental information. The single-family home value was sourced from the Zillow Home Value Index. Data is up to date as of Oct. 14, 2025.

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