Upper Class Income Bay Area

87 701 bloomberg photo by david paul morris.

Upper class income bay area. Median family income in the bay area is something like 120k. 63 251 middle class income range. Census doesn t calculate median household income for the nine county bay area but the 2017 u s. Over the past 20 years the number of oakland households who earn between 75 000 and 100 000 has nearly doubled.

In most parts of the country a six figure salary would earn you a comfortable spot in the upper class. In the five county bay area richmond has the lowest threshold for upper class at around 122 000 while los altos has the highest at about 416 600 according to 2017 data from the u s. Gabrielle lurie the chronicle 2018 show more show less 2 of 21. Not surprisingly the bay area hud income limits are higher than other metropolitan areas in the country.

Across the bay in oakland five year incomes have increased by 22 4 percent to 63 251. According to an analysis of government data by pew research center 30 percent of american adults in the san francisco oakland hayward metropolitan area lived in upper income households. Here s the breakdown across the bay area. And of course in the majority of the us 300k is top 2.

Median household income 96 265 middle class income range 64 177 to 192 530. In the seattle area 72 000 per year is considered low income for a family of four. A chronicle analysis of income and other financial data indicates that a middle class income including those in the upper middle class begins for a bay area family of four at about 44 000 and. Census data reveals a median income around 101 000 in the sf oakland hayward metro area.

Median household income 63 251 middle class.