The 10 Richest Cities In Pennsylvania For 2023


We analyzed 187 places in Pennsylvania to determine where the 1% live.

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You either have to own Dunder-Mifflin, Hershey’s Chocolate, or be a descendant of President James Buchanan, to live in our top ten richest cities in Pennsylvania for 2023.

If you’re looking for safe cities and neighborhoods, amazing schools, and high-end shopping, with a bank account to match, you can stop your search. There are cities in The Keystone State that have these 5-star amenities, and then some. Yes, the Commonwealth has many cities that cater to the lifestyle of the Pennsylvania rich and famous. How does one get their hand on one of these Pennsylvania cities where living your best life ‘ain’t no thing’? Well, a couple of things have to fall into place for you.

First off, you need to find a job that pays on average $90,000/year. Might we suggest a job in real estate in our number one richest city? The median home price in this city is currently $190,000, and is projected to rise an additional 2% this year. That’s a lot of Pennsylvania cheddar, folks. Secondly, you have to be a hard worker. Unemployment rates and poverty rates in most of these affluent Pennsylvania cities hovers just above 4%.

Monetary wealth does make a city rich, but there are cities on our list that are both rich in the dollar as well as rich in amenities. Cities on our list like Perkasie provide the backdrop for fancy wine tasting, and cities like Camp Hill provide multiple outlets for the one activity that rich people like to do most: head to the spa. To see which cities top the richest cities in Pennsylvania for 2023, grab a Philly cheesesteak and a Yuengling and take a look at the list below.

Here are the 10 richest places in Pennsylvania for 2023:

  1. Fox Chapel
  2. Conshohocken
  3. Camp Hill
  4. Plum
  5. Jefferson Hills
  6. Doyle
  7. Economy
  8. Lititz
  9. Downin
  10. Franklin Park

It’s not lost on us that there are multiple cities on our best cities to live in Pennsylvania for 2023 that are also on our richest list. Wealthy cities tend to have it all.

To narrow down the richest cities in the Quaker State, we looked at several factors: poverty rate, median household income, and unemployment rate. The cities also had to have a population of at least 5,000.

This left us with 189 cities in the 33rd largest state and the sixth most populous state in the country.

What’s the weathiest place in Pennsylvania? Without further adieu, the one city that has it all on our richest cities in Pennsylvania list is Fox Chapel.

So, if you care about living where there are great jobs and wealthy people, take a look the list below. The state with ‘Virtue, Liberty, and Independence’ is calling.

Rich people not your cup of tea? Feel free to check out some more reading about Pennsylvania:

The 10 Richest Cities In Pennsylvania For 2023

1. Fox Chapel

Fox Chapel, PA

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,314
Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Median Income: $247,930
Unemployment Rate: 2.4%
Poverty Rate: 1.0%
More on Fox Chapel: Real Estate | Photos

2. Conshohocken

Conshohocken, PA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 9,104
Rank Last Year: 4 (Up 2)
Median Income: $112,212
Unemployment Rate: 3.1%
Poverty Rate: 3.3%
More on Conshohocken: Real Estate | Photos

3. Camp Hill

Camp Hill, PA

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 8,115
Rank Last Year: 5 (Up 2)
Median Income: $99,137
Unemployment Rate: 2.3%
Poverty Rate: 5.8%
More on Camp Hill: Real Estate | Photos

4. Plum

Plum, PA

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 27,123
Rank Last Year: 2 (Down 2)
Median Income: $85,237
Unemployment Rate: 3.2%
Poverty Rate: 3.6%
More on Plum: Real Estate | Photos

5. Jefferson Hills

Jefferson Hills, PA

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 12,215
Rank Last Year: 3 (Down 2)
Median Income: $95,652
Unemployment Rate: 4.0%
Poverty Rate: 3.0%
More on Jefferson Hills: Real Estate | Photos

6. Doyle

Doyle, PA

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 8,275
Rank Last Year: 10 (Up 4)
Median Income: $86,188
Unemployment Rate: 2.3%
Poverty Rate: 7.5%
More on Doyle: Real Estate | Photos

7. Economy

Economy, PA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 9,057
Rank Last Year: 6 (Down 1)
Median Income: $83,640
Unemployment Rate: 3.0%
Poverty Rate: 5.8%
More on Economy: Real Estate | Photos

8. Lititz

Lititz, PA

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 9,485
Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Median Income: $75,509
Unemployment Rate: 3.6%
Poverty Rate: 3.5%
More on Lititz: Real Estate | Photos

9. Downin

Source: Public Domain
Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 8,047
Rank Last Year: 7 (Down 2)
Median Income: $72,669
Unemployment Rate: 2.8%
Poverty Rate: 5.2%
More on Downin: Real Estate

10. Franklin Park

Franklin Park, PA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 15,239
Rank Last Year: 12 (Up 2)
Median Income: $142,850
Unemployment Rate: 5.3%
Poverty Rate: 2.9%
More on Franklin Park: Real Estate | Photos

Methodology: How We Determined The Richest Places In Pennsylvania For 2023

Map Of The Richest Places To Live In Pennsylvania
The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is to simply identify personal incomes. After all, rich people have really high salaries.

However, we don’t believe that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places”. So we looked at this set of criteria from the newly released 2017-2021 American Community Survey:

  • Poverty Level
  • Median Household Income
  • Unemployment Rate

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place really is. The unemployment rate tries to capture the prospects for more people to become rich. If more people are employed, the richer the future looks.

After we collected the data for all 189 places with more than 5,000 people in Pennsylvania, we ranked each place from 1 to 189 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, Fox Chapel, crowned the “Richest City In Pennsylvania For 2023”. You can download the data here.

You can learn more about the top ten below or skip to the end to see the rankings for all 189 places.

Summary: The Wealthiest Places In Pennsylvania For 2023

Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Pennsylvania, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Pennsylvania.

When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.

If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in Pennsylvania, according to data:

Poorest: Beaver Falls
2nd Poorest: McKees Rocks
3rd Poorest: Chester

For more Pennsylvania reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Richest Cities In Pennsylvania

Rank City RichScore Median Income
1 Fox Chapel 5.0 $247,930
2 Conshohocken 11.33 $112,212
3 Camp Hill 13.33 $99,137
4 Plum 15.67 $85,237
5 Jefferson Hills 18.33 $95,652
6 Doyle 20.0 $86,188
7 Economy 20.33 $83,640
8 Lititz 21.67 $75,509
9 Downin 23.0 $72,669
10 Franklin Park 24.33 $142,850
11 Brookhaven 24.33 $81,408
12 Wyomissing 24.33 $83,393
13 Lower Burrell 25.67 $72,922
14 Pleasant Hills 27.0 $83,667
15 Helle 28.0 $70,664
16 Castle Shannon 29.33 $66,196
17 Ridley Park 29.33 $86,730
18 Mechanicsburg 29.67 $65,994
19 Clarks Summit 29.67 $80,481
20 Moosic 30.67 $65,882
21 Mount Joy 31.33 $67,265
22 Perkasie 32.33 $86,163
23 Lansdale 33.33 $77,416
24 Wilson 33.67 $80,521
25 Emmaus 33.67 $75,750
26 New Holland 34.67 $62,000
27 Media 35.0 $77,750
28 Hatboro 36.67 $95,822
29 Kennett Square 37.33 $65,984
30 Selinsgrove 38.0 $56,625
31 Baldwin 38.67 $70,863
32 Blakely 41.67 $56,544
33 West View 42.67 $66,707
34 Archbald 43.33 $63,080
35 Oakmont 44.33 $73,281
36 Souderton 44.67 $72,448
37 Red Lion 45.67 $61,083
38 Northampton 47.33 $73,051
39 Dunmore 47.67 $62,656
40 Bristol 51.0 $65,651
41 Phoenixville 51.33 $86,747
42 Bellevue 51.33 $53,860
43 Exeter 52.33 $60,284
44 Olyphant 53.33 $56,475
45 Ephrata 53.67 $56,280
46 Forest Hills 54.33 $76,861
47 Brentwood 56.0 $56,875
48 Canonsburg 56.67 $65,888
49 Swarthmore 57.0 $128,995
50 Morrisville 57.33 $81,028
51 Elizabet 58.0 $61,803
52 Palmerton 58.0 $60,495
53 Bellefonte 59.0 $52,173
54 Grove City 60.67 $57,083
55 Quake 60.67 $70,610
56 Whitehall 61.67 $66,531
57 Dormont 62.67 $61,890
58 Hollidaysburg 63.0 $54,755
59 Birdsboro 63.33 $71,776
60 Manheim 63.33 $66,898
61 Crafton 64.67 $64,194
62 Nazareth 65.0 $53,476
63 Norwood 65.67 $90,568
64 New Cumberland 66.33 $71,989
65 Carnegie 66.67 $54,067
66 Ambler 69.67 $74,868
67 Glenolden 69.67 $62,438
68 Greenville 71.67 $51,719
69 South Williamsport 72.33 $56,755
70 Palmyra 72.67 $56,124
71 Duryea 72.67 $67,027
72 Stroudsburg 74.0 $51,765
73 Hermitage 74.33 $57,051
74 Bangor 77.0 $54,614
75 Old Forge 78.0 $62,615
76 White Oak 78.67 $52,403
77 Prospect Park 79.67 $63,515
78 Catasauqua 80.67 $66,045
79 Waynesboro 81.67 $51,925
80 Lansdowne 82.67 $60,781
81 Carlisle 83.33 $52,098
82 Coraopolis 84.0 $52,594
83 Huntingdon 85.67 $53,801
84 Plymouth 86.0 $42,895
85 West York 87.0 $53,646
86 St. Marys 87.33 $57,746
87 Easton 88.0 $58,243
88 Dubois 88.67 $48,313
89 Swoyersville 89.33 $56,564
90 Chambersburg 90.33 $48,323
91 Ellwood City 90.67 $53,317
92 Millersville 91.33 $64,432
93 Bethlehem 92.33 $58,232
94 Dickson City 92.67 $62,199
95 Yeadon 93.0 $56,509
96 Shippensburg 93.67 $45,219
97 Hanover 95.33 $56,277
98 Shillington 95.33 $62,713
99 Columbia 97.0 $45,507
100 Schuylkill Haven 98.67 $47,591

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Editor’s Note: Data has been updated for 2023. This is our tenth time ranking the richest cities in Pennsylvania.

About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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