Chevy Chase and the tiny Brookeville community in Montgomery County rank as the Washington region’s wealthiest areas, with households earning more than $200,000 a year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau statistics. Although the region’s richest county is Loudoun, just five Virginia communities crack the 20 wealthiest in the area — and they aren’t in Loudoun. Fairfax County’s Great Falls, Wolf Trap and McLean rank as Northern Virginia’s wealthiest places, followed by Burke and Oakton, according to the Census’ American Community Survey.
| Top 20 richest communities | ||
| Median household income | County | |
| 1. Southern Chevy Chase* | $232,773 | Montgomery |
| 2. Brookeville | $207,917 | Montgomery |
| 3. Town of Chevy Chase | $200,966 | Montgomery |
| 4. Great Falls | $197,446 | Fairfax |
| 5. Wolf Trap | $173,411 | Fairfax |
| 6. Glen Echo | $173,333 | Montgomery |
| 7. Darnestown | $172,452 | Montgomery |
| 8. Northern Chevy Chase** | $167,313 | Montgomery |
| 9. Potomac | $157,738 | Montgomery |
| 10. McLean | $156,943 | Fairfax |
| 11. Garrett Park | $152,917 | Montgomery |
| 12. North Potomac | $141,689 | Montgomery |
| 13. Cabin John | $136,613 | Montgomery |
| 14. Barnesville | $130,417 | Montgomery |
| 15. Bethesda | $126,414 | Montgomery |
| 16. Olney | $120,668 | Montgomery |
| 17. Burke | $119,897 | Fairfax |
| 18. Montclair | $118,852 | Prince William |
| 19. Colesville | $117,142 | Montgomery |
| 20. Oakton | $116,888 | Fairfax |
| *Includes Chevy Chase Village, Section Five and Section Three | ||
| **Includes Chevy Chase View and North Chevy Chase | ||
| Source: American Community Survey 2005-2009 | ||
Households in the section of Chevy Chase closest to the D.C. border and the ritzy Chevy Chase Country Club claim the top spot in the region, earning a median income of $232,000, according to the data.
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