100 Largest US Cities by Gen Z(Under Age 25) Median HH Income
 

This is actually 99 cities and I can't for the life of me figure out which 1 city I'm missing and it's aggravating, so if you don't see your city, PLEASE let me know.

Anyway, Google says that "Generation Z" is persons born between 1997 – 2012(ages 10 – 25). The data below is the median household income for households headed by a person of this age group.

Fremont, California is a suburb on the border of the Oakland side of the Bay and San Jose. I describe it as typical CA suburb imo but apparently it has a lot of high earning people under age 25.

ALSO, Irvine, California is a very affluent, highly desirable place, so for it to score dead last, and by quite a margin, is a real head scratcher. Irvine has a huge University of California campus so maybe all those students is impacting those numbers, who knows? I have inquired further information from the Census Bureau because i actually think it's a mistake, but haven't heard back yet.

Anyway, this is by CITY PROPER

100 Largest Cities
Census: Median Income, Primary Householder Under Age 25
Fremont, CA $108,125
San Francisco, CA $87,946
Oakland, CA $61,935
San Jose, CA $58,798
Scottsdale, AZ $58,216
Santa Ana, CA $52,538
Anaheim, CA $52,760
Chandler, AZ $52,286
Jersey City, NJ $51,723
Chula Vista, CA $49,605

Chesapeake, VA $49,204
North Las Vegas, NV $48,696
Virginia Beach, VA $47,913
Santa Clarita, CA $47,629
Gilbert, AZ $47,466
Aurora, CO $46,608
Plano, TX $46,175
Anchorage, AK $45,409
Seattle, WA $44,508
Washington, DC $44,256

Garland, TX $43,663
Denver, CO $42,921
New York, NY $42,856
Colorado Springs, CO $42,637
Honolulu, HI $42,119
Nashville, TN $41,735
Irving, TX $40,993
San Diego, CA $40,773
Raleigh, NC $40,356
Mesa, AZ $40,238

Henderson, NV $40,020
Minneapolis, MN $39,479
Bakersfield, CA $39,214
Atlanta, GA $38,033
Miami, FL $37,915
Norfolk, VA $37,806
Dallas, TX $37,641
Reno, NV $37,617
Orlando, CA $36,418
Glendale, AZ $36,571

Spokane, WA $36,231
Phoenix, AZ $36,207
Las Vegas, NC $35,967
Boston, MA $35,829
St Petersburg, FL $35,413
Fort Worth, TX $35,408
Omaha, NE $35,275
Jacksonville, FL $35,139
Fort Wayne, IN $34,898
Stockton, CA $34,814

Corpus Christi, TX $34,777
Los Angeles, CA $34,604
Arlington, TX $34,570
St Paul, MN $34,560
Oklahoma City, OK $34,547
Long Beach, CA $34,545
Austin, TX $34,385
Louisville, KY $34,096
Wichita, KS $32,415
Charlotte, NC $32,393

Chicago, IL $32,333
Portland, OR $32,330
Kansas City, MO $32,115
Columbus, OH $32,108
San Bernardino, CA $32,052
Sacramento, CA $31,463
Tampa, FL $31,510
Lincoln, NE $31,250
Boise, ID $31,148
St Louis, MO $31,012

Houston, TX $30,893
Durham, NC $30,804
Baltimore, MD $30,453
San Antonio, TX $30,335
El Paso, TX $30,280
Tulsa, OK $30,170
Newark, NJ $30,019
Greensboro, NC $30,005
Fresno, CA $28,750
Indianapolis, IN $28,450

Riverside, CA $27,450
Madison, WI $27,700
Tucson, AZ $27,252
Philadelphia, PA $26,790
Milwaukee, WI $26,064
Winston-Salem, NC $25,429
Albuquerque, NM $25,311
Memphis, TN $25,078
Buffalo, NY $24,895
Lexington, KY $24,775

Cleveland, OH $24,382
Cincinnati, OH $23,828
Richmond, VA $23,374
Lubbock, TX $22,366
Toledo, OH $21,816
Laredo, TX $21,775
Pittsburgh, PA $20,921
Detroit, MI $20,577
New Orleans, LA $17,021
Irvine, CA $14,342:shrug:

Source: data.census.gov

Fremont has a staggering amount of visible poverty too. Lots of 25 year olds in Teslas and but a lot of either living out of their cars or in houses about to cave in. Meta has a huge presence here hence likely an over representation of young people making good money.

The 510 is like that, unless you live on a hill, generally the wealthy and poor live in very close proximity to one another.

Nashville is the missing city.

Thank you!!

California’s minimum wage is 30K a year. Maybe college kids working part-time jobs? Does a dorm count as a household?

Can you do ones for Millenials/GenX/Boomers?

Santa Ana and North Las Vegas are surprising to me being so high.

Scottsdale!?

Apparently I've been away from Phoenix for too long.

im 24, about to move to portland from st louis. looks like its not that much of a step up :(

Phoenix Metro has very rapidly gone from a cheap place 10 years ago to a moderately expensive place today. But my guess is there is a solid amount of post college grads getting jobs in finance and tech in Scottsdale/Chandler/Tempe and living in the east valley cities (Gilbert for early family types and Scottsdale for the single young professional types).

When My social circle was 25ish we were all living in Scottsdale/Arcadia making like 60k (give or take) a year and that was almost 10 years ago now.


The Rapid increase in COL is going to become a problem because wages on the low end have not at all kept up. Good news is there is a lot of manufacturing jobs moving into the city to help with that.

Here's the list expanding out to the entire MSA.

BY Metro Area/MSA
Census: Median Income, Primary Householder Under Age 25
San Jose $64,397
San Francisco $62,637
Washington DC $51,997
Seattle $50,050
Boston $49,831
Denver $48,590
Honolulu $47,262
Bridgeport $47,046
Minneapolis $46,079
Salt Lake City $45,863
San Diego $45,418
Anchorage $45,356
Portland, OR $44,477
New York $43,695
Raleigh $43,038
Colorado Springs $42,599
Nashville $42,543
Des Moines $42,604
Baltimore $41,635
Virginia Beach $41,295
Los Angeles $41,233
Phoenix $41,078
Hartford $40,292
Atlanta $40,238
Grand Rapids $40,105
Dallas $39,245
Kansas City $39,205
Chicago $38,756
Omaha $38,430
Boise $38,233
Las Vegas $37,730
Miami $37,624
Sacramento $37,208
Riverside $37,156
Charlotte $37,024
Tampa $36,878
Jacksonville $36,594
Louisville $36,548
Indianapolis $36,063
Columbus $35,764
Orlando $35,632
Philadelphia $35,547
Houston $35,347
Bakersfield $35,261
Detroit $35,078
Providence $34,364
Tulsa $34,193
Cincinnati $33,387
St Louis $33,322
Cleveland $33,146
San Antonio $32,952
Austin $32,377
Milwaukee $32,290
Oklahoma City $31,868
Richmond $31,765
Pittsburgh $31,140
Rochester $30,963
New Orleans $30,486
Little Rock $30,021
Birmingham $30,866
Memphis $30,567
Albuquerque $30,425
Fresno $29,954
Tucson $29,903
Buffalo $29,168

Higher income households in this age range isn't as common as we might think.

Metro and Micro Areas by
Number of Gen Z Households(Under Age 25) earning $200,000+
New York 4,603
San Francisco 3,165
Los Angeles 2,336
Washington DC 1,974
Boston 1,893
Seattle 1,552
Chicago 1,477
San Jose 1,216
San Diego 784
Atlanta 708
Dallas 616
Houston 570
Minneapolis 473
Indianapolis 469
Baltimore 462
Miami 434
Phoenix 418
Philadelphia 379
Sacramento 326
Honolulu 281
Portland 281
Tampa 281
Denver 275
Detroit 257
Pensacola 256
Charlotte 242
Riverside 239
Kansas City 238
Santa Barbara 238
Austin 233
Santa Cruz 219
Bridgeport 211
Provo 197
Pittsburgh 192
Ann Arbor 184
Las Vegas 173
Salem(OR) 170
Providence 168
Vallejo 164
Knoxville 149
Orlando 146
Kalamazoo 145
Springfield(MA) 145
Rexburg 141
Colorado Springs 136
Nashville 134
Kingston 133
Hartford 129
Madison 126
Greenville(SC) 124
Beaumont 117
Stockton 117
Oxnard 116
Virginia Beach 111
Fresno 108
Akron 105
Des Moines 102
Jackson(WY) 102
St Louis 100
Baton Rouge 98
Grand Rapids(MI) 98
Raleigh 96
Trenton 93
Manchester 90
Salt Lake City 90
Jackson(MS) 84
Columbus(OH) 83
Rio Grande City 83
Dublin(GA) 82
Cincinnati 82
Louisville 81
Milwaukee 79
Fort Collins 77
Cleveland 78
Oklahoma City 78
San Antonio 78
Harrisburg 76
Tulsa 77
Modesto 75
New Orleans 74
Jacksonville(FL) 73
San Luis Obispo 73
Tucson 71
Corpus Christi 70
Rochester 69
Burlington(VT) 68
Albany(NY) 67
College Station 67
Sumter 66
Fort Wayne 65
Richmond 65
Utica 64
Bellingham 61
Boulder 61
Sioux City 60
Binghampton 56
Shreveport 56
Birmingham 55
Dayton(OH) 55
Grants Pass 55
Allentown 54
Greeley 52
Hanford 52
Jasper(AL) 52
Columbia, SC 51
San Juan 50

Utica has more Zoomers making $200k than Boulder, Hartford and Columbia? I wonder if that list includes dope dealers.

Not likely well captured in official data.