According to data from the U.S. Census covering 2013 through 2017 released last month, several area communities have some of the highest earners in the state. The median income in Fairfield County was $89,773 -- the highest-earning county in the state.
Middlesex followed at No. 2, then Tolland in third.
Here's the median household income across Fairfield County (2013 to 2017):
- Bethel: $97,289
- Bridgeport: $44,841
- Brookfield: $113,009
- Danbury: $68,068
- Darien: $208,848
- Fairfield: $127,746
- Greenwich: $138,180
- Monroe: $109,631
- New Canaan: $174,677
- New Fairfield: $104,402
- Newtown: $115,137
- Norwalk: $81,546
- Ridgefield: $151,399
- Shelton: $89,250
- Stamford: $84,893
- Stratford: $72,757
- Trumbull: $115,346
- Westport: $181,360
- Weston: $219,868
- Wilton: $180,313
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