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Fairfax ranked first among cities in Vermont by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Fairfax residents was $54,286 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 403 households with a population of 873.

The city with the lowest median resident income in the state was Castleton with $6,223 per year after adjusting for inflation – $48,063 less than Fairfax. It had 299 households with a population of 1,276.

Top 100 cities by earnings per resident (2019)

Rank	City	Earnings per resident
1	Fairfax	$54,286
2	Jericho	$53,966
3	East Burke	$53,750
4	Newfane	$48,036
5	Hinesburg	$46,667
6	Old Bennington	$46,250
7	Shelburne	$45,357
8	North Hartland	$45,125
9	Waitsfield	$44,345
10	Norwich	$43,646
11	North Westminster	$41,806
12	Montpelier	$41,457
13	Milton	$40,691
14	Quechee	$40,679
15	South Burlington	$39,970
16	Richmond	$39,688
17	Stowe	$38,681
18	Cambridge	$38,125
19	Essex Junction	$37,928
20	Wilder	$37,885
21	Bristol	$37,561
22	Newbury	$37,222
23	Westminster	$37,206
24	Dorset	$35,972
25	East Middlebury	$35,402
26	Hyde Park	$35,000
27	Greensboro Bend	$34,911
28	Danville	$34,688
29	South Barre	$34,511
30	Worcester	$33,750
31	Wallingford	$33,362
32	Plainfield	$33,352
33	Vergennes	$33,004
34	Manchester Center	$32,721
35	Pittsford	$32,394
36	East Barre	$31,788
37	Brandon	$31,755
38	Woodstock	$31,541
39	Albany	$31,500
40	Lowell	$31,458
41	St. Albans	$31,447
42	Arlington	$31,423
43	South Shaftsbury	$31,344
44	Northfield	$31,204
45	Fairlee	$31,136
46	Troy	$30,938
46	Jeffersonville	$30,938
48	Morrisville	$30,764
49	Marshfield	$30,682
50	Enosburg Falls	$30,496
51	Wells	$30,430
52	Ascutney	$30,087
53	Orleans	$30,065
54	Williamstown	$29,831
55	West Rutland	$29,387
56	Chelsea	$29,091
57	Coventry	$28,929
58	South Royalton	$28,380
59	White River Junction	$28,293
60	Fair Haven	$28,253
61	Derby Line	$27,745
62	Barre	$27,740
63	Rutland	$27,391
64	Hardwick	$26,970
65	Concord	$26,875
66	Winooski	$26,811
67	Saxtons River	$26,786
68	Perkinsville	$26,667
69	Ludlow	$26,607
70	Websterville	$26,463
71	Swanton	$26,250
72	Rochester	$26,094
73	Putney	$26,065
74	Bennington	$25,883
75	Cavendish	$25,850
76	Wilmington	$25,167
77	Bethel	$24,957
78	Windsor	$24,682
79	Randolph	$24,432
80	West Burke	$23,500
81	West Brattleboro	$23,435
82	Cabot	$23,333
83	Brattleboro	$23,290
84	St. Johnsbury	$23,245
85	Canaan	$22,976
86	Bradford	$22,750
87	Bellows Falls	$22,716
88	Alburgh	$22,269
89	Greensboro	$22,083
90	Springfield	$21,800
91	Glover	$21,583
92	Newport	$21,370
93	Derby Center	$21,350
94	Readsboro	$21,000
95	North Springfield	$20,905
96	Barnet	$20,833
97	Newport Center	$20,821
98	Graniteville	$20,625
99	Benson	$20,441
100	Island Pond	$20,341

* All values are inflation-adjusted