West Texas News

Earth ranked 560th among cities in Texas by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Earth residents was an inflation-adjusted $26,715 per year. Earth had 394 households in 2017, with a population of 1,113.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Westlake. Westlake's median income was $92,857 per year after adjusting for inflation – $66,142 more than Earth. It had 311 households in 2017 and a population of 1,006.

Santa Monica had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Texas, with a median income of only $2,499 per year. That was $24,216 less than the median income in Earth at the time. Santa Monica had 23 households in 2017 and a population of 64.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Westlake	92,857
2	Highland Park	90,114
3	Bellaire	85,397
4	Southside Place	80,724
5	Rollingwood	80,491
6	West Lake Hills	78,413
7	Lost Creek	77,000
8	Fulshear	74,136
9	Southlake	71,038
10	Los Huisaches	68,750
11	Westover Hills	68,125
12	Loma Linda West	67,644
13	The Hills	67,557
14	Terrell Hills	67,245
15	Barton Creek	66,376
16	Annetta	66,026
17	Tiki Island	65,417
18	Samnorwood	64,792
19	Colleyville	64,670
20	Garden Ridge	63,977
21	Alamo Heights	63,795
22	Olmito and Olmito	62,386
23	Trophy Club	62,240
24	Weston Lakes	62,237
25	Greatwood	62,212
26	Cross Mountain	62,018
27	Lake Tanglewood	61,146
28	Olmos Park	60,750
29	Sunnyvale	59,497
30	Driftwood	58,571
31	Sunset Valley	57,917
32	Sienna Plantation	57,056
33	Mont Belvieu	56,875
34	Cinco Ranch	56,805
35	Frisco	56,690
36	Shavano Park	56,613
37	Lantana	56,524
38	Amaya	56,429
39	Coppell	56,244
40	Prosper	56,177
41	Pinewood Estates	56,055
42	Travis Ranch	55,784
43	Clear Lake Shores	55,156
44	Flower Mound	55,069
45	Shady Hollow	54,419
46	Hudson Bend	54,224
47	Mountain City	53,438
48	Bishop Hills	53,365
49	Fair Oaks Ranch	53,327
50	Normanna	53,036
51	Bonanza Hills	51,953
52	Talty	51,635
53	Annetta North	51,563
54	The Woodlands	51,441
55	Hebron	51,389
56	Double Oak	51,283
57	Lakeway	51,270
58	Fate	51,223
59	Scenic Oaks	50,992
60	El Lago	50,962
61	La Carla	50,854
62	Paloma Creek South	50,795
63	Helotes	50,616
64	Bear Creek	50,481
65	New Territory	50,407
66	Brazos Bend	50,119
67	Pearland	50,011
68	Heath	49,940
69	Gardendale	49,938
70	Pecan Grove	49,608
71	Argyle	49,317
72	Addison	49,020
73	Hollywood Park	48,910
74	Ransom Canyon	48,651
75	League City	48,492
76	Sam Rayburn	48,333
77	Keller	48,146
78	Brazos Country	48,125
79	Paisano Park	48,021
80	Cross Roads	48,000
81	Manvel	47,731
82	Haslet	47,727
83	Lowry Crossing	47,713
84	Annetta South	47,656
85	Simonton	47,566
86	Paloma Creek	47,514
87	Lucas	47,487
88	Copper Canyon	47,348
89	Bee Cave	47,131
90	Murphy	46,983
91	Castle Hills	46,979
92	Willow Park	46,882
93	Brushy Creek	46,846
94	Volente	46,731
95	Randolph AFB	46,696
96	DISH	46,364
97	Timberwood Park	46,363
98	Bayou Vista	46,250
99	Allen	46,196
100	Ovilla	46,179

* All values are inflation-adjusted