In a recent Forbes article that I found in Yahoo Finance, a survey shows that two of the 25 richest counties in the nation are in Northern Virginia. Loudoun County tops the list with an annual median household income of $110,643. Fairfax County is second with an annual median household income of $106,785.
In fact, seven of the top 25 richest counties lie on the outskirts of Washington: Loudoun County, Va., Fairfax County, Va. Arlington County, Va., Stafford County, Va., Prince William County, Va., Charles County, Md., and Alexandria City, Va.
With the federal government generating a wealth of jobs, unemployment in the D.C. metro area has been at a low 6.2% (the national average is still near 10%). Furthermore, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in Loudoun County have grown 4% between the second quarter of 2007 and the second quarter of 2009.
Read the full article at Yahoo Finance.
