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Chatham ranked 12th among cities in New Jersey by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Chatham residents was $80,444 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 2,932 households with a population of 8,816.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Pine Valley with $250,001 per year after adjusting for inflation – $169,557 more than Chatham. It had 3 households with a population of 5.

The city with the lowest median resident income in the state was Rockleigh with $16,426 per year after adjusting for inflation – $64,018 less than Chatham. It had 72 households with a population of 625.

Top 100 cities by earnings per resident (2019)

Rank	City	Earnings per resident
1	Pine Valley	$250,001
2	Harlingen	$121,797
3	Short Hills	$115,979
4	Princeton Junction	$98,239
5	Bridgeville	$91,316
6	Upper Montclair	$87,292
7	Ten Mile Run	$86,302
8	Mountain Lakes	$82,931
9	Pleasant Plains	$82,879
10	Hoboken	$82,393
11	Essex Fells	$81,875
12	Chatham	$80,444
13	Glen Ridge	$80,250
14	Ridgewood	$78,589
15	Tenafly	$78,368
16	North Caldwell	$76,784
17	Glen Rock	$73,793
18	Ramsey	$73,727
19	Edgewater	$73,475
20	Plainsboro Center	$72,250
21	Monmouth Junction	$72,118
22	Saddle River	$71,821
23	New Providence	$71,733
24	Westfield	$71,621
25	Haddonfield	$70,861
26	Princeton Meadows	$70,533
27	Franklin Lakes	$70,503
28	Heathcote	$70,151
29	Fair Haven	$69,022
30	Blawenburg	$68,068
31	Mendham	$67,065
32	Robbinsville	$66,875
33	Cranbury	$66,097
34	Belle Mead	$66,042
35	Englewood Cliffs	$65,000
36	Sea Girt	$64,336
37	Little Silver	$64,120
38	Zarephath	$63,889
39	Harrington Park	$63,711
40	Bernardsville	$63,705
41	Morganville	$63,569
42	Cresskill	$63,306
43	Roseland	$63,097
44	Alpine	$62,895
45	Barclay	$62,500
46	Haworth	$62,399
47	Morris Plains	$62,284
48	Allendale	$62,188
49	Kinnelon	$61,914
50	Fanwood	$61,846
51	Demarest	$61,776
52	Summit	$61,415
53	Upper Saddle River	$61,106
54	River Edge	$60,967
55	Rumson	$60,938
56	Bradley Gardens	$60,841
57	Monmouth Beach	$60,625
58	Lopatcong Overlook	$60,417
59	Woodcliff Lake	$60,378
60	Richwood	$60,317
61	Far Hills	$60,104
62	Metuchen	$60,012
63	Old Tappan	$60,000
64	Sea Bright	$59,196
65	Martinsville	$58,626
66	Lincroft	$58,619
67	Clyde	$58,315
68	Mountainside	$58,161
69	Riverdale	$58,125
70	Greentree	$57,647
71	Beckett	$57,432
72	Springdale	$57,335
73	Hopewell	$57,292
74	Oakhurst	$57,114
75	White Meadow Lake	$56,975
76	Greenwich	$56,905
77	Lake Mohawk	$56,816
78	Succasunna	$56,618
79	Brookdale	$56,300
80	Brownville	$56,250
80	Longport	$56,250
82	Westwood	$56,116
83	Lawrenceville	$55,686
84	Montvale	$55,263
85	Panther Valley	$54,952
86	Park Ridge	$54,939
87	Madison	$54,748
88	Closter	$54,719
89	Groveville	$54,667
90	Pennington	$54,422
91	Kendall Park	$54,281
92	Interlaken	$54,219
93	Hillsdale	$54,152
94	Fair Lawn	$53,864
95	Rutherford	$53,834
96	Brielle	$53,815
97	Hutchinson	$53,750
97	Johnsonburg	$53,750
97	Mantoloking	$53,750
100	Waldwick	$53,679

* All values are inflation-adjusted