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

The median income of Ashland residents was an inflation-adjusted $22,383 per year. Ashland had 1,349 households in 2017, with a population of 2,731.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Devon. Devon's median income was $93,604 per year after adjusting for inflation – $71,221 more than Ashland. It had 564 households in 2017 and a population of 1,749.

Loretto had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Pennsylvania, with a median income of only $4,369 per year. That was $18,014 less than the median income in Ashland at the time. Loretto had 115 households in 2017 and a population of 1,203.

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

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Devon	93,604
2	Fox Chapel	75,543
3	Ben Avon Heights	71,875
4	Chesterbrook	71,542
5	Woodside	71,506
6	Rosslyn Farms	63,958
7	Fort Indiantown Gap	63,403
8	Edgeworth	62,708
9	Sewickley Heights	62,625
10	Mount Gretna	60,972
11	Seven Fields	60,867
12	Skippack	59,467
13	Noblestown	58,403
14	Glen Osborne	57,857
15	Gibraltar	57,637
16	Woodbourne	56,892
17	Birmingham	56,250
18	West Conshohocken	55,924
19	Cashtown	55,598
20	Franklin Park	54,806
21	Thornburg	54,375
22	Blue Bell	53,520
23	Bradford Woods	53,458
24	Sunrise Lake	53,324
25	Upper St. Clair	52,683
26	Sewickley Hills	52,566
27	Newtown	52,006
28	Penn Wynne	51,798
29	Audubon	51,645
30	Waverly	51,438
31	Narberth	51,223
32	Breinigsville	50,933
33	New Schaefferstown	50,647
34	Evansburg	50,573
35	Rose Valley	50,417
36	Pocono Pines	50,086
37	Yardley	49,639
38	Milford Square	49,583
39	Maple Glen	49,274
40	Laurys Station	48,963
41	Conshohocken	48,893
42	Edgewood	48,432
43	Atwood	48,125
44	Newtown Grant	48,000
45	Aspinwall	47,851
46	Chalfont	47,805
47	Indian Lake	47,292
48	Ardmore	47,149
49	Albrightsville	47,143
50	Lionville	47,114
51	Eagleview	46,974
52	Spring House	46,940
53	Ancient Oaks	46,931
54	Bell Acres	46,750
55	Fort Washington	46,654
56	King of Prussia	46,490
57	McMurray	46,417
58	Boiling Springs	46,375
59	New Freedom	46,364
60	Webster	46,250
61	Montgomeryville	46,098
62	Churchville	45,822
63	Flourtown	45,813
64	Plymouth Meeting	45,755
65	Exton	45,747
66	Stormstown	45,714
67	Beech Mountain Lakes	45,685
68	Dryville	45,662
69	Virginville	45,469
70	Jenkintown	45,213
71	Ben Avon	44,635
72	Alleghenyville	44,632
73	Riegelsville	44,427
74	Caln	44,295
75	Churchill	43,958
76	Berwyn	43,857
77	Prospect Park	43,587
78	Pottsgrove	43,462
79	Harleysville	43,451
80	Egypt	43,285
81	Malvern	43,165
82	Oak Hills	43,153
83	Sturgeon	43,030
84	Richboro	42,700
85	Pennwyn	42,308
86	Feasterville	42,209
87	Callimont	42,083
88	New Hope	42,035
89	Lincoln Park	42,017
90	Nixon	41,927
91	Paoli	41,910
92	Trumbauersville	41,892
93	Oreland	41,821
94	Woxall	41,818
95	Media	41,773
96	Eagles Mere	41,750
97	Penryn	41,750
98	Paxtonville	41,736
99	Flying Hills	41,722
100	Halfway House	41,698

* All values are inflation-adjusted