Wellesley Among Top 50 Wealthiest Towns In Country: Bloomberg

Make sure you're sitting down for this one: Bloomberg has named the 50 wealthiest towns in America, and Wellesley made the list.

The little Norfolk County town suffered a small tumble down the rankings, from No. 31 to 36 in the country. Perhaps Wellesley will take solace in its average household income of $264,473, which Bloomberg has just below Palm Beach, Fla.

No other Massachusetts town made the list, which cut off at No. 50 Potomac, Md., and it's $248,189 average household income.

Only four other New England towns made the list - all in Connecticut, and all in the top 25.

The top spot on the Bloomberg Richest Places annual index was Atherton, Calif., which had an average household income of $450,696 in 2017. It's the third consecutive year Atherton flexed atop the rankings.

Scarsdale, N.Y., slid into the No. 2 spot after residents got an increase of $30,000, on average, over the previous year.

You can see the full Bloomberg list, and its methodology, here.

Photo of Wellesley Town Hall by Dan Libon, Patch