Prince William County Ranks Among Wealthiest Areas In Virginia

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA ? Prince William County residents rank among the wealthiest in Virginia, according to a newly released study from SmartAsset.

SmartAsset, a financial advice resource, based its ranking of residents' wealth by locality on three factors: investment income per capita, median home value and per capita income. For the investment income factor, the study evenly weighed ordinary dividends, qualified dividends and net capital gains in the score. Data comes from the IRS, National Association of Realtors, and Bureau of Economic Analysis.

"We calculated a Wealth Index for all U.S. counties based on a combination of these three metrics and ranked them accordingly to provide a holistic view of what areas of the U.S. are accumulating the most wealth," SmartAsset's study page states.

Prince William County ranked eighth in Virginia with a wealth index of 31.37 based on three factors. The county's median income of more than $107,000 ranked fourth among the top ten.

The top 10 wealthiest localities as ranked by SmartAsset are:

1. Falls Church City
2. Arlington County
3. Fairfax County
4. Fairfax City
5. Goochland County
6. Alexandria City
7. Loudoun County
8. Prince William County
9. Albemarle County
10. Fauquier County

See how Virginia localities rank on wealth here.