Income Inequality Rises in Madison

This is a U.S. news story, published by Yahoo Finance, that relates primarily to Madison news.

U.S. news

For more U.S. news, you can click here:

more U.S. news

Madison news

For more Madison news, you can click here:

more Madison news

banking & finance news

For more banking & finance news, you can click here:

more banking & finance news

Yahoo Finance news

For more news from Yahoo Finance, you can click here:

more news from Yahoo Finance

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best business news, entertainment news, world news, and much more. If you like banking & finance news, you might also like this article about

highest income inequality

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest highest earners news, household income news, banking & finance news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

median household income

SmartAsset

•

Business

Business & Economics

Cities Where Income Inequality Increased Most – 2025 Study

Summary

Nutrition label

86% Informative

SmartAsset ranked 96 of the largest U.S. cities based on the percentage increase in income inequality between the highest earners and lowest earners over one year .

Madison , WI , saw income inequality increase by 4.56% in Madison year over year.

New Orleans , LA has the highest income inequality with a $ 7.91 multiple on earnings between the top 20% and bottom 20% of households.

Madison , WI - Percent change in spread of income: 4.56% - Ratio of earnings threshold for top 20% versus bottom 20% , 2024 : $ 4.30 - Median household income: $ 85,189 .

Chesapeake, VA - ratio of earnings thresholds for top.

2023 : $ 77,653 - Median. household income, 2023 , $ 108,971 - - Fremont , CA(Tied with Oakland , CA ) -.

Data is from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps for 2024 at the county level. Data for 96 of the largest cities was based on U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for 2023 was included based on availability. Questions about this study? Contact us at [email protected] Photo credit: iStock.com/halbergman The post Cities Where Income Inequality Increased Most 2025 Study appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset ..