Communities with the highest median income

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1. Sherborn
2009 median income: $186,058
1999 median income: $175,712
1989 median income: $180,942
1979 median income: $129,586
30-year change: 43.6 percent
Fun Fact: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, once served as superintendent at the Massachusetts Reformatory Prison for Women in Sherborn for eight months.
Pictured: The Sherborn Peace Abbey