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Herington ranked 545th among cities in Kansas by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Herington residents was an inflation-adjusted $19,748 per year. Herington had 980 households in 2017, with a population of 2,251.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Mission Hills. Mission Hills's median income was $106,838 per year after adjusting for inflation – $87,090 more than Herington. It had 1,234 households in 2017 and a population of 3,578.

Dresden had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Kansas, with a median income of only $9,440 per year. That was $10,308 less than the median income in Herington at the time. Dresden had 33 households in 2017 and a population of 81.

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

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Mission Hills	106,838
2	Mission Woods	68,750
3	Westwood Hills	63,750
4	Lake Quivira	60,313
5	Fairway	59,346
6	Leawood	57,821
7	Latimer	56,875
8	Galatia	51,250
9	Detroit	47,679
10	Westwood	46,587
11	Wheaton	46,250
12	Carlton	45,313
13	Kechi	42,974
14	Paradise	42,500
15	Lenexa	41,668
16	Radium	41,667
17	Bel Aire	41,042
18	Colwich	40,885
19	Overland Park	40,625
20	Cedar Point	40,250
21	New Strawn	40,208
22	Andover	40,036
23	Susank	40,000
24	Basehor	38,961
25	St. George	38,750
26	Derby	37,891
27	Gardner	37,883
28	Shawnee	37,851
29	Mission	37,836
30	Richfield	37,500
31	Speed	37,188
32	Olathe	37,143
33	Viola	37,000
34	Spearville	36,908
35	Roeland Park	36,694
36	Claflin	36,685
37	Louisburg	36,657
38	Valley Center	36,275
39	Weskan	36,181
40	Auburn	36,056
41	Cimarron	35,985
42	Wakarusa	35,982
43	Kismet	35,962
44	Barnard	35,938
45	Silver Lake	35,843
46	Tonganoxie	35,653
47	Menlo	35,625
48	Rozel	35,417
49	Randall	35,357
50	Andale	35,347
51	Eudora	35,088
52	Alma	34,899
53	Gem	34,688
54	Lehigh	34,688
55	Ozawkie	34,676
56	Schoenchen	34,531
57	Maple Hill	34,375
58	Scott City	34,052
59	Danville	33,750
60	Holcomb	33,500
61	Coyville	33,438
62	Cheney	33,221
63	Linn Valley	33,207
64	Copeland	33,021
65	Rose Hill	33,006
66	Linwood	33,000
67	Sawyer	32,969
68	Tipton	32,813
69	Merriam	32,675
70	Minneola	32,571
71	Wakefield	32,500
72	Ingalls	32,321
73	Willis	32,292
74	Goddard	32,165
75	Ulysses	31,920
76	Edwardsville	31,909
77	Spring Hill	31,834
78	Byers	31,667
79	Tampa	31,667
80	WaKeeney	31,658
81	Mulvane	31,652
82	Galva	31,486
83	McPherson	31,421
84	Victoria	31,349
85	Winchester	31,316
86	Udall	31,292
87	Netawaka	31,250
88	Bartlett	31,250
89	Jennings	31,250
90	Glen Elder	31,129
91	Selden	31,107
92	Bern	31,071
93	St. Marys	31,033
94	Assaria	31,023
95	Iuka	31,000
96	Bonner Springs	30,980
97	Matfield Green	30,972
98	Palmer	30,909
99	Prairie View	30,893
100	Lewis	30,833

* All values are inflation-adjusted