How Many Millionaires Live in Sharon?

Tax returns from 2011 show that one out of every 287 Sharon residents filed a million-dollar tax return.

Posted Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:21 am ET|Updated Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:42 pm ET

Sixty-two Sharon residents filed million-dollar tax returns in 2011, an increase of three percent over the previous year.

That means that one out of every 287 residents filed a million-dollar return, reported the Boston Business Journal.

Sharon is ahead of the Massachusetts average by community, which was 51, and is well above the state median, which was 14.

Boston, Newton, Wellesley, Weston and Cambridge were the top five for millionaires, according to BBJ.

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