BusinessWeek recently listed America's top 25 wealthiest towns, according to an analysis done by Little Rock's Gadberry Group, which ranked communities based on the average 2008 net income and 2008 net worth of their residents.

Brookville had an average net worth of $1.67 million-the highest on the list, and the average annual income of $328,000 was the nation's seventh-highest.

According to the report, the wealthiest towns are found in a number of states across the country, but there was a fair amount of clumping. For example, nine towns on Long Island's North Shore made the list: Brookville (1), Roslyn Estates (6), Oyster Bay Cove (8), Old Westbury (10), Muttontown (13 - tie), Munsey Park (13-tie), Lloyd Harbor (14), Sands Point (15) and North Hills (19).

Some interesting notes about the statistics are that all of the towns that made the list had fewer than 10,000 households and the income and net worth data were collected before the economy collapsed at the end of 2008.

Households: 848_

Average income: $328,404_

Average net worth: $1,670,075_

_Households: 359_

Average income: $298,935_

Average net worth: $1,664,191_

_Households: 1,050_

Average income: $317,661_

Average net worth: $1,625,524_

Households: 926_

Average income: $295,758

_Average net worth: $1,645,570_

Households: 1,202_

Average income: $313,598_

Average net worth: $1,603,583_

Households: 850_

Average income: $279,344_

Average net worth: $1,652,375_

_Households: 736_

Average income: $264,925_

Average net worth: $1,658,956_

_Households: 2,189_

Average income: $271,024_

Average net worth: $1,608,262_

By comparison, Elmont has an average household income of about $75,000 and an average household net worth of about $688,000. Franklin Square has an average household income of about $77,000 and an average household net worth of about $693,000 while West Hempstead has an average household income of $93,000 with an average household net worth of about $793,000. (Source for Elmont, Franklin Square and West Hempstead is NY Times Real Estate.)