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Roy Lake ranked 32nd among cities in Minnesota by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Roy Lake residents was an inflation-adjusted $46,250 per year. Roy Lake had 7 households in 2017, with a population of 11.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Deephaven. Deephaven's median income was $68,182 per year after adjusting for inflation – $21,932 more than Roy Lake. It had 1,377 households in 2017 and a population of 3,818.

Boy River had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Minnesota, with a median income of only $6,625 per year. That was $39,625 less than the median income in Roy Lake at the time. Boy River had 27 households in 2017 and a population of 59.

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

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Deephaven	68,182
2	Minnetonka Beach	66,071
3	Woodland	63,125
4	Greenwood	62,981
5	Sunfish Lake	62,679
6	Dellwood	61,500
7	North Oaks	60,329
8	Minnetrista	60,286
9	Medina	57,075
10	Victoria	55,236
11	Elko New Market	54,850
12	Orono	54,360
13	Shorewood	53,460
14	Tonka Bay	53,368
15	Carver	52,681
16	Lilydale	51,638
17	Oronoco	51,423
18	Rogers	50,819
19	Eden Prairie	50,141
20	Edina	50,027
21	Chanhassen	49,756
22	Woodbury	49,754
23	Mendota Heights	49,559
24	Maple Grove	49,084
25	Medicine Lake	48,438
26	St. Bonifacius	46,944
27	Greenfield	46,845
28	Centerville	46,816
29	Corcoran	46,529
30	Long Lake	46,453
31	Hanover	46,389
32	Roy Lake	46,250
33	St. Vincent	46,250
34	Lakeville	46,165
35	Prior Lake	45,326
36	Plymouth	45,055
37	Minnetonka	44,870
38	Shoreview	44,672
39	Hugo	44,660
40	Gem Lake	44,554
41	Independence	44,508
42	Eagan	44,479
43	Afton	44,427
44	Golden Valley	44,362
45	Mahtomedi	44,281
46	Lino Lakes	44,038
47	Andover	44,024
48	Marine on St. Croix	43,875
49	Cologne	43,516
50	Rosemount	43,465
51	St. Louis Park	43,360
52	Circle Pines	43,212
53	Pine Springs	43,000
54	Savage	42,908
55	Grant	42,518
56	Albertville	42,471
57	Oak Grove	42,420
58	Hampton	42,375
59	St. Michael	42,258
60	Comstock	42,250
61	Lakeland	42,173
62	Loretto	42,042
63	Waconia	42,006
64	Wayzata	41,985
65	Mound	41,980
66	Clear Lake	41,923
67	Byron	41,897
68	Cottage Grove	41,776
69	Ramsey	41,761
70	Otsego	41,746
71	St. Marys Point	41,450
72	Farmington	41,377
73	Dover	41,280
74	Skyline	41,250
75	Fish Lake	41,250
76	Stillwater	41,181
77	Lake Elmo	40,985
78	Champlin	40,944
79	Ham Lake	40,897
80	Nowthen	40,625
81	Cedar Mills	40,625
82	Hawley	40,553
83	Hallock	40,469
84	Vadnais Heights	40,402
85	Dundas	40,278
86	Chaska	40,201
87	Blaine	40,172
88	Apple Valley	40,056
89	Montrose	40,010
90	Scandia	39,325
91	Bethel	39,271
92	Hadley	39,250
93	Shakopee	39,219
94	East Bethel	39,086
95	Mayer	39,038
96	Barnesville	39,003
97	Dayton	38,682
98	Lindstrom	38,564
99	Williams	38,438
100	Vermillion	38,409

* All values are inflation-adjusted