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How Many Millionaires Live in Winchester?

Winchester made the Boston Business Journal's recently released list of where the most millionaires live in the state.

Boston suburbs continue to top the list of towns and cities with the most millionaires, according to the latest report from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.

The Boston Business Journal reported the state’s Top 30 towns and cities with the most million-dollar income earners in 2013, which is the most recent year for which statistics are available.

Winchester came in at No. 5 on the list. In 2013, there were 254 millionaire tax-filers in Winchester. With a population of 22,079 and just six square miles within the town borders, that means there are 42.1 millionaires per square mile in town.

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Put another way, there’s a millionaire for every 87 Winchester residents.

Wellesley, Cambridge and Brookline topped the list, with 726 millionaire filers in Wellesley at 71 per square mile.

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Among the top 30, all but Milton and Natick continued to report year-after-year declines in the number of Millionaires, said the BBJ.

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