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Silicon Valley hosts majority of safest, richest midsize West Coast cities
Eight Northern California midsize cities rank among the 13 safest and wealthiest on the West Coast in 2026.
Tom Pavel from San Jose, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
MoneyLion researchers identified 13 midsize West Coast cities as the safest and richest in 2026, with Silicon Valley home to the majority of these locales, according to aol.com.
Northern California accounts for eight of these cities, all with populations between 75,000 and 500,000 people, meeting criteria for household incomes exceeding $100,000 annually.
San Ramon and Pleasanton lead with average household earnings above $190,000, based on data including FBI crime statistics and average home values.
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