California is full of affordable places for the middle class to live. There are about 100 cities where you still would have $20,000 in disposable income every year.
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GOBankingRates recently pulled cost-of-living and housing information for U.S. cities with populations of 20,000 or more to find the best ones for the middle class. Here are the top 10 California cities.
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Granite Bay
- Median middle-class income: $190K
- Annual cost of living: $103K
- Money left after expenditures: $86K
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El Dorado Hills
- Median middle-class income: $164K
- Annual cost of living: $92K
- Money left after expenditures: $71K
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Dublin
- Median middle-class income: $205K
- Annual cost of living: $135K
- Money left after expenditures: $70K

Eastvale
- Median middle-class income: $161K
- Annual cost of living: $96K
- Money left after expenditures: $65K

Lafayette
- Median middle-class income: $222K
- Annual cost of living: $162K
- Money left after expenditures: $61K
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Folsom
- Median middle-class income: $139K
- Annual cost of living: $82K
- Money left after expenditures: $57K

Moorpark
- Median middle-class income: $149K
- Annual cost of living: $94K
- Money left after expenditures: $55K

Danville
- Median middle-class income: $223K
- Annual cost of living: $169K
- Money left after expenditures: $55K

Oakley
- Median middle-class income: $132K
- Annual cost of living: $78K
- Money left after expenditures: $54K

Brentwood
- Median middle-class income: $140K
- Annual cost of living: $88K
- Money left after expenditures: $51K
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