Yeah, this is measuring something quite different: the areas where the average person is the wealthiest, rather than where the much-wealthier-than-average people live (though there is probably a correlation). The cutoff for being in the top 1% of household incomes is $380k or so. It would be interesting to see the distribution of where such people live.
This map isn't useless, but I think the title is highly misleading.
This map isn't useless, but I think the title is highly misleading.