Westport is a shoreline community located right on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County in Connecticut. The city has a population of approximately 26,000 people and a median household income of about $120,000. Westport is a quite wealthy city and was named as the fifth top earning city in the entire United States in July of 2008 by CNN Money. This is due to the fact that the city reported a median family income of close to $194,000 and a median home price of $1,200,000 in July 2008. Westport is home to fifteen large companies and corporate headquarters such as Playtex Products, Inc., Terex (which is a Fortune 500 company), and Pequot Capital Management which is a prominent hedge fund. There are six hundred and sixty retailers located throughout the city, making Westport a flourishing business community.