Pew Research has released a new study that ranks income levels according to one's religion. It's interesting that Christians for the most part have lower incomes in North America than some of the other religious categories.
There is also a strong tie between education levels and income. Read the New York Times article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/magazine/is-your-religion-your-financial-destiny.html
If members of a faith strived to apply the Bible in their lives, would that not, in itself, put them at the low end of the spectrum? Any number of passages advise living simply. For example, from 1 Tim:
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