Welcome to the land of the 1%. Where you’ll find lawyers, and doctors, and business executives. And while they aren’t made of ticky-tacky, they are definitely made of money.
These are the wealthiest neighborhoods that Anchorage has to offer. Where houses go for over 3.21x the national median and household incomes are 3.8x the national median.
But where exactly in Anchorage do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Hillside East where the median income is a cool $209,150.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Anchorage out of 36 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Anchorage For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Anchorage for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Hillside East looks to be the richest Anchorage neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,405,111. And that, my friend, is more 0s than most of us will see in our bank account for a long, long time — if we ever get that lucky.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Anchorage For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillside East | $209,150 |
| 2 | Rabbit Creek | $156,703 |
| 3 | South Fork | $153,194 |
| 4 | Basher | $140,575 |
| 5 | Huffman-O’malley | $138,832 |
| 6 | Mid-Hillside | $131,615 |
| 7 | South Addition | $122,938 |
| 8 | Old Seward-Oceanview | $122,159 |
| 9 | Girdwood | $115,263 |
| 10 | Bear Valley | $114,682 |
| 11 | Eagle River Valley | $109,729 |
| 12 | Birchwood | $109,344 |
| 13 | Bayshore-Klatt | $108,222 |
| 14 | Chugiak | $105,429 |
| 15 | Eagle River | $105,078 |
| 16 | Sand Lake | $104,127 |
| 17 | Turnagain | $103,454 |
| 18 | Rogers Park | $96,686 |
| 19 | Abbott Loop | $95,068 |
| 20 | Scenic Foothills | $93,003 |
| 21 | Turnagain Arm | $87,214 |
| 22 | Portage Valley | $87,214 |
| 23 | Tudor Area | $85,888 |
| 24 | Campbell Park | $81,927 |
| 25 | Taku-Campbell | $81,579 |
| 26 | Northeast | $79,226 |
| 27 | North Star | $78,542 |
| 28 | University Area | $74,236 |
| 29 | Government Hill | $70,387 |
| 30 | Russian Jack Park | $69,792 |
| 31 | Spenard | $67,594 |
| 32 | Airport Heights | $65,031 |
| 33 | Downtown | $62,589 |
| 34 | Fairview | $53,634 |
| 35 | Midtown | $51,280 |
| 36 | Mountain View | $43,934 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Anchorage For 2024
Every city has its best neighborhoods — where everyone wants to live — and the worst neighborhoods — where no one wants to live. And then you have the wealthiest neighborhoods, where no one can afford to live.
And by no one, we mean you because there’s always someone richer than you.
How do you quantify richer than you? We looked at one simple criterion:
Which neighborhoods have the highest median income?
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Anchorage.
We ranked every neighborhood in Anchorage by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Hillside East, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Anchorage.
The richest neighborhoods in Anchorage are Hillside East, Rabbit Creek, South Fork, Basher, Huffman-O’malley, Mid-Hillside, South Addition, Old Seward-Oceanview, Girdwood, and Bear Valley.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Mountain View.
The poorest neighborhoods in Anchorage are Mountain View, Midtown, Fairview, Downtown, and Airport Heights.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Anchorage.
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