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 Atlanta has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.59x the national median and household incomes are 2.42x the national median.
But where exactly in Atlanta do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Candler Park where the median income is a cool $133,238.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Atlanta out of 31 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Atlanta For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Atlanta for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Candler Park looks to be the richest Atlanta neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $977,348. 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 Atlanta For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Candler Park | $133,238 |
| 2 | Buckhead | $113,902 |
| 3 | Morningside-Lenox Park | $110,670 |
| 4 | Oakdale | $106,373 |
| 5 | Virginia-Highland | $103,493 |
| 6 | Midtown | $96,712 |
| 7 | Poncey-Highland | $90,270 |
| 8 | Grant Park | $76,930 |
| 9 | Ormewood Park-East Atlanta | $73,545 |
| 10 | Atlanta-Inman Park | $72,215 |
| 11 | Old Fourth Ward | $71,108 |
| 12 | Cascade Heights | $67,674 |
| 13 | Home Park | $67,006 |
| 14 | Ben Hill | $62,600 |
| 15 | Cabbage Town | $62,341 |
| 16 | Edgewood-Kirkwood | $59,141 |
| 17 | Adams Park | $55,906 |
| 18 | Downtown | $52,199 |
| 19 | Rockdale | $51,580 |
| 20 | West End | $50,784 |
| 21 | Adair Park | $48,235 |
| 22 | Sweet Auburn | $43,888 |
| 23 | Thomasville | $39,069 |
| 24 | Five Points | $38,626 |
| 25 | Center Hill | $36,764 |
| 26 | Grove Park | $35,433 |
| 27 | Mechanicsville | $32,768 |
| 28 | Oakland City | $32,702 |
| 29 | Adamsville | $30,664 |
| 30 | Vine City | $29,685 |
| 31 | Lakewood Heights-Southeastern Atlanta | $27,867 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Atlanta 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 Atlanta.
We ranked every neighborhood in Atlanta by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Candler Park, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Atlanta.
The richest neighborhoods in Atlanta are Candler Park, Buckhead, Morningside-Lenox Park, Oakdale, Virginia-Highland, Midtown, Poncey-Highland, Grant Park, Ormewood Park-East Atlanta, and Atlanta-Inman Park.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Lakewood Heights-Southeastern Atlanta.
The poorest neighborhoods in Atlanta are Lakewood Heights-Southeastern Atlanta, Vine City, Adamsville, Oakland City, and Mechanicsville.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Atlanta.
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