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 Buffalo has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.46x the national median and household incomes are 1.46x the national median.
But where exactly in Buffalo do the richest of the rich people live? That would be South Abbott where the median income is a cool $80,316.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Buffalo out of 52 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Buffalo For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Buffalo for 2024? According to the most recent census data, South Abbott looks to be the richest Buffalo neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $705,884. 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 Buffalo For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Abbott | $80,316 |
| 2 | Parkside | $76,898 |
| 3 | Starin Central | $74,251 |
| 4 | Park Meadow | $72,990 |
| 5 | North Park | $71,004 |
| 6 | Albright | $68,808 |
| 7 | Central Business District | $68,676 |
| 8 | Abbott Mckinley | $68,309 |
| 9 | Delaware Park | $63,047 |
| 10 | Forest | $61,585 |
| 11 | South Park | $61,144 |
| 12 | Delaware-West Ferry | $60,893 |
| 13 | Grant Ferry | $58,566 |
| 14 | University | $56,623 |
| 15 | Cold Spring | $50,303 |
| 16 | Triangle | $50,160 |
| 17 | Hamlin Park | $46,968 |
| 18 | North Delaware | $44,597 |
| 19 | Kaisertown | $44,263 |
| 20 | Kensington | $44,136 |
| 21 | Lasalle | $42,032 |
| 22 | Allen | $41,923 |
| 23 | Front Park | $41,665 |
| 24 | Bryant | $41,622 |
| 25 | Cazenovia Park | $40,789 |
| 26 | Black Rock | $40,531 |
| 27 | Seneca | $39,029 |
| 28 | Tifft | $38,752 |
| 29 | Military | $37,590 |
| 30 | Leroy | $36,770 |
| 31 | Kenfield | $36,236 |
| 32 | Waterfront | $35,846 |
| 33 | Columbus | $34,538 |
| 34 | Grider | $34,202 |
| 35 | Kingsley | $33,976 |
| 36 | South Ellicott | $33,740 |
| 37 | Medical Park | $32,992 |
| 38 | Emslie | $32,854 |
| 39 | Lovejoy | $32,108 |
| 40 | Mlk Park | $29,420 |
| 41 | Schiller Park | $28,852 |
| 42 | First Ward | $28,750 |
| 43 | Riverside Park | $28,679 |
| 44 | Squaw Island | $28,346 |
| 45 | Genesee Moselle | $27,957 |
| 46 | Valley | $27,932 |
| 47 | Lakeview | $26,270 |
| 48 | Willert Park | $25,014 |
| 49 | Babcock | $24,532 |
| 50 | Masten Park | $24,229 |
| 51 | Broadway-Fillmore | $23,868 |
| 52 | Emerson | $23,804 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Buffalo 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 Buffalo.
We ranked every neighborhood in Buffalo by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, South Abbott, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Buffalo.
The richest neighborhoods in Buffalo are South Abbott, Parkside, Starin Central, Park Meadow, North Park, Albright, Central Business District, Abbott McKinley, Delaware Park, and Forest.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Emerson.
The poorest neighborhoods in Buffalo are Emerson, Broadway-Fillmore, Masten Park, Babcock, and Willert Park.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Buffalo.
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