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 Dallas has to offer. Where houses go for over 6.92x the national median and household incomes are 3.61x the national median.
But where exactly in Dallas do the richest of the rich people live? That would be University Park where the median income is a cool $198,578.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Dallas out of 34 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Dallas For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Dallas for 2024? According to the most recent census data, University Park looks to be the richest Dallas neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,208,567. 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 Dallas For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University Park | $198,578 |
| 2 | Highland Park | $197,247 |
| 3 | North Dallas | $118,668 |
| 4 | Bluffview | $106,446 |
| 5 | M Streets | $106,301 |
| 6 | Preston Hollow | $102,440 |
| 7 | Near East | $99,147 |
| 8 | Arts District | $96,459 |
| 9 | Reunion District | $92,419 |
| 10 | West End Historic District | $90,862 |
| 11 | City Center District | $89,039 |
| 12 | Main Street District | $87,772 |
| 13 | Government District | $86,907 |
| 14 | Oak Lawn | $85,394 |
| 15 | Convention Center District | $85,179 |
| 16 | Farmers Market District | $80,218 |
| 17 | Far North | $78,733 |
| 18 | Northeast Dallas | $78,164 |
| 19 | Oak Cliff | $66,666 |
| 20 | Lake Highlands | $60,724 |
| 21 | Southwest Dallas | $55,405 |
| 22 | Eagle Ford | $52,788 |
| 23 | Winnetka Heights | $51,829 |
| 24 | Northwest Dallas | $45,819 |
| 25 | Southeast Dallas | $45,220 |
| 26 | Wolf Creek | $44,602 |
| 27 | Love Field Area | $44,328 |
| 28 | Lake Caroline | $43,241 |
| 29 | Cockrell Hill | $42,243 |
| 30 | Five Mile Creek | $40,307 |
| 31 | South Dallas | $35,903 |
| 32 | Urbandale-Parkdale | $33,974 |
| 33 | Cedar Crest | $33,363 |
| 34 | South Boulevard-Park Row | $30,213 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Dallas 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 Dallas.
We ranked every neighborhood in Dallas by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, University Park, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Dallas.
The richest neighborhoods in Dallas are University Park, Highland Park, North Dallas, Bluffview, m Streets, Preston Hollow, Near East, Arts District, Reunion District, and West End Historic District.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be South Boulevard-Park Row.
The poorest neighborhoods in Dallas are South Boulevard-Park Row, Cedar Crest, Urbandale-Parkdale, South Dallas, and Five Mile Creek.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Dallas.
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