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 Eugene has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.59x the national median and household incomes are 1.88x the national median.
But where exactly in Eugene do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Laurel Hill Valley where the median income is a cool $103,576.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Eugene out of 23 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Eugene For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Eugene for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Laurel Hill Valley looks to be the richest Eugene neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $757,697. 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 Eugene For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurel Hill Valley | $103,576 |
| 2 | Crest Drive | $87,860 |
| 3 | Santa Clara | $78,920 |
| 4 | Southeast | $77,774 |
| 5 | Amazon | $76,480 |
| 6 | Industrial Corridor | $70,946 |
| 7 | Cal Young | $69,982 |
| 8 | Friendly Area | $66,030 |
| 9 | Churchill Area | $63,726 |
| 10 | Harlow | $62,403 |
| 11 | Fairmount | $58,236 |
| 12 | River Road | $56,380 |
| 13 | West Eugene | $51,736 |
| 14 | Trainsong | $50,854 |
| 15 | Active Bethel | $46,446 |
| 16 | Far West | $41,432 |
| 17 | Jefferson Westside | $35,544 |
| 18 | South University | $34,684 |
| 19 | Whiteaker | $34,549 |
| 20 | South Eugene High School | $31,008 |
| 21 | Downtown | $26,884 |
| 22 | West University | $26,073 |
| 23 | U Of O Campus | $20,050 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Eugene 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 Eugene.
We ranked every neighborhood in Eugene by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Laurel Hill Valley, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Eugene.
The richest neighborhoods in Eugene are Laurel Hill Valley, Crest Drive, Santa Clara, Southeast, Amazon, Industrial Corridor, Cal Young, Friendly Area, Churchill Area, and Harlow.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be U Of O Campus.
The poorest neighborhoods in Eugene are U Of O Campus, West University, Downtown, South Eugene High School, and Whiteaker.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Eugene.
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