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 Irvine has to offer. Where houses go for over 6.84x the national median and household incomes are 4.09x the national median.
But where exactly in Irvine do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Quail Hill where the median income is a cool $225,050.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Irvine out of 23 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Irvine For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Irvine for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Quail Hill looks to be the richest Irvine neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,560,694. 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.
Find where your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in Irvine.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Irvine For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quail Hill | $225,050 |
| 2 | Turtle Ridge | $178,974 |
| 3 | Shady Canyon | $170,363 |
| 4 | Northwood Point | $165,372 |
| 5 | El Toro Marine Air Station | $159,791 |
| 6 | Walnut Village | $136,378 |
| 7 | Spectrum | $133,208 |
| 8 | East Industrial Complex | $131,326 |
| 9 | Turtle Rock | $131,074 |
| 10 | West Park | $129,158 |
| 11 | University Park | $115,890 |
| 12 | Oak Creek | $114,778 |
| 13 | Woodbridge | $114,407 |
| 14 | Lower Peters Canyon | $112,733 |
| 15 | Northwood | $111,899 |
| 16 | El Camino Real | $104,550 |
| 17 | Uc Irvine | $103,800 |
| 18 | Business District | $93,495 |
| 19 | Irvine Health And Science Complex | $88,519 |
| 20 | San Joaquin Marsh | $58,820 |
| 21 | Rancho San Joaquin | $58,520 |
| 22 | Great Park | $54,286 |
| 23 | University Town Center | $40,539 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Irvine 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 Irvine.
We ranked every neighborhood in Irvine by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Quail Hill, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Irvine.
The richest neighborhoods in Irvine are Quail Hill, Turtle Ridge, Shady Canyon, Northwood Point, El Toro Marine Air Station, Walnut Village, Spectrum, East Industrial Complex, Turtle Rock, and West Park.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be University Town Center.
The poorest neighborhoods in Irvine are University Town Center, Great Park, Rancho San Joaquin, San Joaquin Marsh, and Irvine Health And Science Complex.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Irvine.
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