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 Las Vegas has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.02x the national median and household incomes are 1.87x the national median.
But where exactly in Las Vegas do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Sheep Mountain where the median income is a cool $103,116.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Las Vegas out of 26 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Las Vegas For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Las Vegas for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Sheep Mountain looks to be the richest Las Vegas neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $861,752. 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 Las Vegas.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Las Vegas For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheep Mountain | $103,116 |
| 2 | Summerlin North | $99,809 |
| 3 | Tule Springs | $97,984 |
| 4 | Kyle Canyon | $93,659 |
| 5 | Lone Mountain | $89,429 |
| 6 | Centennial Hills | $88,613 |
| 7 | The Lakes | $76,928 |
| 8 | Desert Shores | $75,824 |
| 9 | North Cheyenne | $74,903 |
| 10 | Twin Lakes | $61,487 |
| 11 | Buffalo | $57,905 |
| 12 | Rancho Charleston | $54,675 |
| 13 | Huntridge | $53,903 |
| 14 | Pioneer Park | $53,788 |
| 15 | Sun City Summerlin | $53,685 |
| 16 | Angel Park Lindell | $53,273 |
| 17 | Michael Way | $50,869 |
| 18 | Charleston Heights | $47,170 |
| 19 | Meadows Village | $41,786 |
| 20 | Sunrise | $40,863 |
| 21 | East Las Vegas | $37,761 |
| 22 | West Las Vegas | $34,789 |
| 23 | Umc | $34,737 |
| 24 | Cultural Corridor | $32,829 |
| 25 | Downtown East | $28,524 |
| 26 | Downtown | $26,475 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas.
We ranked every neighborhood in Las Vegas by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Sheep Mountain, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Las Vegas.
The richest neighborhoods in Las Vegas are Sheep Mountain, Summerlin North, Tule Springs, Kyle Canyon, Lone Mountain, Centennial Hills, The Lakes, Desert Shores, North Cheyenne, and Twin Lakes.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Downtown.
The poorest neighborhoods in Las Vegas are Downtown, Downtown East, Cultural Corridor, Umc, and West Las Vegas.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Las Vegas.
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