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 Lincoln has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.7x the national median and household incomes are 2.28x the national median.
But where exactly in Lincoln do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Yankee Ridge where the median income is a cool $125,612.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Lincoln out of 42 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Lincoln For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Lincoln for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Yankee Ridge looks to be the richest Lincoln neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $992,891. 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 Lincoln For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yankee Ridge | $125,612 |
| 2 | Crown Pointe | $112,165 |
| 3 | Amber Hills | $107,756 |
| 4 | Family Acres | $104,415 |
| 5 | Porter Ridge | $101,066 |
| 6 | Bishop Park | $90,903 |
| 7 | Eastridge | $89,569 |
| 8 | Highlands | $88,394 |
| 9 | Southern Hills | $86,850 |
| 10 | Country Club | $86,161 |
| 11 | Salt Valley View | $86,125 |
| 12 | Colonial Hills | $83,402 |
| 13 | Bicentennial Estates | $80,441 |
| 14 | Maple Village-Wedgewood | $79,478 |
| 15 | Meadowlane | $75,475 |
| 16 | High Ridge-Cushman | $71,654 |
| 17 | Taylor Park | $70,764 |
| 18 | West A | $70,361 |
| 19 | Greater South | $67,737 |
| 20 | Autumn Wood | $64,384 |
| 21 | Antelope Park | $64,244 |
| 22 | Indian Village | $63,241 |
| 23 | Far South | $59,330 |
| 24 | Capitol Beach | $58,870 |
| 25 | 40th And A | $56,031 |
| 26 | East Campus | $53,784 |
| 27 | Arnold Heights | $53,282 |
| 28 | Belmont | $52,129 |
| 29 | South 48th Street | $50,911 |
| 30 | University Place | $48,097 |
| 31 | Tri-Court | $47,886 |
| 32 | South Salt Creek | $44,516 |
| 33 | Landons | $42,917 |
| 34 | Near South | $42,556 |
| 35 | Woods Park | $38,838 |
| 36 | Hartley | $38,687 |
| 37 | Sunset Acres | $38,413 |
| 38 | Everett | $35,902 |
| 39 | Clinton | $35,363 |
| 40 | Malone | $32,164 |
| 41 | North Bottoms | $31,203 |
| 42 | Downtown | $29,614 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Lincoln 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 Lincoln.
We ranked every neighborhood in Lincoln by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Yankee Ridge, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Lincoln.
The richest neighborhoods in Lincoln are Yankee Ridge, Crown Pointe, Amber Hills, Family Acres, Porter Ridge, Bishop Park, Eastridge, Highlands, Southern Hills, and Country Club.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Downtown.
The poorest neighborhoods in Lincoln are Downtown, North Bottoms, Malone, Clinton, and Everett.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Lincoln.
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