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 Little Rock has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.85x the national median and household incomes are 1.76x the national median.
But where exactly in Little Rock do the richest of the rich people live? That would be River Mountain where the median income is a cool $96,832.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Little Rock out of 27 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Little Rock For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Little Rock for 2024? According to the most recent census data, River Mountain looks to be the richest Little Rock neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $679,678. 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 Little Rock.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Little Rock For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Mountain | $96,832 |
| 2 | Heights | $81,906 |
| 3 | Rock Creek | $79,200 |
| 4 | Reservoir | $78,665 |
| 5 | Hillcrest | $73,968 |
| 6 | Midtown | $67,187 |
| 7 | Otter Creek Crystal | $51,613 |
| 8 | Walnut Valley | $50,886 |
| 9 | South Geyer Springs | $50,150 |
| 10 | West Markham | $49,271 |
| 11 | Briarwood | $48,726 |
| 12 | Westwood-Pecan Lake | $45,068 |
| 13 | Cloverdale Watson | $41,717 |
| 14 | Capital View-Stiff | $40,185 |
| 15 | John Barrow | $40,153 |
| 16 | Boyle Park | $40,050 |
| 17 | Big Dickinson Lake | $38,607 |
| 18 | Chicot West | $38,423 |
| 19 | Stephens | $36,465 |
| 20 | 65th Street West | $35,436 |
| 21 | Upper Baseline | $35,028 |
| 22 | Central High | $34,319 |
| 23 | Wakefield | $33,180 |
| 24 | East Of I-30 | $32,768 |
| 25 | South End | $31,969 |
| 26 | Oak Forest | $30,444 |
| 27 | Downtown | $30,291 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Little Rock 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 Little Rock.
We ranked every neighborhood in Little Rock by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, River Mountain, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Little Rock.
The richest neighborhoods in Little Rock are River Mountain, Heights, Rock Creek, Reservoir, Hillcrest, Midtown, Otter Creek Crystal, Walnut Valley, South Geyer Springs, and West Markham.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Downtown.
The poorest neighborhoods in Little Rock are Downtown, Oak Forest, South End, East Of I-30, and Wakefield.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Little Rock.
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