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 Long Beach has to offer. Where houses go for over 5.45x the national median and household incomes are 2.14x the national median.
But where exactly in Long Beach do the richest of the rich people live? That would be City College Area where the median income is a cool $117,857.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Long Beach out of 27 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Long Beach For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Long Beach for 2024? According to the most recent census data, City College Area looks to be the richest Long Beach neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,077,546. 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 Long Beach.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Long Beach For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City College Area | $117,857 |
| 2 | El Dorado Park | $115,995 |
| 3 | Los Altos | $115,735 |
| 4 | The Plaza | $113,703 |
| 5 | State College Area | $112,954 |
| 6 | Belmont Heights | $105,042 |
| 7 | Dominguez | $102,266 |
| 8 | Los Cerritos Area | $99,321 |
| 9 | Wilmington | $97,746 |
| 10 | Naples-Marina Area | $96,927 |
| 11 | Alamitos Heights | $94,919 |
| 12 | Belmont Shore | $94,172 |
| 13 | Lakewood Village | $89,878 |
| 14 | Park Estates | $87,060 |
| 15 | Airport Area | $86,875 |
| 16 | Bixby Area | $80,680 |
| 17 | Californial Heights | $74,520 |
| 18 | Downtown | $73,868 |
| 19 | Wrigley | $71,180 |
| 20 | Bixby Knolls | $69,693 |
| 21 | City Of Signal Hill | $63,499 |
| 22 | West Side | $61,102 |
| 23 | North Long Beach | $58,126 |
| 24 | East Side | $57,304 |
| 25 | North West Long Beach | $55,268 |
| 26 | Circle Area | $54,626 |
| 27 | Poly High District | $49,979 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Long Beach 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 Long Beach.
We ranked every neighborhood in Long Beach by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, City College Area, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Long Beach.
The richest neighborhoods in Long Beach are City College Area, El Dorado Park, Los Altos, The Plaza, State College Area, Belmont Heights, Dominguez, Los Cerritos Area, Wilmington, and Naples-Marina Area.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Poly High District.
The poorest neighborhoods in Long Beach are Poly High District, Circle Area, North West Long Beach, East Side, and North Long Beach.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Long Beach.
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