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 Los Angeles has to offer. Where houses go for over 10.0x the national median and household incomes are 3.74x the national median.
But where exactly in Los Angeles do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Pacific Palisades where the median income is a cool $205,646.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Los Angeles out of 83 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Los Angeles For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Los Angeles for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Pacific Palisades looks to be the richest Los Angeles neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,529,489. 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 Los Angeles For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Palisades | $205,646 |
| 2 | Bel Air | $198,758 |
| 3 | Beverly Glen | $193,885 |
| 4 | Brentwood | $163,253 |
| 5 | Playa Vista | $151,877 |
| 6 | Westchester | $129,931 |
| 7 | West Hills | $123,412 |
| 8 | Venice | $122,750 |
| 9 | Portar Ranch | $122,141 |
| 10 | Encino | $117,836 |
| 11 | Studio City | $117,445 |
| 12 | West Los Angeles | $116,735 |
| 13 | Hollywood Hills | $113,863 |
| 14 | Century City | $111,840 |
| 15 | Woodland Hills | $109,058 |
| 16 | Granada Hills | $107,829 |
| 17 | Playa Del Ray | $104,607 |
| 18 | Pico-Robertson | $103,804 |
| 19 | Mar Vista | $102,786 |
| 20 | Chatsworth | $101,676 |
| 21 | Los Feliz | $101,089 |
| 22 | Shadow Hills | $100,458 |
| 23 | Mid Wilshire | $99,711 |
| 24 | Mid City West | $98,680 |
| 25 | Eagle Rock | $95,550 |
| 26 | Northridge | $94,583 |
| 27 | Sawtelle | $92,728 |
| 28 | Sunland | $91,974 |
| 29 | Silver Lake | $91,137 |
| 30 | Atwater Village | $91,126 |
| 31 | Mount Washington | $89,732 |
| 32 | Tarzana | $89,012 |
| 33 | Mission Hills | $84,609 |
| 34 | Valley Village | $84,571 |
| 35 | Arleta | $84,270 |
| 36 | Palms | $83,954 |
| 37 | Toluca Lake | $83,615 |
| 38 | Lakeview Terrace | $82,779 |
| 39 | Montecito Heights | $81,139 |
| 40 | Westwood | $78,789 |
| 41 | Sylmar | $78,184 |
| 42 | San Pedro | $77,474 |
| 43 | Tujunga | $77,320 |
| 44 | Glassell Park | $76,170 |
| 45 | Winnetka | $75,166 |
| 46 | Reseda | $74,808 |
| 47 | Highland Park | $73,793 |
| 48 | Mid City | $73,044 |
| 49 | North Hills | $72,890 |
| 50 | Echo Park | $72,527 |
| 51 | Harbor Gateway | $67,380 |
| 52 | El Sereno | $66,447 |
| 53 | Canoga Park | $65,037 |
| 54 | Harbor City | $63,462 |
| 55 | Sun Valley | $63,454 |
| 56 | Pacoima | $62,298 |
| 57 | Central City East | $58,266 |
| 58 | Cypress Park | $58,239 |
| 59 | Van Nuys | $58,231 |
| 60 | Hyde Park | $58,128 |
| 61 | North Hollywood | $57,555 |
| 62 | Jefferson Park | $57,065 |
| 63 | Wilmington | $56,607 |
| 64 | Civic Center-Little Tokyo | $55,760 |
| 65 | Panorama City | $55,198 |
| 66 | Hollywood | $53,967 |
| 67 | Glendale | $53,438 |
| 68 | Chinatown | $53,225 |
| 69 | West Adams | $52,313 |
| 70 | Leiment Park | $51,933 |
| 71 | Lincoln Heights | $51,775 |
| 72 | Crenshaw | $51,584 |
| 73 | Downtown | $50,463 |
| 74 | South Los Angeles | $50,087 |
| 75 | Boyle Heights | $49,528 |
| 76 | New Downtown | $49,413 |
| 77 | South Park | $48,922 |
| 78 | Westlake | $46,523 |
| 79 | Southeast Los Angeles | $45,171 |
| 80 | Central City | $43,878 |
| 81 | Fashion District | $39,866 |
| 82 | Watts | $36,669 |
| 83 | Wholesale District-Skid Row | $29,771 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles.
We ranked every neighborhood in Los Angeles by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Pacific Palisades, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Los Angeles.
The richest neighborhoods in Los Angeles are Pacific Palisades, Bel Air, Beverly Glen, Brentwood, Playa Vista, Westchester, West Hills, Venice, Portar Ranch, and Encino.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Wholesale District-Skid Row.
The poorest neighborhoods in Los Angeles are Wholesale District-Skid Row, Watts, Fashion District, Central City, and Southeast Los Angeles.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Los Angeles.
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