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 Newark has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.29x the national median and household incomes are 0.92x the national median.
But where exactly in Newark do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Upper Vailsburg where the median income is a cool $50,730.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Newark out of 20 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Newark For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Newark for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Upper Vailsburg looks to be the richest Newark neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $423,676. 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 Newark For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Vailsburg | $50,730 |
| 2 | Lower Vailsburg | $49,386 |
| 3 | Weequahic | $46,308 |
| 4 | North Ironbound | $45,242 |
| 5 | South Ironbound | $43,950 |
| 6 | Central Business District | $42,834 |
| 7 | Upper Clinton Hill | $38,308 |
| 8 | Upper Roseville | $36,765 |
| 9 | University Heights | $36,350 |
| 10 | Mount Pleasant | $33,803 |
| 11 | North Broadway | $33,740 |
| 12 | Forest Hill | $33,687 |
| 13 | Lower Clinton Hill | $32,357 |
| 14 | Seventh Avenue | $32,132 |
| 15 | Fairmuont | $30,315 |
| 16 | Lower Roseville | $29,909 |
| 17 | West Side | $29,552 |
| 18 | South Broad Street | $28,311 |
| 19 | Springfield-Belmont | $24,967 |
| 20 | Dayton-Weequahic Park | $23,837 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Newark 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 Newark.
We ranked every neighborhood in Newark by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Upper Vailsburg, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Newark.
The richest neighborhoods in Newark are Upper Vailsburg, Lower Vailsburg, Weequahic, North Ironbound, South Ironbound, Central Business District, Upper Clinton Hill, Upper Roseville, University Heights, and Mount Pleasant.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Dayton-Weequahic Park.
The poorest neighborhoods in Newark are Dayton-Weequahic Park, Springfield-Belmont, South Broad Street, West Side, and Lower Roseville.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Newark.
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