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 Raleigh has to offer. Where houses go for over 3.36x the national median and household incomes are 3.01x the national median.
But where exactly in Raleigh do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Glenwood where the median income is a cool $165,486.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Raleigh out of 18 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Raleigh For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Raleigh for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Glenwood looks to be the richest Raleigh neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,024,384. 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 Raleigh For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenwood | $165,486 |
| 2 | Five Points | $148,413 |
| 3 | Wade | $125,326 |
| 4 | North Central | $105,066 |
| 5 | Mordecai | $96,375 |
| 6 | Six Forks | $87,769 |
| 7 | North | $80,005 |
| 8 | Northwest | $78,719 |
| 9 | Central | $69,122 |
| 10 | Falls Of Neuse | $68,103 |
| 11 | Hillsborough | $66,214 |
| 12 | East Raleigh | $62,387 |
| 13 | Northeast | $56,500 |
| 14 | West | $49,446 |
| 15 | Southeast | $43,932 |
| 16 | South | $42,477 |
| 17 | Southwest | $38,691 |
| 18 | South Central | $34,998 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Raleigh 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 Raleigh.
We ranked every neighborhood in Raleigh by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Glenwood, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Raleigh.
The richest neighborhoods in Raleigh are Glenwood, Five Points, Wade, North Central, Mordecai, Six Forks, North, Northwest, Central, and Falls Of Neuse.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be South Central.
The poorest neighborhoods in Raleigh are South Central, Southwest, South, Southeast, and West.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Raleigh.
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