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 San Diego has to offer. Where houses go for over 6.64x the national median and household incomes are 3.31x the national median.
But where exactly in San Diego do the richest of the rich people live? That would be North City where the median income is a cool $181,904.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in San Diego out of 86 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In San Diego For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in San Diego for 2024? According to the most recent census data, North City looks to be the richest San Diego neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,487,986. 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 San Diego For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North City | $181,904 |
| 2 | Carmel Valley | $172,093 |
| 3 | Del Mar Heights | $166,796 |
| 4 | Wooded Area | $146,555 |
| 5 | Del Cerro | $145,915 |
| 6 | Rancho Penasquitos | $141,794 |
| 7 | Gaslamp Quarter | $136,541 |
| 8 | Scripps Ranch | $134,883 |
| 9 | Sorrento Valley | $131,900 |
| 10 | Sabre Springs | $129,605 |
| 11 | La Jolla | $128,665 |
| 12 | San Carlos | $117,481 |
| 13 | Kensington | $115,804 |
| 14 | Carmel Mountain | $115,289 |
| 15 | Bay Ho | $108,600 |
| 16 | Tierrasanta | $108,245 |
| 17 | Mira Mesa | $107,972 |
| 18 | Torrey Pines | $106,868 |
| 19 | Pacific Beach | $105,991 |
| 20 | Kearny Mesa | $103,189 |
| 21 | Loma Portal | $102,321 |
| 22 | Marina | $101,719 |
| 23 | Lake Murray | $100,688 |
| 24 | South Park | $100,660 |
| 25 | University City | $100,582 |
| 26 | Old Town | $99,922 |
| 27 | Allied Gardens | $98,904 |
| 28 | North Clairemont | $98,740 |
| 29 | Roseville | $97,826 |
| 30 | Bay Park | $97,131 |
| 31 | Rancho Bernadino | $95,093 |
| 32 | Little Italy | $90,835 |
| 33 | Alta Vista | $88,864 |
| 34 | Ocean Beach | $88,712 |
| 35 | Balboa Park | $86,502 |
| 36 | Miramar | $86,192 |
| 37 | Serra Mesa | $84,829 |
| 38 | Park West | $83,911 |
| 39 | Columbia | $82,797 |
| 40 | Paradise Hills | $82,009 |
| 41 | Midtown | $78,819 |
| 42 | Talmadge | $78,229 |
| 43 | Bird Land | $77,436 |
| 44 | Encanto | $76,754 |
| 45 | Jomacha-Lomita | $75,645 |
| 46 | Grantville | $75,187 |
| 47 | Mission Valley | $74,473 |
| 48 | Bay Terrace | $73,018 |
| 49 | Cortez Hill | $71,568 |
| 50 | Tijuana River Valley | $71,500 |
| 51 | Clairemont Mesa | $70,301 |
| 52 | Normal Heights | $69,726 |
| 53 | Palm City | $69,026 |
| 54 | Linda Vista | $68,425 |
| 55 | La Jolla Village | $68,178 |
| 56 | West University Heights | $66,574 |
| 57 | Gateway | $66,000 |
| 58 | San Ysidro | $65,404 |
| 59 | Mission Bay | $65,071 |
| 60 | Oak Park | $64,099 |
| 61 | North Hills | $63,468 |
| 62 | East Village | $62,824 |
| 63 | Egger Highlands | $62,691 |
| 64 | Darnall | $61,064 |
| 65 | Emerald Hills | $59,826 |
| 66 | College Area | $58,577 |
| 67 | Sky Line | $58,462 |
| 68 | Moreno Mission | $58,425 |
| 69 | Valencia Park | $57,624 |
| 70 | Webster | $57,071 |
| 71 | Nestor | $56,666 |
| 72 | El Cerritos | $54,388 |
| 73 | Midtown District | $53,556 |
| 74 | Southcrest | $48,597 |
| 75 | Chollas View | $48,414 |
| 76 | Grant Hill | $47,064 |
| 77 | Rolando | $46,339 |
| 78 | Horton Plaza | $45,142 |
| 79 | Mountain View | $43,571 |
| 80 | Lincoln Park | $39,992 |
| 81 | Mount Hope | $37,060 |
| 82 | City Heights West | $36,560 |
| 83 | Core | $33,240 |
| 84 | City Heights East | $32,300 |
| 85 | Bario Logan | $30,625 |
| 86 | Memorial | $30,176 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In San Diego 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 San Diego.
We ranked every neighborhood in San Diego by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, North City, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in San Diego.
The richest neighborhoods in San Diego are North City, Carmel Valley, Del Mar Heights, Wooded Area, Del Cerro, Rancho Penasquitos, Gaslamp Quarter, Scripps Ranch, Sorrento Valley, and Sabre Springs.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Memorial.
The poorest neighborhoods in San Diego are Memorial, Bario Logan, City Heights East, Core, and City Heights West.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in San Diego.
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