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 Jose has to offer. Where houses go for over 6.51x the national median and household incomes are 3.3x the national median.
But where exactly in San Jose do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Almaden Valley where the median income is a cool $181,680.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in San Jose out of 18 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In San Jose For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in San Jose for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Almaden Valley looks to be the richest San Jose neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,420,907. 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 Jose For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaden Valley | $181,680 |
| 2 | Evergreen | $159,304 |
| 3 | Cambrian Park | $145,893 |
| 4 | North San Jose | $144,769 |
| 5 | West San Jose | $143,421 |
| 6 | Santa Teresa | $141,919 |
| 7 | Berryessa | $135,823 |
| 8 | Willow Glen | $130,927 |
| 9 | Rose Garden | $118,739 |
| 10 | Blossom Valley | $118,432 |
| 11 | North Valley | $105,663 |
| 12 | East San Jose | $96,615 |
| 13 | Downtown | $95,888 |
| 14 | Alum Rock-East Foothills | $94,629 |
| 15 | Edenvale-Seven Trees | $73,072 |
| 16 | Fairgrounds | $72,752 |
| 17 | Burbank | $57,932 |
| 18 | Buena Vista | $44,822 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In San Jose 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 Jose.
We ranked every neighborhood in San Jose by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Almaden Valley, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in San Jose.
The richest neighborhoods in San Jose are Almaden Valley, Evergreen, Cambrian Park, North San Jose, West San Jose, Santa Teresa, Berryessa, Willow Glen, Rose Garden, and Blossom Valley.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Buena Vista.
The poorest neighborhoods in San Jose are Buena Vista, Burbank, Fairgrounds, Edenvale-Seven Trees, and Alum Rock-East Foothills.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in San Jose.
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