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 Washington has to offer. Where houses go for over 6.68x the national median and household incomes are 3.25x the national median.
But where exactly in Washington do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Au-Tenleytown where the median income is a cool $178,534.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Washington out of 34 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Washington For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Washington for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Au-Tenleytown looks to be the richest Washington neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,551,072. 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 Washington For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Au-Tenleytown | $178,534 |
| 2 | Barnaby Woods | $176,403 |
| 3 | The Palisades | $166,149 |
| 4 | Berkley | $156,869 |
| 5 | Takoma Park | $154,600 |
| 6 | Georgetown | $150,426 |
| 7 | Friendship Heights | $147,242 |
| 8 | Chevy Chase | $142,356 |
| 9 | Woodley Park | $140,259 |
| 10 | Cleveland Park | $138,234 |
| 11 | Kalorama | $134,859 |
| 12 | Glover Park | $115,917 |
| 13 | Foxhall Village | $115,365 |
| 14 | U Street Corridor | $107,136 |
| 15 | Petworth | $102,992 |
| 16 | Capitol Hill | $102,238 |
| 17 | Adams Morgan | $101,976 |
| 18 | Logan Circle | $100,118 |
| 19 | Dupont Circle | $98,703 |
| 20 | Downtown | $96,571 |
| 21 | Ledroit Park | $94,929 |
| 22 | Mount Pleasant | $91,084 |
| 23 | Shaw | $88,444 |
| 24 | Mount Vernon Square | $86,024 |
| 25 | Brightwood | $81,113 |
| 26 | Columbia Heights | $79,273 |
| 27 | Catholic University-Brookland | $77,486 |
| 28 | South West | $73,812 |
| 29 | Fort Totten-Upper Northeast | $69,793 |
| 30 | Stadium-Armory | $67,389 |
| 31 | Foggy Bottom | $66,121 |
| 32 | Brentwood | $57,873 |
| 33 | Deanwood | $41,869 |
| 34 | Anacostia | $38,135 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Washington 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 Washington.
We ranked every neighborhood in Washington by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Au-Tenleytown, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Washington.
The richest neighborhoods in Washington are Au-Tenleytown, Barnaby Woods, The Palisades, Berkley, Takoma Park, Georgetown, Friendship Heights, Chevy Chase, Woodley Park, and Cleveland Park.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Anacostia.
The poorest neighborhoods in Washington are Anacostia, Deanwood, Brentwood, Foggy Bottom, and Stadium-Armory.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Washington.
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