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 Baltimore has to offer — where houses go for well over the national median and household incomes follow suit.
But where exactly in Baltimore do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Locust Point, where the median income is a cool $152,420.
$152,420 median income
$120,970 median income
$115,681 median income
$112,407 median income
$92,413 median income
$89,525 median income
$87,578 median income
$84,167 median income
$73,832 median income
$70,719 median income
The receipts
Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Maryland’s statewide median.
Maryland statewide median: $103,678
Maryland statewide median: $429,705
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the wealthiest neighborhoods in Baltimore for 2026
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:
- Highest median household income
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Baltimore.
We ranked every neighborhood in Baltimore by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Locust Point, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Baltimore.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our eleventh time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Baltimore.
The full plate
Richest neighborhoods in Baltimore for 2026 by median income
Click any column to sort. Search by neighborhood name.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locust Point | $152,420 |
| 2 | Riverside | $120,970 |
| 3 | Federal Hill | $115,681 |
| 4 | Canton | $112,407 |
| 5 | Inner Harbor | $92,413 |
| 6 | Highlandtown | $89,525 |
| 7 | Fells Point | $87,578 |
| 8 | Roland Parl-Homewood-Guilford | $84,167 |
| 9 | Greater Mount Washington | $73,832 |
| 10 | Chinquapin Park-Belvedere | $70,719 |
| 11 | Hunting Ridge | $70,294 |
| 12 | Howard Park | $69,374 |
| 13 | Cheswolde Area | $65,849 |
| 14 | Franklintown | $62,936 |
| 15 | Patterson Park East | $60,368 |
| 16 | Hamilton Area | $60,103 |
| 17 | Lower Northwood | $59,910 |
| 18 | Winsor Hills | $56,919 |
| 19 | Cedonia | $53,446 |
| 20 | Downtown | $53,222 |
| 21 | Orangeville | $53,115 |
| 22 | Hampden-Woodberry-Remington | $52,030 |
| 23 | Upper Northwood | $50,794 |
| 24 | Morrell Park | $49,083 |
| 25 | Charles Village | $48,928 |
| 26 | Belaire-Edison | $47,827 |
| 27 | Govans | $46,558 |
| 28 | Westgate | $46,459 |
| 29 | Glen-Fallstaff Area | $43,823 |
| 30 | Midway-Coldstream | $43,227 |
| 31 | Beechfielf-Irvington Area | $41,675 |
| 32 | Bayview Area | $41,221 |
| 33 | Berea Area | $40,870 |
| 34 | Brooklyn-Curtis Bay | $40,238 |
| 35 | Pimlico | $38,938 |
| 36 | Forest Park | $37,680 |
| 37 | Lakeland | $37,668 |
| 38 | Grove Park | $37,438 |
| 39 | Mondawin-Walbrook Area | $37,432 |
| 40 | Reservoir Hill-Bolton Hill Area | $37,368 |
| 41 | Park Heights | $36,783 |
| 42 | Pulaski | $36,631 |
| 43 | Jonestown | $36,438 |
| 44 | Greater Rosemont | $35,059 |
| 45 | Cherry Hill | $32,463 |
| 46 | Dundalk Cityside | $31,725 |
| 47 | Wakefield | $31,211 |
| 48 | Madison-Eastend | $30,643 |
| 49 | Greenmount East | $28,740 |
| 50 | Monument Street Area | $28,677 |
| 51 | Hopkins-Middle East | $28,594 |
| 52 | West Baltimore | $28,589 |
| 53 | Fairfield Area | $26,718 |
| 54 | Old Town Area | $15,174 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 54 Baltimore neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The wealthiest pockets of Baltimore
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Baltimore for 2026? According to the most recent census data, Locust Point looks to be the richest Baltimore neighborhood to live in.
The richest neighborhoods in Baltimore are Locust Point, Riverside, Federal Hill, Canton, Inner Harbor, Highlandtown, Fells Point, Roland Parl-Homewood-Guilford, Greater Mount Washington, and Chinquapin Park-Belvedere.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Old Town Area.
We ranked the neighborhoods from richest to poorest in the chart below. Not sold on Maryland? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Richest Neighborhoods In Baltimore FAQs
What is the richest neighborhood in Baltimore?
Locust Point is the richest neighborhood in Baltimore for 2026, with a median household income of $152,420. Riverside and Federal Hill are next.
What are the richest neighborhoods in Baltimore?
The richest neighborhoods in Baltimore are Locust Point, Riverside, Federal Hill, Canton, Inner Harbor, Highlandtown, Fells Point, Roland Parl-Homewood-Guilford, Greater Mount Washington, and Chinquapin Park-Belvedere. We ranked all 54 neighborhoods by median household income, highest to lowest.
How much do people make in Locust Point?
The median household in Locust Point earns $152,420 a year, and the median home there is worth $374,150. Those two numbers travel together in most cities, and Baltimore is no exception.
How do you rank the richest neighborhoods?
One measure: median household income from Census tract data, ranked highest to lowest. No composite score, no adjustments — just where the money lives.
What is the poorest neighborhood in Baltimore?
Old Town Area posts the lowest median household income of the 54 Baltimore neighborhoods we ranked. It anchors the bottom of the income table above.
