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 Dayton has to offer. Where houses go for over 0.95x the national median and household incomes are 1.42x the national median.
But where exactly in Dayton do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Pheasant Hill where the median income is a cool $78,333.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Dayton out of 65 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Dayton For 2024
- Pheasant Hill
- Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
- Gateway
- Patterson Park
- Shroyer Park
- Eastmont
- Princeton Heights
- Hearthstone
- Dayton View Triangle
- University Park
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Dayton for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Pheasant Hill looks to be the richest Dayton neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $569,324. 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 Dayton For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pheasant Hill | $78,333 |
| 2 | Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow | $76,586 |
| 3 | Gateway | $67,218 |
| 4 | Patterson Park | $65,515 |
| 5 | Shroyer Park | $49,965 |
| 6 | Eastmont | $48,437 |
| 7 | Princeton Heights | $48,250 |
| 8 | Hearthstone | $46,116 |
| 9 | Dayton View Triangle | $44,876 |
| 10 | University Park | $44,028 |
| 11 | Fairlane | $43,509 |
| 12 | University Row | $41,071 |
| 13 | Deweese | $41,068 |
| 14 | Linden Heights | $40,758 |
| 15 | Kittyhawk | $40,654 |
| 16 | Mcpherson | $40,202 |
| 17 | Germantown Meadows | $39,874 |
| 18 | Northridge Estates | $38,384 |
| 19 | Historic Inner East | $37,476 |
| 20 | Eastern Hills | $35,794 |
| 21 | College Hill | $35,170 |
| 22 | Belmont | $34,948 |
| 23 | Springfield | $34,497 |
| 24 | Walnut Hills | $33,424 |
| 25 | Northern Hills | $33,292 |
| 26 | Old Dayton View | $31,540 |
| 27 | Five Oaks | $30,806 |
| 28 | Wright View | $30,502 |
| 29 | Southern Dayton View | $30,431 |
| 30 | Carillon | $30,000 |
| 31 | Hillcrest | $29,992 |
| 32 | Old North Dayton | $29,395 |
| 33 | Philadelphia Woods | $29,390 |
| 34 | South Park | $28,116 |
| 35 | Little Richmond | $27,813 |
| 36 | Fairview | $27,606 |
| 37 | Madden Hills | $26,487 |
| 38 | Webster Station | $26,157 |
| 39 | Downtown | $26,157 |
| 40 | Mount Vernon | $25,312 |
| 41 | Arlington Heights | $25,000 |
| 42 | Grafton Hill | $24,966 |
| 43 | Mccook Field | $24,773 |
| 44 | Greenwich Village | $24,679 |
| 45 | Santa Clara | $23,958 |
| 46 | Cornell Heights | $23,864 |
| 47 | West Wood | $23,023 |
| 48 | Edgemont | $22,528 |
| 49 | Burkhardt | $22,256 |
| 50 | Residence Park | $21,562 |
| 51 | Pineview | $21,512 |
| 52 | Midtown | $21,164 |
| 53 | North Riverdale | $20,826 |
| 54 | Twin Towers | $19,908 |
| 55 | Wesleyan Hill | $19,481 |
| 56 | Riverdale | $19,321 |
| 57 | Miami Chapel | $18,528 |
| 58 | Wolf Creek | $18,190 |
| 59 | Five Points | $18,190 |
| 60 | Stoney Ridge | $17,984 |
| 61 | Highview Hills | $17,984 |
| 62 | Oregon | $17,019 |
| 63 | Roosevelt | $17,014 |
| 64 | Lakeview | $16,990 |
| 65 | Macfarlane | $13,611 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Dayton 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 Dayton.
We ranked every neighborhood in Dayton by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Pheasant Hill, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Dayton.
The richest neighborhoods in Dayton are Pheasant Hill, Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow, Gateway, Patterson Park, Shroyer Park, Eastmont, Princeton Heights, Hearthstone, Dayton View Triangle, and University Park.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Macfarlane.
The poorest neighborhoods in Dayton are Macfarlane, Lakeview, Roosevelt, Oregon, and Highview Hills.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Dayton.
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