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Welcome to the land of the 1%. Where you'll find lawyers, and doctors, and business executives. And while they probably aren't made of ticky tacky, they are definitely made of money.
These are the wealthiest neighborhoods that Denver has to offer. Where houses go for over 3.32x the national median and household incomes are 2.26x the national median.
But where exactly in Denver do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Cherry Creek where the median income is a cool $124,277.
Here's a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Denver out of 22 for 2022.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Denver For 2022
What's the richest neighborhood to live in Denver for 2022? According to the most recent census data, Cherry Creek looks to be the richest Denver neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $915,630. 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. Continue on to find where your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in Denver. Once you're done, you can look at the bottom of the story for a complete chart of every neighborhood we looked at from richest to poorest.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Denver For 2022 By Median Income
Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income< |
---|---|---|
1 | Cherry Creek | $124,277 |
2 | Stapleton | $120,028 |
3 | Washington Park | $104,384 |
4 | Central East Denver | $88,432 |
5 | Auraria | $85,521 |
6 | Golden Triangle | $83,929 |
7 | Park Hill | $82,311 |
8 | Highland | $81,071 |
9 | University | $74,201 |
10 | Lodo | $71,476 |
11 | Gateway-Green Valley Ranch | $68,544 |
12 | Southeastern Denver | $64,624 |
13 | Northwestern Denver | $62,992 |
14 | Jefferson Park | $62,129 |
15 | Baker | $57,941 |
16 | Five Points | $57,107 |
17 | Southwestern Denver | $54,762 |
18 | Alamo Placita | $54,018 |
19 | Northern Denver | $53,074 |
20 | Central West Denver | $49,508 |
21 | City Park | $48,674 |
22 | Capitol Hill | $47,736 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Denver For 2022
Every city has it's 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 really 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 census and extrapolated BLS data, we ranked every neighborhood based on income levels.
We ranked every neighborhood in Denver by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Cherry Creek, was named the richest neighborhood in Denver.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Capitol Hill.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Denver ranked.
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