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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 Des Moines has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.55x the national median and household incomes are 1.81x the national median.
But where exactly in Des Moines do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Waterbury where the median income is a cool $99,524.
Here's a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Des Moines out of 53 for 2021.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Des Moines For 2021
What's the richest neighborhood to live in Des Moines for 2021? According to the most recent census data, Waterbury looks to be the richest Des Moines neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $800,318. 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 Des Moines. 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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How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Des Moines For 2021
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 Des Moines by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Waterbury, was named the richest neighborhood in Des Moines.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Frisbie Park.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Des Moines ranked.
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Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In Des Moines For 2021
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income< |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterbury | $99,524 |
| 2 | Salisbury Oaks | $96,038 |
| 3 | Westwood | $89,659 |
| 4 | Linden Heights | $89,659 |
| 5 | Ingersoll Park | $77,941 |
| 6 | Waveland Park | $73,635 |
| 7 | Greenwood | $73,566 |
| 8 | Southwestern Hills | $67,603 |
| 9 | Valley High Manor | $66,554 |
| 10 | Beaverdale | $66,139 |
| 11 | Meredith | $65,724 |
| 12 | Waveland Woods | $63,125 |
| 13 | Bloomfield-Allen | $62,930 |
| 14 | Lower Beaver | $60,141 |
| 15 | East Village | $58,684 |
| 16 | Laurel Hill | $57,064 |
| 17 | Chautauqua Park | $55,000 |
| 18 | Merle Hay | $54,156 |
| 19 | Greater South Side | $52,697 |
| 20 | Union Park | $50,676 |
| 21 | Accent | $49,557 |
| 22 | Oak Park | $48,692 |
| 23 | Highland Park | $47,607 |
| 24 | South Park | $47,309 |
| 25 | Indianola Hills | $46,731 |
| 26 | Gray's Woods | $45,520 |
| 27 | Fairmont Park | $45,463 |
| 28 | Douglas Acres | $45,030 |
| 29 | Drake | $44,717 |
| 30 | Magnolia Park | $44,423 |
| 31 | Mckinley School | $43,808 |
| 32 | Somerset | $42,112 |
| 33 | North Of Grand | $41,659 |
| 34 | Cheatom Park | $41,255 |
| 35 | Capitol Park | $39,764 |
| 36 | Woodland Heights | $39,730 |
| 37 | Garton West | $39,286 |
| 38 | Sherman Hill | $38,972 |
| 39 | Arbor Peaks | $38,185 |
| 40 | Fairground | $37,645 |
| 41 | Mondamin Presidentia | $35,516 |
| 42 | Martin Luther King Jr Park | $34,053 |
| 43 | Capitol East | $31,742 |
| 44 | New Vision | $30,403 |
| 45 | Drake Park | $30,380 |
| 46 | Downtown Des Moines | $30,321 |
| 47 | River Bend | $29,329 |
| 48 | King-Irving Park | $29,094 |
| 49 | Kirkwood Glen | $28,984 |
| 50 | Capitol View South | $27,692 |
| 51 | Jordan Park | $26,350 |
| 52 | Carpenter | $20,852 |
| 53 | Frisbie Park | $0 |
