The 10 Richest Neighborhoods In Eugene, OR For 2024


The richest Eugene neighborhoods are Laurel Hill Valley and Crest Drive for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Richest Neighborhoods In Eugene
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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 Eugene has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.59x the national median and household incomes are 1.88x the national median.

But where exactly in Eugene do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Laurel Hill Valley where the median income is a cool $103,576.

Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Eugene out of 23 for 2024.

What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Eugene for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Laurel Hill Valley looks to be the richest Eugene neighborhood to live in.

Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $757,697. 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.

Find where your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in Eugene.

For more Eugene reading, check out the best neighborhoods in Eugene and the worst neighborhoods in Eugene.

Or, for living around Eugene, out the best Eugene suburbs and the worst Eugene suburbs.


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Richst Neighborhoods In Eugene For 2024 By Median Income

Rank Neighborhood Median Household Income
1 Laurel Hill Valley $103,576
2 Crest Drive $87,860
3 Santa Clara $78,920
4 Southeast $77,774
5 Amazon $76,480
6 Industrial Corridor $70,946
7 Cal Young $69,982
8 Friendly Area $66,030
9 Churchill Area $63,726
10 Harlow $62,403
11 Fairmount $58,236
12 River Road $56,380
13 West Eugene $51,736
14 Trainsong $50,854
15 Active Bethel $46,446
16 Far West $41,432
17 Jefferson Westside $35,544
18 South University $34,684
19 Whiteaker $34,549
20 South Eugene High School $31,008
21 Downtown $26,884
22 West University $26,073
23 U Of O Campus $20,050

How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Eugene 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 Eugene.

We ranked every neighborhood in Eugene by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Laurel Hill Valley, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Eugene.

The richest neighborhoods in Eugene are Laurel Hill Valley, Crest Drive, Santa Clara, Southeast, Amazon, Industrial Corridor, Cal Young, Friendly Area, Churchill Area, and Harlow.

The poorest neighborhood? That would be U Of O Campus.

The poorest neighborhoods in Eugene are U Of O Campus, West University, Downtown, South Eugene High School, and Whiteaker.

We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Eugene.

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About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

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