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 Houston has to offer. Where houses go for over 4.25x the national median and household incomes are 3.01x the national median.
But where exactly in Houston do the richest of the rich people live? That would be West University where the median income is a cool $165,516.
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The Richest Neighborhoods In Houston For 2025
- West University
- Greater Memorial
- Greater Heights
- Rice
- River Oaks
- Rice Military
- Downtown
- Galleria-Uptown
- Far Northeast
- Montrose
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Houston for 2025? According to the most recent census data, West University looks to be the richest Houston neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,195,039. 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 Houston For 2025 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West University | $165,516 |
| 2 | Greater Memorial | $143,470 |
| 3 | Greater Heights | $133,690 |
| 4 | Rice | $131,929 |
| 5 | River Oaks | $130,337 |
| 6 | Rice Military | $118,360 |
| 7 | Downtown | $105,007 |
| 8 | Galleria-Uptown | $90,760 |
| 9 | Far Northeast | $90,179 |
| 10 | Montrose | $85,791 |
| 11 | Midtown | $83,013 |
| 12 | West Houston | $79,271 |
| 13 | Meyerland | $73,349 |
| 14 | Medical | $71,233 |
| 15 | Pasadina | $64,381 |
| 16 | Spring Branch | $59,660 |
| 17 | Bellaire | $55,830 |
| 18 | Northwest | $48,919 |
| 19 | Southwest | $48,850 |
| 20 | Westchase | $48,160 |
| 21 | Sugarland | $42,634 |
| 22 | Southeast | $41,297 |
| 23 | East End | $37,480 |
| 24 | North | $34,255 |
| 25 | Northeast | $32,777 |
| 26 | Far North | $30,316 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Houston For 2025
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 Houston.
We ranked every neighborhood in Houston by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, West University, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Houston.
The richest neighborhoods in Houston are West University, Greater Memorial, Greater Heights, Rice, River Oaks, Rice Military, Downtown, Galleria-Uptown, Far Northeast, and Montrose.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Far North.
The poorest neighborhoods in Houston are Far North, Northeast, North, East End, and Southeast.
We updated this article for 2025. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Houston.
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