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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 Irvine has to offer. Where houses go for over 8.32x the national median and household incomes are 3.04x the national median.
But where exactly in Irvine do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Northwood Point where the median income is a cool $167,331.
Here's a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Irvine out of 24 for 2022.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Irvine For 2022
What's the richest neighborhood to live in Irvine for 2022? According to the most recent census data, Northwood Point looks to be the richest Irvine neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,174,882. 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 Irvine. 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 Irvine For 2022 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income< |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwood Point | $167,331 |
| 2 | Turtle Rock | $134,619 |
| 3 | Quail Hill | $120,536 |
| 4 | Shady Canyon | $117,143 |
| 5 | West Park | $108,066 |
| 6 | Northwood | $107,068 |
| 7 | Oak Creek | $106,515 |
| 8 | Lower Peters Canyon | $106,423 |
| 9 | Turtle Ridge | $106,084 |
| 10 | University Park | $101,097 |
| 11 | Woodbridge | $100,560 |
| 12 | Walnut Village | $99,164 |
| 13 | El Camino Real | $97,893 |
| 14 | El Toro Marine Air Station | $86,859 |
| 15 | San Joaquin Marsh | $85,750 |
| 16 | Business District | $82,278 |
| 17 | Spectrum | $79,476 |
| 18 | East Industrial Complex | $76,228 |
| 19 | Irvine Health And Science Complex | $73,873 |
| 20 | Rancho San Joaquin | $61,141 |
| 21 | Research Park | $46,429 |
| 22 | Uc Irvine | $43,060 |
| 23 | University Town Center | $38,634 |
| 24 | Great Park | $25,179 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Irvine 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 Irvine by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Northwood Point, was named the richest neighborhood in Irvine.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Great Park.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Irvine ranked.
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