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 Knoxville has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.77x the national median and household incomes are 1.16x the national median.
But where exactly in Knoxville do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Fourth And Gill where the median income is a cool $63,744.
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The Richest Neighborhoods In Knoxville For 2025
- Fourth And Gill
- Oakwood
- Old North Knoxville
- Edgewood
- Parkridge
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Knoxville for 2025? According to the most recent census data, Fourth And Gill looks to be the richest Knoxville neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $450,857. 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 Knoxville For 2025 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fourth And Gill | $63,744 |
| 2 | Oakwood | $60,072 |
| 3 | Old North Knoxville | $53,425 |
| 4 | Edgewood | $50,398 |
| 5 | Parkridge | $45,586 |
| 6 | South Knoxville | $42,946 |
| 7 | Belle Morris | $37,265 |
| 8 | Downtown Knoxville | $35,665 |
| 9 | Old Sevier | $33,538 |
| 10 | Beaumont | $28,218 |
| 11 | Park City | $25,950 |
| 12 | Mechanicsville | $25,862 |
| 13 | Fort Sanders | $24,960 |
| 14 | Old City | $22,826 |
| 15 | College Hills | $19,455 |
| 16 | Mornngside | $16,270 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Knoxville 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 Knoxville.
We ranked every neighborhood in Knoxville by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Fourth And Gill, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Knoxville.
The richest neighborhoods in Knoxville are Fourth And Gill, Oakwood, Old North Knoxville, Edgewood, Parkridge, South Knoxville, Belle Morris, Downtown Knoxville, Old Sevier, and Beaumont.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Mornngside.
The poorest neighborhoods in Knoxville are Mornngside, College Hills, Old City, Fort Sanders, and Mechanicsville.
We updated this article for 2025. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Knoxville.
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