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 2.29x the national median and household incomes are 1.59x the national median.
But where exactly in Knoxville do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Bearden where the median income is a cool $87,724.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Knoxville out of 55 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Knoxville For 2024
- Bearden
- Lyons View
- Rocky Hill
- Lakemoor Hills
- Deane Hill
- Bearden Village
- Fourth And Gill
- Oakwood
- Forest Heights
- Old North Knoxville
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Knoxville for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Bearden looks to be the richest Knoxville neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $696,931. 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 Knoxville.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Knoxville For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearden | $87,724 |
| 2 | Lyons View | $87,431 |
| 3 | Rocky Hill | $78,104 |
| 4 | Lakemoor Hills | $74,274 |
| 5 | Deane Hill | $72,576 |
| 6 | Bearden Village | $63,920 |
| 7 | Fourth And Gill | $63,744 |
| 8 | Oakwood | $60,072 |
| 9 | Forest Heights | $55,661 |
| 10 | Old North Knoxville | $53,425 |
| 11 | West Knoxville | $52,085 |
| 12 | Edgewood | $50,398 |
| 13 | West Hills | $49,869 |
| 14 | Parkridge | $45,586 |
| 15 | Fountain City | $45,135 |
| 16 | Norwood | $44,660 |
| 17 | Marble City | $43,193 |
| 18 | South Knoxville | $42,946 |
| 19 | Colonial Village | $42,783 |
| 20 | Halls Crossroads | $40,770 |
| 21 | Wesley | $40,471 |
| 22 | Inskip | $39,540 |
| 23 | Holston Hills | $39,073 |
| 24 | Belle Morris | $37,265 |
| 25 | East Knoxville | $36,682 |
| 26 | North Knoxville | $36,308 |
| 27 | Downtown Knoxville | $35,665 |
| 28 | Lake Forest | $35,516 |
| 29 | Sequoya Hills | $34,242 |
| 30 | Whittle Springs | $34,082 |
| 31 | Old Sevier | $33,538 |
| 32 | Burlington | $30,139 |
| 33 | 4th And Gill | $29,938 |
| 34 | Volunteer Landing | $29,938 |
| 35 | Maplehurst | $29,938 |
| 36 | University Of Tennessee | $29,938 |
| 37 | Vestal | $29,810 |
| 38 | North Hills | $28,797 |
| 39 | West Haven | $28,599 |
| 40 | Beaumont | $28,218 |
| 41 | Southknoxville | $27,681 |
| 42 | Fourth And Gill | $27,631 |
| 43 | Sequoyah Hills | $26,660 |
| 44 | Morningside | $26,608 |
| 45 | Park City | $25,950 |
| 46 | Mechanicsville | $25,862 |
| 47 | Five Points | $25,624 |
| 48 | Downtown | $25,421 |
| 49 | Fort Sanders | $24,960 |
| 50 | Lonsdale | $23,168 |
| 51 | Old City | $22,826 |
| 52 | West View | $22,728 |
| 53 | Western Heights | $20,505 |
| 54 | College Hills | $19,455 |
| 55 | Mornngside | $16,270 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Knoxville 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 Knoxville.
We ranked every neighborhood in Knoxville by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Bearden, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Knoxville.
The richest neighborhoods in Knoxville are Bearden, Lyons View, Rocky Hill, Lakemoor Hills, Deane Hill, Bearden Village, Fourth And Gill, Oakwood, Forest Heights, and Old North Knoxville.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Mornngside.
The poorest neighborhoods in Knoxville are Mornngside, College Hills, Western Heights, West View, and Old City.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Knoxville.
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