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 Las Vegas has to offer — where houses go for well over the national median and household incomes follow suit.
But where exactly in Las Vegas do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Sheep Mountain, where the median income is a cool $103,116.
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$61,487 median income
The receipts
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Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Nevada’s statewide median.
Nevada statewide median: $78,260
Nevada statewide median: $446,865
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the wealthiest neighborhoods in Las Vegas for 2026
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:
- Highest median household income
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Las Vegas.
We ranked every neighborhood in Las Vegas by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Sheep Mountain, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Las Vegas.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our eleventh time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Las Vegas.
The full plate
Richest neighborhoods in Las Vegas for 2026 by median income
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheep Mountain | $103,116 |
| 2 | Summerlin North | $99,809 |
| 3 | Tule Springs | $97,984 |
| 4 | Kyle Canyon | $93,659 |
| 5 | Lone Mountain | $89,429 |
| 6 | Centennial Hills | $88,613 |
| 7 | The Lakes | $76,928 |
| 8 | Desert Shores | $75,824 |
| 9 | North Cheyenne | $74,903 |
| 10 | Twin Lakes | $61,487 |
| 11 | Buffalo | $57,905 |
| 12 | Rancho Charleston | $54,675 |
| 13 | Huntridge | $53,903 |
| 14 | Pioneer Park | $53,788 |
| 15 | Sun City Summerlin | $53,685 |
| 16 | Angel Park Lindell | $53,273 |
| 17 | Michael Way | $50,869 |
| 18 | Charleston Heights | $47,170 |
| 19 | Meadows Village | $41,786 |
| 20 | Sunrise | $40,863 |
| 21 | East Las Vegas | $37,761 |
| 22 | West Las Vegas | $34,789 |
| 23 | Umc | $34,737 |
| 24 | Cultural Corridor | $32,829 |
| 25 | Downtown East | $28,524 |
| 26 | Downtown | $26,475 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 26 Las Vegas neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The wealthiest pockets of Las Vegas
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Las Vegas for 2026? According to the most recent census data, Sheep Mountain looks to be the richest Las Vegas neighborhood to live in.
The richest neighborhoods in Las Vegas are Sheep Mountain, Summerlin North, Tule Springs, Kyle Canyon, Lone Mountain, Centennial Hills, The Lakes, Desert Shores, North Cheyenne, and Twin Lakes.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Downtown.
We ranked the neighborhoods from richest to poorest in the chart below. Not sold on Nevada? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Richest Neighborhoods In Las Vegas FAQs
What is the richest neighborhood in Las Vegas?
Sheep Mountain is the richest neighborhood in Las Vegas for 2026, with a median household income of $103,116. Summerlin North and Tule Springs are next.
What are the richest neighborhoods in Las Vegas?
The richest neighborhoods in Las Vegas are Sheep Mountain, Summerlin North, Tule Springs, Kyle Canyon, Lone Mountain, Centennial Hills, The Lakes, Desert Shores, North Cheyenne, and Twin Lakes. We ranked all 26 neighborhoods by median household income, highest to lowest.
How much do people make in Sheep Mountain?
The median household in Sheep Mountain earns $103,116 a year, and the median home there is worth $369,238. Those two numbers travel together in most cities, and Las Vegas is no exception.
How do you rank the richest neighborhoods?
One measure: median household income from Census tract data, ranked highest to lowest. No composite score, no adjustments — just where the money lives.
What is the poorest neighborhood in Las Vegas?
Downtown posts the lowest median household income of the 26 Las Vegas neighborhoods we ranked. It anchors the bottom of the income table above.
