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 Lexington-Fayette has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.04x the national median and household incomes are 1.73x the national median.
But where exactly in Lexington-Fayette do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Chevy Chase-Ashland Park where the median income is a cool $130,959. Here’s a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Lexington-Fayette out of 37:
- Chevy Chase-Ashland Park
- Reservorir
- Indian Hills-Stonewall Estates-Monticello
- Crestwood-Hinda Heights
- Fairway-Liberty Heights
- Garden Springs
- Twin Oaks
- Elkhorn Parks-Radcliff
- Brookhaven-Lansdowne
- Gardenside-Colony
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $626,421. And that my friend, is more 0s than most of us will see in our bank acount for a long, long time — if we ever get that lucky.
Continue on to find wher your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in Lexington-Fayette.
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How We Determined The Most Well To Do Neighborhoods In Lexington-Fayette
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 criteria:
Which neighborhoods have the highest median income?
We ranked every neighborhood in Lexington-Fayette by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, was named the richest neighborhood in Lexington-Fayette.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Virginia Ave.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Lexington-Fayette ranked.
Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In Lexington-Fayette
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase-Ashland Park | $86,465 |
| 2 | Reservorir | $78,366 |
| 3 | Indian Hills-Stonewall Estates-Monticello | $71,838 |
| 4 | Crestwood-Hinda Heights | $69,150 |
| 5 | Fairway-Liberty Heights | $59,918 |
| 6 | Garden Springs | $53,653 |
| 7 | Twin Oaks | $52,973 |
| 8 | Elkhorn Parks-Radcliff | $52,004 |
| 9 | Brookhaven-Lansdowne | $51,129 |
| 10 | Gardenside-Colony | $50,925 |
| 11 | Southland-Deerfield-Open Gates | $49,766 |
| 12 | Southeastern Hills | $47,959 |
| 13 | Warrenton-Harmitage Hills-Pinehurst | $44,367 |
| 14 | Blueberry Hill-Brigadoon-Stoneybrook-Baralto | $44,292 |
| 15 | Holiday Hills | $43,936 |
| 16 | Marriott’S Griffin Gate Golf Culb | $39,983 |
| 17 | Jamestown | $38,750 |
| 18 | Kenawood-Rockwood | $38,279 |
| 19 | Mount Vernon-Hollywood-Montclair | $37,130 |
| 20 | Idle Hour | $34,163 |
| 21 | Eastland Park-Dixie Plantation | $32,559 |
| 22 | Central Downtown | $31,519 |
| 23 | Thoroughbred Acres-Kingston | $31,278 |
| 24 | Castlewood Park | $29,994 |
| 25 | Lexington Cemetery | $28,367 |
| 26 | University Of Kentucky | $27,273 |
| 27 | Lexington Manor | $26,917 |
| 28 | Douglas High School | $26,452 |
| 29 | Duncan Park | $26,422 |
| 30 | Hollow Creek | $26,342 |
| 31 | Northland | $24,929 |
| 32 | Southern Park | $24,160 |
| 33 | Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow | $21,186 |
| 34 | Eastern State Hospital | $19,844 |
| 35 | Eastland | $19,405 |
| 36 | Douglas Park | $17,294 |
| 37 | Virginia Ave | $15,188 |
