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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 Little Rock has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.9x the national median and household incomes are 1.87x the national median.
But where exactly in Little Rock do the richest of the rich people live? That would be River Mountain where the median income is a cool $102,615.
Here's a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Little Rock out of 28 for 2021.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Little Rock For 2021
What's the richest neighborhood to live in Little Rock for 2021? According to the most recent census data, River Mountain looks to be the richest Little Rock neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $643,585. 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 Little Rock. 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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How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Little Rock For 2021
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 Little Rock by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, River Mountain, was named the richest neighborhood in Little Rock.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Medical Center.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Little Rock ranked.
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Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In Little Rock For 2021
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income< |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Mountain | $102,615 |
| 2 | Rock Creek | $86,290 |
| 3 | Heights | $78,491 |
| 4 | Reservoir | $63,381 |
| 5 | Hillcrest | $61,116 |
| 6 | West Markham | $58,258 |
| 7 | Midtown | $53,937 |
| 8 | Otter Creek Crystal | $50,648 |
| 9 | Walnut Valley | $45,419 |
| 10 | Westwood-Pecan Lake | $43,430 |
| 11 | Briarwood | $40,394 |
| 12 | Capital View-Stiff | $40,185 |
| 13 | John Barrow | $39,201 |
| 14 | Chicot West | $38,423 |
| 15 | Boyle Park | $37,311 |
| 16 | South Geyer Springs | $36,572 |
| 17 | 65th Street West | $35,436 |
| 18 | Cloverdale Watson | $34,833 |
| 19 | East Of I-30 | $31,557 |
| 20 | Downtown | $30,291 |
| 21 | Wakefield | $30,114 |
| 22 | Big Dickinson Lake | $28,528 |
| 23 | Oak Forest | $28,045 |
| 24 | South End | $26,956 |
| 25 | Upper Baseline | $26,702 |
| 26 | Central High | $26,625 |
| 27 | Stephens | $26,543 |
| 28 | Medical Center | $0 |
