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 Madison has to offer — where houses go for well over the national median and household incomes follow suit.
But where exactly in Madison do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Stonefield Woods-Ridge, where the median income is a cool $146,254.
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Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Wisconsin’s statewide median.
Wisconsin statewide median: $77,485
Wisconsin statewide median: $330,171
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the wealthiest neighborhoods in Madison 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 Madison.
We ranked every neighborhood in Madison by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Stonefield Woods-Ridge, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Madison.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our eleventh time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Madison.
The full plate
Richest neighborhoods in Madison for 2026 by median income
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stonefield Woods-Ridge | $146,254 |
| 2 | Glacier Ridge | $143,886 |
| 3 | Nakoma League | $143,179 |
| 4 | Country Grove | $138,904 |
| 5 | Hawk’s Landing | $128,683 |
| 6 | Blackhawk | $124,493 |
| 7 | Parkwood Hills | $110,640 |
| 8 | Dudgeon-Monroe | $110,367 |
| 9 | Sunset Hills | $106,806 |
| 10 | Midvale Heights Community | $106,276 |
| 11 | Reston Heights | $105,851 |
| 12 | Summit Woods | $105,845 |
| 13 | Stone Meadows | $104,056 |
| 14 | Westmorland | $102,132 |
| 15 | Highlands Community | $101,008 |
| 15 | Woodland Hills | $101,008 |
| 17 | Glen Oak Hills | $100,197 |
| 18 | East Buckeye | $97,778 |
| 19 | Radio Park | $97,708 |
| 19 | Vanchamasshe | $97,708 |
| 21 | Walnut Grove | $94,248 |
| 21 | Tamarack Trails Community | $94,248 |
| 23 | Junction Ridge | $90,054 |
| 24 | McClellan Park | $89,852 |
| 25 | Sauk Creek | $89,212 |
| 26 | Cherokee Park | $88,976 |
| 27 | Westhaven Trails | $87,812 |
| 28 | Arbor Hills | $86,708 |
| 29 | High Crossing | $86,672 |
| 30 | Wexford Ridge | $85,568 |
| 31 | Sunset Village | $84,373 |
| 32 | Old Middleton Greenway | $83,362 |
| 33 | Regent | $81,822 |
| 34 | Wexford | $81,566 |
| 35 | Spring Harbor | $81,466 |
| 36 | Skyview Meadows | $81,042 |
| 37 | Schenk-Atwood | $81,000 |
| 38 | High Point Estates | $80,900 |
| 39 | Faircrest | $80,758 |
| 40 | Wisconsin Co-Op Housing | $78,611 |
| 41 | Elvehjem | $78,383 |
| 42 | Maple-Prairie | $77,938 |
| 43 | Heritage Heights | $76,411 |
| 44 | Highland Manor | $75,583 |
| 45 | Oakbridge Community | $75,496 |
| 46 | Rolling Meadows | $74,734 |
| 47 | Lake Edge | $74,321 |
| 48 | Hill Farms-University Neighborh | $73,024 |
| 49 | Greentree | $72,622 |
| 50 | Sherman Village | $72,214 |
| 51 | North Lake Mendota | $71,875 |
| 51 | Lerdahl Park | $71,875 |
| 53 | Marquette | $71,139 |
| 54 | Westchester Gardens | $70,599 |
| 55 | East Bluff | $69,516 |
| 56 | Mendota Hills | $69,444 |
| 57 | Emerson East | $68,885 |
| 58 | Meadowood | $68,768 |
| 59 | Moorland-Rimrock | $68,280 |
| 60 | Tenney-Lapham | $67,453 |
| 61 | Glendale | $67,380 |
| 62 | Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahar | $67,254 |
| 63 | Vilas | $66,756 |
| 64 | Bay Creek | $66,551 |
| 65 | Marbella | $64,310 |
| 66 | Prairie Hills | $62,680 |
| 67 | Eastmorland | $62,229 |
| 68 | Greenbush | $59,184 |
| 69 | Heistand | $58,059 |
| 70 | Broadway-Lakepoint | $56,681 |
| 71 | Orchard Ridge Community | $56,321 |
| 72 | Waunona | $55,919 |
| 73 | Indian Springs | $55,556 |
| 74 | Lake View Hill | $55,250 |
| 75 | Sherman | $54,565 |
| 76 | Ridgewood | $53,236 |
| 77 | Whitetail Ridge | $52,750 |
| 78 | Hawthorne | $52,579 |
| 79 | Bluff Acres | $52,563 |
| 80 | Park Ridge | $50,500 |
| 81 | Carpenter-Ridgeway | $46,607 |
| 82 | Sheridan Triangle | $46,466 |
| 82 | Brentwood Village | $46,466 |
| 84 | Burr Oaks | $45,865 |
| 85 | Capitol View Heights | $44,879 |
| 86 | Worthington Park | $44,375 |
| 87 | Mayfair Park | $44,282 |
| 88 | Eken Park | $42,750 |
| 89 | Berkley Oaks | $41,699 |
| 90 | Vera Court | $40,985 |
| 90 | Nobel Park | $40,985 |
| 92 | Norman Acres | $40,732 |
| 93 | University Apartments | $40,139 |
| 94 | Burke Heights | $39,229 |
| 95 | Capitol | $39,062 |
| 96 | Allied Community | $37,268 |
| 97 | Clarendon Hills | $37,176 |
| 98 | Bram’s Addition | $33,788 |
| 99 | Leopold | $33,371 |
| 100 | Sherman Terrace | $33,200 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 104 Madison neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The wealthiest pockets of Madison
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Madison for 2026? According to the most recent census data, Stonefield Woods-Ridge looks to be the richest Madison neighborhood to live in.
The richest neighborhoods in Madison are Stonefield Woods-Ridge, Glacier Ridge, Nakoma League, Country Grove, Hawk’s Landing, Blackhawk, Parkwood Hills, Dudgeon-Monroe, Sunset Hills, and Midvale Heights Community.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be South Campus.
We ranked the neighborhoods from richest to poorest in the chart below. Not sold on Wisconsin? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Richest Neighborhoods In Madison FAQs
What is the richest neighborhood in Madison?
Stonefield Woods-Ridge is the richest neighborhood in Madison for 2026, with a median household income of $146,254. Glacier Ridge and Nakoma League are next.
What are the richest neighborhoods in Madison?
The richest neighborhoods in Madison are Stonefield Woods-Ridge, Glacier Ridge, Nakoma League, Country Grove, Hawk’s Landing, Blackhawk, Parkwood Hills, Dudgeon-Monroe, Sunset Hills, and Midvale Heights Community. We ranked all 104 neighborhoods by median household income, highest to lowest.
How much do people make in Stonefield Woods-Ridge?
The median household in Stonefield Woods-Ridge earns $146,254 a year, and the median home there is worth $358,200. Those two numbers travel together in most cities, and Madison 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 Madison?
South Campus posts the lowest median household income of the 104 Madison neighborhoods we ranked. It anchors the bottom of the income table above.
