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 New Orleans has to offer — where houses go for well over the national median and household incomes follow suit.
But where exactly in New Orleans do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Lakewood, where the median income is a cool $177,607.
$177,607 median income
$120,649 median income
$118,576 median income
$115,696 median income
$105,976 median income
$100,032 median income
$92,052 median income
$83,093 median income
$82,700 median income
$81,285 median income
The receipts
Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Louisiana’s statewide median.
Louisiana statewide median: $60,756
Louisiana statewide median: $211,635
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the wealthiest neighborhoods in New Orleans 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 New Orleans.
We ranked every neighborhood in New Orleans by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Lakewood, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in New Orleans.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our eleventh time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in New Orleans.
The full plate
Richest neighborhoods in New Orleans for 2026 by median income
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakewood | $177,607 |
| 2 | Lake Shore-Lake Vista | $120,649 |
| 3 | Lake Terrace And Oaks | $118,576 |
| 4 | Lakeview | $115,696 |
| 5 | Audubon | $105,976 |
| 6 | Uptown | $100,032 |
| 7 | East Riverside | $92,052 |
| 8 | Lower Garden District | $83,093 |
| 9 | Marlyville-Fontainebleau | $82,700 |
| 10 | Touro | $81,285 |
| 11 | Irish Channel | $80,785 |
| 12 | Black Pearl | $79,701 |
| 13 | West Riverside | $79,431 |
| 14 | City Park | $78,471 |
| 15 | East Carollton | $77,204 |
| 16 | West End | $69,364 |
| 17 | Navarre | $68,593 |
| 18 | Algeirs Point | $65,622 |
| 19 | Garden District | $63,148 |
| 20 | French Quarter | $62,944 |
| 21 | Fillmore | $62,644 |
| 22 | Old Aurora | $62,243 |
| 23 | Marigny | $61,848 |
| 24 | Lake Catherine | $61,250 |
| 25 | Central Business District | $60,982 |
| 26 | Broadmoor | $59,622 |
| 27 | Freret | $59,532 |
| 28 | Read Blvd East | $58,658 |
| 29 | Gentilly Terrace | $58,412 |
| 30 | Tall Timbers-Brechtel | $58,312 |
| 31 | Fairgrounds | $57,860 |
| 32 | Mid-City | $55,538 |
| 33 | Bywater | $54,952 |
| 34 | Milan | $52,421 |
| 35 | Leonidas | $46,720 |
| 36 | Us Naval Base | $45,752 |
| 37 | Milneburg | $42,978 |
| 38 | Village De L’est | $42,923 |
| 39 | Whitney | $41,928 |
| 40 | Bayou Saint John | $40,102 |
| 41 | Holy Cross | $39,040 |
| 42 | Gentilly Woods | $37,011 |
| 43 | Saint Anthony | $36,796 |
| 44 | New Aurora-English Turn | $36,480 |
| 45 | Little Woods | $36,047 |
| 46 | Pontchartrain Park | $35,575 |
| 47 | Central City | $32,318 |
| 48 | Read Blvd West | $31,998 |
| 49 | McDonogh | $31,159 |
| 50 | Seventh Ward | $30,859 |
| 51 | Treme’ Lafitte | $29,668 |
| 52 | Lower 9th Ward | $28,535 |
| 53 | Behrman | $28,384 |
| 54 | Holly Grove | $28,373 |
| 55 | Saint Claude | $26,052 |
| 56 | Plum Orchard | $25,744 |
| 57 | Gert Town | $25,182 |
| 58 | Saint Thomas | $24,507 |
| 59 | West Lake Forest | $24,114 |
| 60 | Iberville | $23,610 |
| 61 | Saint Roch | $23,281 |
| 62 | Dillard | $23,199 |
| 63 | Tulane-Gravier | $22,516 |
| 64 | Pines Village | $22,383 |
| 65 | Saint Bernard Area | $21,394 |
| 66 | Dixon | $21,085 |
| 67 | Florida | $20,465 |
| 68 | Fischer Dev | $16,999 |
| 69 | BW Cooper | $14,560 |
| 70 | Desire | $14,134 |
| 71 | Viavant-Venetian Isles | $11,128 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 71 New Orleans neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The wealthiest pockets of New Orleans
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in New Orleans for 2026? According to the most recent census data, Lakewood looks to be the richest New Orleans neighborhood to live in.
The richest neighborhoods in New Orleans are Lakewood, Lake Shore-Lake Vista, Lake Terrace And Oaks, Lakeview, Audubon, Uptown, East Riverside, Lower Garden District, Marlyville-Fontainebleau, and Touro.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Viavant-Venetian Isles.
We ranked the neighborhoods from richest to poorest in the chart below. Not sold on Louisiana? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Richest Neighborhoods In New Orleans FAQs
What is the richest neighborhood in New Orleans?
Lakewood is the richest neighborhood in New Orleans for 2026, with a median household income of $177,607. Lake Shore-Lake Vista and Lake Terrace And Oaks are next.
What are the richest neighborhoods in New Orleans?
The richest neighborhoods in New Orleans are Lakewood, Lake Shore-Lake Vista, Lake Terrace And Oaks, Lakeview, Audubon, Uptown, East Riverside, Lower Garden District, Marlyville-Fontainebleau, and Touro. We ranked all 71 neighborhoods by median household income, highest to lowest.
How much do people make in Lakewood?
The median household in Lakewood earns $177,607 a year, and the median home there is worth . Those two numbers travel together in most cities, and New Orleans 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 New Orleans?
Viavant-Venetian Isles posts the lowest median household income of the 71 New Orleans neighborhoods we ranked. It anchors the bottom of the income table above.
