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 York has to offer — where houses go for well over the national median and household incomes follow suit.
But where exactly in New York do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Battery Park, where the median income is a cool $211,402.
$211,402 median income
$205,908 median income
$204,127 median income
$175,518 median income
$159,531 median income
$156,340 median income
$155,690 median income
$155,486 median income
$152,408 median income
$148,759 median income
The receipts
Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is New York’s statewide median.
New York statewide median: $85,974
New York statewide median: $507,794
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the wealthiest neighborhoods in New York 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 York.
We ranked every neighborhood in New York by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Battery Park, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in New York.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our eleventh time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in New York.
The full plate
Richest neighborhoods in New York for 2026 by median income
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battery Park | $211,402 |
| 2 | Tribeca | $205,908 |
| 3 | Carnegie Hill | $204,127 |
| 4 | Financial District | $175,518 |
| 5 | Carroll Gardens | $159,531 |
| 6 | Cobble Hill | $156,340 |
| 7 | Greenwich Village | $155,690 |
| 8 | Park Slope | $155,486 |
| 9 | Upper East Side | $152,408 |
| 10 | Murray Hill | $148,759 |
| 11 | North Sutton Area | $147,814 |
| 12 | Gramercy | $143,821 |
| 13 | Todt Hill | $142,381 |
| 14 | West Village | $140,741 |
| 15 | Midtown | $137,325 |
| 16 | Soho | $137,313 |
| 17 | Upper West Side | $137,257 |
| 18 | Utopia | $136,933 |
| 19 | Central Park | $136,230 |
| 20 | Boerum Hill | $135,172 |
| 21 | Downtown | $134,995 |
| 22 | Chelsea | $131,352 |
| 23 | Garment District | $118,290 |
| 24 | Clinton | $117,139 |
| 25 | Great Kills | $111,056 |
| 26 | Spuyten Duyvil | $110,042 |
| 27 | Prince’s Bay | $109,917 |
| 28 | Woodrow | $108,279 |
| 29 | City Island | $107,660 |
| 30 | Little Italy | $107,048 |
| 31 | Huguenot | $105,264 |
| 32 | Riverdale | $104,116 |
| 33 | Greenwood | $98,534 |
| 34 | Morningside Heights | $98,486 |
| 35 | Laurelton | $97,949 |
| 36 | Annandale | $95,729 |
| 37 | Forest Hills | $94,597 |
| 38 | Country Club | $92,363 |
| 39 | Rossville | $91,484 |
| 40 | East Village | $90,545 |
| 41 | Middle Village | $89,872 |
| 42 | Queens Village | $89,618 |
| 43 | Baychester | $89,569 |
| 44 | South Beach | $88,241 |
| 45 | Ardon Heights | $87,757 |
| 46 | Ettingville | $87,429 |
| 47 | Oakwood | $87,079 |
| 48 | Whitestone | $87,013 |
| 49 | Springfield Gardens | $86,749 |
| 50 | Midland Beach | $85,664 |
| 51 | Westerleigh-Castleton | $85,305 |
| 52 | Eastchester | $84,107 |
| 53 | Bay Ridge | $84,100 |
| 54 | Douglastown-Little Neck | $83,053 |
| 55 | Charlestown-Richmond Valley | $82,504 |
| 56 | Glendale | $82,011 |
| 57 | Clearview | $81,878 |
| 58 | Richmondtown | $79,373 |
| 59 | Tottensville | $78,173 |
| 60 | Throggs Neck | $78,092 |
| 61 | Rosebank | $77,571 |
| 62 | Port Richmond | $77,048 |
| 63 | Canarsie | $76,372 |
| 64 | Maspeth | $76,126 |
| 65 | Ridgewood | $76,103 |
| 66 | Williamsburg | $75,970 |
| 67 | Bloomfield-Chelsea-Travis | $75,810 |
| 68 | Auburndale | $75,551 |
| 69 | Dyker Heights | $73,713 |
| 70 | Chinatown | $72,970 |
| 71 | Saintalbans | $71,773 |
| 72 | Fort Green | $71,767 |
| 73 | Mariners Harbor | $70,893 |
| 74 | Woodside | $69,068 |
| 75 | Flatbush | $68,707 |
| 76 | Jamaica | $68,501 |
| 77 | Morris Park | $68,130 |
| 78 | Sunny Side | $67,936 |
| 79 | Nkew Gardens | $67,182 |
| 80 | Jackson Heights | $66,127 |
| 81 | Inwood | $65,039 |
| 82 | Harlem | $64,830 |
| 83 | Bushwick | $64,602 |
| 84 | Howland Hook | $64,184 |
| 85 | Woodlawn-Nordwood | $63,730 |
| 86 | The Rockaways | $63,514 |
| 87 | College Point | $63,320 |
| 88 | New Brighton | $62,832 |
| 89 | Woodhaven-Richmond Hill | $62,501 |
| 90 | Hamilton Heights | $62,103 |
| 91 | Steinway | $62,031 |
| 92 | Washington Heights | $60,340 |
| 93 | Corona | $60,039 |
| 94 | Parkchester | $59,426 |
| 95 | Bensonhurst | $58,789 |
| 96 | Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay | $58,223 |
| 97 | Astoria-Long Island City | $57,906 |
| 98 | Sunset Park | $57,733 |
| 99 | Lower East Side | $57,235 |
| 100 | Queensboro Hill | $57,190 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 123 New York neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The wealthiest pockets of New York
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in New York for 2026? According to the most recent census data, Battery Park looks to be the richest New York neighborhood to live in.
The richest neighborhoods in New York are Battery Park, Tribeca, Carnegie Hill, Financial District, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Greenwich Village, Park Slope, Upper East Side, and Murray Hill.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Mott Haven.
We ranked the neighborhoods from richest to poorest in the chart below. Not sold on New York? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Richest Neighborhoods In New York FAQs
What is the richest neighborhood in New York?
Battery Park is the richest neighborhood in New York for 2026, with a median household income of $211,402. Tribeca and Carnegie Hill are next.
What are the richest neighborhoods in New York?
The richest neighborhoods in New York are Battery Park, Tribeca, Carnegie Hill, Financial District, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Greenwich Village, Park Slope, Upper East Side, and Murray Hill. We ranked all 123 neighborhoods by median household income, highest to lowest.
How much do people make in Battery Park?
The median household in Battery Park earns $211,402 a year, and the median home there is worth $1,546,050. Those two numbers travel together in most cities, and New York 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 York?
Mott Haven posts the lowest median household income of the 123 New York neighborhoods we ranked. It anchors the bottom of the income table above.
