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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 Newark has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.29x the national median and household incomes are 0.9x the national median.
But where exactly in Newark do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Lower Vailsburg where the median income is a cool $49,386.
Here's a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Newark out of 20 for 2022.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Newark For 2022
What's the richest neighborhood to live in Newark for 2022? According to the most recent census data, Lower Vailsburg looks to be the richest Newark neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $408,404. 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 Newark. 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.
For more Newark reading, check out the best neighborhoods in Newark and the worst neighborhoods in Newark. Or, for living around Newark, out the best Newark suburbs and the worst Newark suburbs.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Newark For 2022 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income< |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Vailsburg | $49,386 |
| 2 | North Ironbound | $45,242 |
| 3 | South Ironbound | $43,950 |
| 4 | Upper Vailsburg | $43,529 |
| 5 | Central Business District | $42,834 |
| 6 | Weequahic | $39,947 |
| 7 | Upper Roseville | $36,765 |
| 8 | Upper Clinton Hill | $36,598 |
| 9 | University Heights | $36,350 |
| 10 | Mount Pleasant | $33,803 |
| 11 | North Broadway | $33,740 |
| 12 | Forest Hill | $33,687 |
| 13 | Lower Clinton Hill | $32,357 |
| 14 | Seventh Avenue | $32,132 |
| 15 | Fairmuont | $30,315 |
| 16 | Lower Roseville | $29,909 |
| 17 | West Side | $29,552 |
| 18 | South Broad Street | $28,311 |
| 19 | Springfield-Belmont | $24,967 |
| 20 | Dayton-Weequahic Park | $23,837 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Newark For 2022
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 Newark by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Lower Vailsburg, was named the richest neighborhood in Newark.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Dayton-Weequahic Park.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Newark ranked.
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