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 Pasadena has to offer. Where houses go for over 4.06x the national median and household incomes are 2.36x the national median.
But where exactly in Pasadena do the richest of the rich people live? That would be South Arroyo where the median income is a cool $130,959.
Here’s a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Pasadena out of 9 for 2019:
- South Arroyo (Homes)
- North East (Homes)
- North Arroyo (Homes)
- East Central (Homes)
- South (Homes)
- South East (Homes)
- Mid Central (Homes)
- North Central (Homes)
- West Central (Homes)
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $757,911. 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 Pasadena.
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How We Determined The Most Well To Do Neighborhoods In Pasadena For 2019
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?
We ranked every neighborhood in Pasadena by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, South Arroyo, was named the richest neighborhood in Pasadena.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be West Central.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Pasadena ranked.
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Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In Pasadena For 2019
Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
---|---|---|
1 | South Arroyo | $130,042 |
2 | North East | $105,082 |
3 | North Arroyo | $97,442 |
4 | East Central | $95,337 |
5 | South | $91,289 |
6 | South East | $73,051 |
7 | Mid Central | $63,078 |
8 | North Central | $54,544 |
9 | West Central | $48,046 |