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 Philadelphia has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.43x the national median and household incomes are 2.11x the national median.
But where exactly in Philadelphia do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Riverfront where the median income is a cool $116,172.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Philadelphia out of 56 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Philadelphia For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Philadelphia for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Riverfront looks to be the richest Philadelphia neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $907,544. 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.
Find where your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in Philadelphia.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Philadelphia For 2024 By Median Income
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Philadelphia For 2024
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:
Which neighborhoods have the highest median income?
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Philadelphia.
We ranked every neighborhood in Philadelphia by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Riverfront, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Philadelphia.
The richest neighborhoods in Philadelphia are Riverfront, East Falls, Chestnut Hill, Manayunk, Roxborough, Fishtown, City Center East, City Center West, Girard Estates, and Fairmount-Spring Garden.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Fairhill.
The poorest neighborhoods in Philadelphia are Fairhill, Hartranft, Tioga-Nicetown, Alleghany West, and Hunting Park.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Philadelphia.
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