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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 Pittsburgh has to offer. Where houses go for over 2.01x the national median and household incomes are 2.24x the national median.
But where exactly in Pittsburgh do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Squirrel Hill North where the median income is a cool $123,405.
Here's a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Pittsburgh out of 91 for 2021.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Pittsburgh For 2021
What's the richest neighborhood to live in Pittsburgh for 2021? According to the most recent census data, Squirrel Hill North looks to be the richest Pittsburgh neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $843,917. 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 Pittsburgh. 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.
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How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Pittsburgh For 2021
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 Pittsburgh by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Squirrel Hill North, was named the richest neighborhood in Pittsburgh.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Glen Hazel.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Pittsburgh ranked.
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Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In Pittsburgh For 2021
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income< |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squirrel Hill North | $123,405 |
| 2 | Point Breeze | $109,215 |
| 3 | Central Business District | $101,131 |
| 4 | Strip District | $93,125 |
| 5 | Fairywood | $83,804 |
| 6 | North Shore | $68,684 |
| 7 | Regent Square | $67,188 |
| 8 | Greenfield | $66,111 |
| 9 | Squirrel Hill South | $65,941 |
| 10 | Swisshelm Park | $65,313 |
| 11 | Summer Hill | $65,000 |
| 12 | Duquesne Heights | $64,534 |
| 13 | Banksville | $62,896 |
| 14 | Highland Park | $62,251 |
| 15 | Southside Flats | $61,427 |
| 16 | Westwood | $59,680 |
| 17 | Allegheny West | $58,958 |
| 18 | Wind Gap | $57,734 |
| 19 | Bon Air | $56,797 |
| 20 | Point Breeze North | $56,266 |
| 21 | Herrs Island | $55,500 |
| 22 | East Carnegie | $55,385 |
| 23 | Southside Slopes | $55,340 |
| 24 | Brookline | $53,825 |
| 25 | Stanton Heights | $53,459 |
| 26 | Shadyside | $53,305 |
| 27 | Morningside | $53,016 |
| 28 | Lower Lawrenceville | $51,874 |
| 29 | Brighton Heights | $51,491 |
| 30 | Central Lawrenceville | $50,605 |
| 31 | Mount Washington | $49,177 |
| 32 | Lincoln Place | $48,067 |
| 33 | Perry North | $47,169 |
| 34 | Beechview | $47,089 |
| 35 | Allegheny Center | $46,526 |
| 36 | Elliott | $45,640 |
| 37 | Troy Hill | $45,174 |
| 38 | Overbrook | $44,551 |
| 39 | Bloomfield | $43,967 |
| 40 | Crafton Heights | $42,870 |
| 41 | Upper Lawrenceville | $42,436 |
| 42 | Ridgemont | $42,216 |
| 43 | Carrick | $41,950 |
| 44 | Marshall-Shadeland | $41,920 |
| 45 | Polish Hill | $41,222 |
| 46 | Chartiers City | $40,990 |
| 47 | Knoxville | $40,075 |
| 48 | Esplen | $39,904 |
| 49 | Manchester | $39,460 |
| 50 | Friendship | $37,587 |
| 51 | Mt Oliver | $37,500 |
| 52 | Spring Garden | $37,416 |
| 53 | Central Northside | $37,312 |
| 54 | Sheraden | $35,876 |
| 55 | West End | $35,750 |
| 56 | Allentown | $35,505 |
| 57 | Arlington | $34,996 |
| 58 | Saint Clair | $34,861 |
| 59 | Fine View | $34,658 |
| 60 | Perry South | $33,900 |
| 61 | Beltzhoover | $33,514 |
| 62 | Mount Oliver | $33,437 |
| 63 | Upper Hill | $32,996 |
| 64 | Oakwood | $31,563 |
| 65 | East Liberty | $31,021 |
| 66 | Garfield | $30,202 |
| 67 | Bluff | $29,008 |
| 68 | Spring Hill-City View | $27,178 |
| 69 | Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar | $25,868 |
| 70 | East Hills | $25,650 |
| 71 | East Allegheny | $25,432 |
| 72 | Homewood West | $24,700 |
| 73 | Hazelwood | $23,874 |
| 74 | North Oakland | $23,280 |
| 75 | Oakland | $22,641 |
| 76 | Homewood North | $22,341 |
| 77 | Hays | $21,815 |
| 78 | Middle Hill | $21,500 |
| 79 | Larimer | $21,417 |
| 80 | Homewood South | $21,070 |
| 81 | California-Kirkbride | $20,000 |
| 82 | Crawford Roberts | $18,794 |
| 83 | Terrace Village | $17,466 |
| 84 | West Oakland | $16,857 |
| 85 | Bedford Dwellings | $14,281 |
| 86 | Arlington Heights | $14,044 |
| 87 | Northview Heights | $12,742 |
| 88 | Chateau | $0 |
| 89 | South Shore | $0 |
| 90 | Brundis Island | $0 |
| 91 | Glen Hazel | $0 |
