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 Scottsdale has to offer. Where houses go for over 3.84x the national median and household incomes are 2.46x the national median.
But where exactly in Scottsdale do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Pinnacle Peak where the median income is a cool $135,331.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Scottsdale out of 22 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Scottsdale For 2024
- Pinnacle Peak
- Sonoran Regional Core
- Granite Mountain
- Reatta Pass
- Legend Trail
- Dynamite Foothills
- Desert Foothills
- North Scottsdale
- Boulders
- Airpark
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Scottsdale for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Pinnacle Peak looks to be the richest Scottsdale neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,265,419. 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.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Scottsdale For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinnacle Peak | $135,331 |
| 2 | Sonoran Regional Core | $128,895 |
| 3 | Granite Mountain | $128,365 |
| 4 | Reatta Pass | $128,365 |
| 5 | Legend Trail | $128,365 |
| 6 | Dynamite Foothills | $128,365 |
| 7 | Desert Foothills | $126,690 |
| 8 | North Scottsdale | $122,272 |
| 9 | Boulders | $119,793 |
| 10 | Airpark | $118,978 |
| 11 | Mcdowell Mountain Preserve | $111,250 |
| 12 | West Cactus | $104,811 |
| 13 | East Shea | $103,339 |
| 14 | Resort Corridor | $95,047 |
| 15 | Mccormick Ranch | $93,496 |
| 16 | Via Linda Corridor | $84,623 |
| 17 | South Scottsdale | $79,230 |
| 18 | Downtown | $74,871 |
| 19 | Monterey Arcadia | $72,681 |
| 20 | Indian Bend | $59,712 |
| 21 | Cactus Corridor | $31,607 |
| 22 | Horizons | $31,607 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale.
We ranked every neighborhood in Scottsdale by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Pinnacle Peak, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Scottsdale.
The richest neighborhoods in Scottsdale are Pinnacle Peak, Sonoran Regional Core, Granite Mountain, Reatta Pass, Legend Trail, Dynamite Foothills, Desert Foothills, North Scottsdale, Boulders, and Airpark.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Horizons.
The poorest neighborhoods in Scottsdale are Horizons, Cactus Corridor, Indian Bend, Monterey Arcadia, and Downtown.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Scottsdale.
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