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 Wichita has to offer — where houses go for well over the national median and household incomes follow suit.
But where exactly in Wichita do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Courtland, where the median income is a cool $95,441.
$95,441 median income
$92,614 median income
$88,481 median income
$87,869 median income
$83,868 median income
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$78,917 median income
$77,533 median income
$77,361 median income
$71,842 median income
The receipts
Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Kansas’s statewide median.
Kansas statewide median: $74,275
Kansas statewide median: $244,761
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the wealthiest neighborhoods in Wichita for 2026
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:
- Highest median household income
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Wichita.
We ranked every neighborhood in Wichita by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Courtland, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Wichita.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our eleventh time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Wichita.
The full plate
Richest neighborhoods in Wichita for 2026 by median income
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courtland | $95,441 |
| 2 | Rockhurst | $92,614 |
| 3 | College Hill | $88,481 |
| 4 | Park Meadows | $87,869 |
| 5 | Sherwood Glen | $83,868 |
| 5 | Pleasant Valley | $83,868 |
| 7 | Crown Heights South | $78,917 |
| 8 | Delano Township | $77,533 |
| 9 | Lambsdale | $77,361 |
| 10 | Macdonald | $71,842 |
| 11 | Harrison Park Rk | $71,083 |
| 12 | Brookhollow | $68,594 |
| 13 | Village | $66,341 |
| 14 | Crown Heights | $66,318 |
| 15 | Sleepy Hollow | $64,794 |
| 16 | Westlink | $58,438 |
| 17 | Chisholm Creek | $58,341 |
| 18 | Benjamin Hills | $58,236 |
| 19 | Meadowlark | $58,118 |
| 20 | Hilltop-Jefferson | $57,773 |
| 21 | Orchard Park | $56,108 |
| 22 | Northeast Heights | $55,335 |
| 23 | Indian Hills Riverbend | $55,187 |
| 24 | Orchard Breeze | $53,551 |
| 25 | Southwest Village | $53,290 |
| 26 | Comotara Mainsgate Villa | $52,500 |
| 27 | Longview | $50,988 |
| 28 | Riverside | $50,134 |
| 29 | South Area | $49,812 |
| 30 | North Riverside | $48,792 |
| 31 | K-15 | $48,358 |
| 32 | Northwest Big River | $48,218 |
| 33 | Cottonwood Village | $47,316 |
| 34 | Northeast Millair | $46,508 |
| 35 | Southwest | $46,445 |
| 36 | Delano | $46,137 |
| 37 | La Placita Park | $44,954 |
| 38 | Pueblo | $44,022 |
| 39 | East Mt Vernon Na | $43,873 |
| 40 | Indian Hills | $43,841 |
| 41 | Country Overlook | $43,359 |
| 42 | East Front | $43,012 |
| 43 | Eastridge | $42,830 |
| 44 | Stanley-Aley | $42,780 |
| 45 | Sunnyside | $42,336 |
| 46 | Mead | $41,924 |
| 47 | Schweiter | $41,736 |
| 48 | Sunflower | $41,458 |
| 49 | South Central Improvemen | $41,063 |
| 50 | Fabrique | $40,831 |
| 51 | South City Community | $39,257 |
| 52 | Uptown | $38,047 |
| 53 | Ken-Mar | $37,418 |
| 54 | Historic Midtown | $37,253 |
| 55 | Linwood | $36,875 |
| 56 | Grandview Heights | $35,976 |
| 57 | Schweiter East | $34,452 |
| 58 | McCormick | $34,001 |
| 59 | Kellogg School | $32,849 |
| 60 | Jones Park | $32,250 |
| 61 | Fairmount | $30,738 |
| 62 | Power | $30,673 |
| 63 | Matlock Heights | $30,089 |
| 64 | New Salem | $30,006 |
| 65 | North Central | $29,706 |
| 66 | Planeview United | $29,408 |
| 67 | Murdock | $27,531 |
| 67 | The Elm | $27,531 |
| 69 | Hilltop | $27,322 |
| 70 | Central 2000 | $25,427 |
| 70 | McAdams | $25,427 |
| 72 | Oakview | $25,379 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 72 Wichita neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The wealthiest pockets of Wichita
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Wichita for 2026? According to the most recent census data, Courtland looks to be the richest Wichita neighborhood to live in.
The richest neighborhoods in Wichita are Courtland, Rockhurst, College Hill, Park Meadows, Sherwood Glen, Pleasant Valley, Crown Heights South, Delano Township, Lambsdale, and Macdonald.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Oakview.
We ranked the neighborhoods from richest to poorest in the chart below. Not sold on Kansas? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Richest Neighborhoods In Wichita FAQs
What is the richest neighborhood in Wichita?
Courtland is the richest neighborhood in Wichita for 2026, with a median household income of $95,441. Rockhurst and College Hill are next.
What are the richest neighborhoods in Wichita?
The richest neighborhoods in Wichita are Courtland, Rockhurst, College Hill, Park Meadows, Sherwood Glen, Pleasant Valley, Crown Heights South, Delano Township, Lambsdale, and Macdonald. We ranked all 72 neighborhoods by median household income, highest to lowest.
How much do people make in Courtland?
The median household in Courtland earns $95,441 a year, and the median home there is worth $182,400. Those two numbers travel together in most cities, and Wichita is no exception.
How do you rank the richest neighborhoods?
One measure: median household income from Census tract data, ranked highest to lowest. No composite score, no adjustments — just where the money lives.
What is the poorest neighborhood in Wichita?
Oakview posts the lowest median household income of the 72 Wichita neighborhoods we ranked. It anchors the bottom of the income table above.
