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 Columbus has to offer. Where houses go for over 1.69x the national median and household incomes are 2.09x the national median.
But where exactly in Columbus do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Bexley where the median income is a cool $114,868.
Here’s a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Columbus out of 39 for 2020.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Columbus For 2020
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Columbus for 2020? According to the most recent census data, Bexley looks to be the richest Columbus neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $841,278. 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 Columbus. 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 Columbus For 2020
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 Columbus by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Bexley, was named the richest neighborhood in Columbus.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Weinland Park.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Columbus ranked.
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Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In Columbus For 2020
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income< |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bexley | $114,868 |
| 2 | Upper Arlington | $102,607 |
| 3 | Worthington | $87,419 |
| 4 | Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord | $80,400 |
| 5 | Harrison West | $79,066 |
| 6 | Far North | $77,465 |
| 7 | Clintonville | $76,688 |
| 8 | Brewery | $75,120 |
| 9 | Southside | $75,000 |
| 10 | West Columbus Interim | $72,645 |
| 11 | Northwest | $71,352 |
| 12 | Victorican Village | $69,438 |
| 13 | Italian Village | $61,624 |
| 14 | Northland | $54,666 |
| 15 | South Central Accord | $53,556 |
| 16 | Southeast | $53,235 |
| 17 | Brice-Tussing | $51,585 |
| 18 | Mckinley Avenue Corridor | $50,635 |
| 19 | South Alum Creek | $49,726 |
| 20 | Westland | $49,688 |
| 21 | Downtown | $44,875 |
| 22 | Far South | $39,897 |
| 23 | Whitehall | $39,753 |
| 24 | North Linden | $38,485 |
| 25 | Southwest | $38,392 |
| 26 | Greater Hilltop | $37,375 |
| 27 | Northeast | $34,150 |
| 28 | Tri-South | $33,916 |
| 29 | South Side | $33,791 |
| 30 | Near East | $32,468 |
| 31 | North Central | $31,482 |
| 32 | Near Southside | $29,952 |
| 33 | University | $28,806 |
| 34 | Fort Columbus Airport | $28,221 |
| 35 | Milo Grogan | $24,311 |
| 36 | Olentangy River Road | $23,333 |
| 37 | South Linden | $21,602 |
| 38 | Franklinton | $21,557 |
| 39 | Weinland Park | $18,133 |
