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 1.59x the national median and household incomes are 1.98x 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 $130,959.
Here’s a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Columbus out of 39 for 2019:
- Bexley (Homes)
- Upper Arlington (Homes)
- Worthington (Homes)
- Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord (Homes)
- Clintonville (Homes)
- Far North (Homes)
- West Columbus Interim (Homes)
- Harrison West (Homes)
- Northwest (Homes)
- Brewery (Homes)
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $793,545. 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.
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How We Determined The Most Well To Do Neighborhoods In Columbus For 2019
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?
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 2019
Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
---|---|---|
1 | Bexley | $108,924 |
2 | Upper Arlington | $100,077 |
3 | Worthington | $85,381 |
4 | Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord | $74,986 |
5 | Clintonville | $74,325 |
6 | Far North | $72,783 |
7 | West Columbus Interim | $72,745 |
8 | Harrison West | $71,810 |
9 | Northwest | $69,474 |
10 | Brewery | $63,040 |
11 | Southside | $62,444 |
12 | Victorican Village | $60,330 |
13 | Northland | $51,177 |
14 | Brice-Tussing | $49,755 |
15 | South Alum Creek | $49,691 |
16 | Italian Village | $48,929 |
17 | Southeast | $48,654 |
18 | Westland | $47,063 |
19 | McKinley Avenue Corridor | $43,013 |
20 | Far South | $41,356 |
21 | South Central Accord | $41,028 |
22 | Downtown | $39,497 |
23 | North Linden | $36,667 |
24 | Whitehall | $36,549 |
25 | Greater Hilltop | $34,883 |
26 | Southwest | $33,893 |
27 | South Side | $32,931 |
28 | Tri-South | $32,046 |
29 | Northeast | $31,878 |
30 | North Central | $30,676 |
31 | Near Southside | $29,872 |
32 | Near East | $28,029 |
33 | Olentangy River Road | $26,190 |
34 | University | $25,454 |
35 | Fort Columbus Airport | $24,329 |
36 | South Linden | $22,196 |
37 | Franklinton | $22,162 |
38 | Milo Grogan | $18,990 |
39 | Weinland Park | $11,903 |