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 Rochester has to offer. Where houses go for over 0.98x the national median and household incomes are 1.51x the national median.
But where exactly in Rochester do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Cobbs Hill where the median income is a cool $130,959.
Here’s a look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Rochester out of 35 for 2019:
- Cobbs Hill (Homes)
- Duran Eastman Park (Homes)
- Browncroft (Homes)
- Culver-Winton (Homes)
- Park Avenue (Homes)
- Atlantic-University (Homes)
- Homestead Heights (Homes)
- Ellwanger-Barry (Homes)
- East Avenue (Homes)
- Swillburg (Homes)
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $538,332. 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 Rochester.
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How We Determined The Most Well To Do Neighborhoods In Rochester 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 Rochester by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Cobbs Hill, was named the richest neighborhood in Rochester.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Genesee Valley Park.
Now a look at how all the neighborhoods in Rochester ranked.
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Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In Rochester For 2019
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cobbs Hill | $83,224 |
| 2 | Duran Eastman Park | $58,750 |
| 3 | Browncroft | $58,158 |
| 4 | Culver-Winton | $53,176 |
| 5 | Park Avenue | $52,651 |
| 6 | Atlantic-University | $51,814 |
| 7 | Homestead Heights | $47,811 |
| 8 | Ellwanger-Barry | $46,788 |
| 9 | East Avenue | $45,774 |
| 10 | Swillburg | $40,186 |
| 11 | Strong | $39,414 |
| 12 | Northland-Lyceum | $38,471 |
| 13 | Corn Hill | $37,588 |
| 14 | Charlotte | $37,392 |
| 15 | 19th Ward | $35,422 |
| 16 | Maplewood | $34,452 |
| 17 | Pearl-Meigs-Monroe | $33,768 |
| 18 | South Wedge | $33,360 |
| 19 | Lyell-Otis | $28,567 |
| 20 | Highland | $27,579 |
| 21 | Beechwood | $26,201 |
| 22 | Charles House | $25,507 |
| 23 | Brown Square | $24,097 |
| 24 | Dutchtown | $23,710 |
| 25 | Genesee-Jefferson | $22,787 |
| 26 | North Marketview Heights | $22,608 |
| 27 | Susan B Anthony | $21,181 |
| 28 | South Marketview Heights | $20,562 |
| 29 | Plymouth-Exchange | $20,119 |
| 30 | Best | $19,090 |
| 31 | Mayor’s Heights | $19,089 |
| 32 | Upper Falls | $18,081 |
| 33 | Edgerton | $17,927 |
| 34 | Central Business District | $16,726 |
| 35 | Genesee Valley Park | $0 |
