EXPLORING AMERICA'S RICHEST ZIP CODES

AdAge.com ^ | 4/4/05 | Bradley Johnson

[anniegetyourgun]

A wise saver over time would have more than that in his/her portfolio alone.

[NYCRebublican]

I live in that ZIP code and those people you describe are the minority. It's the West Side and Downtown that are home to most of the Libs. Don't get me wrong, there are libs over here too, but among the wealthy they are the exception. People see me coming from a mile away and know me for what I am - Uppper East Side Conservative.

[old and tired]

I NEVER would have thought the AVERAGE net worth was near a 1/2 Million!..

Really? Think about how much equity you've got in your home - particularly in this inflated real estate market. And then add in your 401K, your IRAs, any cars you own outright, plus the furniture, including audio, video, and computer equipment that you've got in your home. See if you don't get darn near 400,000. I think a lot of folks probably do.

[Southack]

"The 50 ZIPs are home to 201,799 households and 565,125 residents. This elite group -- just 0.2% of the U.S. population -- last year had an average household income of $294,000, four times the national average ($67,572), and average net worth of $1.2 million, about three times the national figure ($468,970)"

When and where in all of world history has a prosperous nation had its 0.2% richest elite a mere 3 times wealthier than the 99.8% average of the rest of said nation?!

[cwb]

Exactly! And that's why it's also time to put an end to the myth that Republicans are the party of the wealth and priviledge in this country. Besides the very wealthy left and right coasts which are dominated by liberals, some of the wealthiest "Heartland" regions are also exploding with Democrats. When you look at the Rocky Mountain region out West, some of the wealthiest cities and counties (in Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming) are now Democrat.

According to Michael Barone, "each state's wealthiest county was also the only county to vote for John Kerry: Blaine County, Idaho (Sun Valley), Teton County, Wyo. (Jackson Hole) and the liberal trustfund counties that contain Aspen, Telluride and Boulder.
During the Red State/Blue State war of words, it was obvious what Democrats really thought of those with lesser incomes, as they openly attacked the Red States. The Democrat Party can no longer claim to represent the downtrodden in this country, when they have become the very rich they supposedly despise. It is about guilt and hypocrisy.

[Imaverygooddriver]

Well those are their trust fund kids who live there. The ones who are into Moby, eat granola, and rent rooms out of the Plaza so they can hang anti Bush slogans on the building.

[traumer]

"They are nearly twice as likely as the average American to shop online and four times as likely to tune their radios to classical music... "

I fit this profile - so why am I (almost) broke ??

[expatpat]

the coasts are far more....segregated and insular

If you lived in some of these cities (e.g., Filthadelphia and Baltimore), you would want to be segregated and insulated from the 'man in the street'!

[truth_seeker]

I would like to see the entire data.

Sometime back, I heard the most affluent zip code in the USA was Rancho Sante Fe, Calif. (which is in inland, semi-rural San Diego County).

Another interesting study would be the number of $1 million+ homes. In that respect, I'll wager California leads, not NY suburbs.

I sell real estate on the Orange County, CA coast. People often ask: "who is it that buys these homes?"

One answer is: "folks with a knack for making enough money, to afford them."

An agent in my office has a client that sold a couple of computer businesses (for $11 million), and retired at age 43.

He buys and remodels houses, now, for a hobby. He doesn't need money. He needs interests in life.

He looks and acts more like a beach bum, than a wealthy person. He probably doesn't live in these top Zip Codes.

[old and tired]

When and where in all of world history has a prosperous nation had its 0.2% richest elite a mere 3 times wealthier than the 99.8% average of the rest of said nation?! Good point.

[Mamzelle]

re: I live in one of these zips, and it has more in common with parallel communities in London than with typical US suburbs.)))

I'm intrigued. What's a parallel community, and what was that like in London?

[anniegetyourgun]

Too much shopping online? ; )

[Modernman]

This just means that the coasts are far more racist, segregated, and insular than "flyover country" where the rich co-exist in the same neighborhoods and zip codes with the middle class

You're kidding, right? Ever been to Naples, Florida or Bloomfied Hills, Michigan?

[Mamzelle]

Check out Lakeway in Austin--a blue pustule in a mostly radiant red state...

[Mamzelle]

I live not too far from a resort area with extravagantly hideous homes...I always wonder where the money comes from, too. They build them, but they sure have a hard time reselling. Then the owners have to import illegal slave labor to maintain a house that works out to about 5K sq feet per occupant.

[Clemenza]

At least the affluent areas of Florida have "bussing", whereas the parlor pinks in Westchester and Long Island have nice little segregated public schools for the kids.

[FreedomCalls]

You're kidding, right? Ever been to Naples, Florida or Bloomfied Hills, Michigan?

No, I'm not. How many middle class live in 11771, 93953 or 33455? Besides, isn't Florida on the East Coast?

[FreedomCalls]

 The most expensive ZIP codes

ZIP	Community	Median price 2002
33455	Jupiter Island	$5,600,000
81611	Aspen	$2,600,000
31561	Sea Island	$2,232,000
33480	Palm Beach	$2,200,000
11771	Centre Island	$2,000,000
81435	Mountain Village	$1,925,000
94010	Hillsborough	$1,850,000
92067	Rancho Santa Fe	$1,700,000
11545	Upper/Old Brookville	$1,700,000
94957	Ross	$1,620,750
60611	Near North Side, Chicago	$1,390,000
10577	Purchase	$1,348,000
92662	Balboa Island	$1,325,000
94027	Atherton	$1,293,000
94528	Diablo	$1,267,500
94028	Portola Valley	$1,250,000
90402	Santa Monica	$1,250,000
02114	Beacon Hill	$1,135,000
93108	Montecito	$1,122,500
94024	Los Altos	$1,100,000
95030	Los Gatos	$1,084,500
96714	Hanalei	$1,067,500
77019	River Oaks	$1,065,000
90210	Beverly Hills	$1,042,500
94920	Belvedere Tiburon	$1,010,000
94022	Los Altos	$1,000,000
95070	Saratoga	$995,000
94507	Alamo	$961,250
33921	Boca Grande	$960,000
10580	Rye	$950,000
11962	Sagaponack	$915,000
92657	Newport Coast	$914,750
60043	Kenilworth	$912,500
94946	Nicasio	$885,000
94010	Burlingame	$880,000
90272	Pacific Palisades	$870,000
98039	Medina	$860,000
92661	Newport Beach	$845,000
90266	Manhattan Beach	$844,000
90274	Palos Verdes Peninsula	$837,500
93953	Pebble Beach	$823,000
92625	Corona Del Mar	$820,000
94123	San Francisco	$818,500
11959	Quogue	$815,000
10506	Bedford	$806,250
93921	Carmel	$794,000
90077	Bel Air	$790,000
94904	Greenbrae	$780,000
94301	Palo Alto	$780,000
91108	San Marino	$780,000
10504	Armonk	$776,500
10576	Pound Ridge	$775,000
92651	Laguna Beach	$765,000
94563	Orinda	$757,000
10528	Harrison	$756,500
94705	Berkeley	$755,000
90265	Malibu	$755,000
92118	Coronado	$750,000
94062	Redwood City	$750,000
94402	San Mateo	$749,000
60022	Glencoe	$748,000
11976	Water Mill	$748,000
10538	Larchmont	$747,500
92660	Newport Beach	$740,000
94506	Danville	$737,000
94114	San Francisco	$735,000
10021	New York	$727,500
11724	Cold Spring Harbor	$725,000
94939	Larkspur	$725,000
94118	San Francisco	$723,001
10583	Scarsdale	$717,500
92861	Villa Park	$717,500
94941	Mill Valley	$717,000
29482	Sullivans Island	$712,550
90211	Beverly Hills	$700,000
90049	Brentwood	$700,000
95120	San Jose	$700,000
93923	Carmel	$695,000
95014	Cupertino	$685,000
08738	Mantoloking	$683,250
94127	San Francisco	$682,000
90212	Beverly Hills	$680,000
92037	La Jolla	$680,000
95032	Los Gatos	$680,000
94306	Palo Alto	$679,000
92014	Del Mar	$678,750
94549	Lafayette	$675,500
10708	Bronxville	$675,000
33149	Key Biscayne	$674,750
93924	Carmel Valley	$665,000
92091	Rancho Santa Fe	$665,000
60093	Winnetka	$665,000
94970	Stinson Beach	$663,750
94030	Millbrae	$661,250
91011	La Canada Flintridge	$659,000
94025	Menlo Park	$654,000
33924	Captiva	$650,000
94707	Berkeley	$647,000
10514	Chappaqua	$647,000
94002	Belmont	$646,000
95618	El Macero	$645,000
94133	San Francisco	$645,000
91302	Calabasas	$642,000
94070	San Carlos	$641,000
10968	Piermont	$640,000
90275	Rancho Palos Verdes	$639,000
93109	Santa Barbara	$637,000
60045	Lake Forest	$636,250
94121	San Francisco	$635,500
95046	San Martin	$630,000
93066	Somis	$630,000
11978	Westhampton Beach	$630,000
21036	Dayton	$628,970
94087	Sunnyvale	$628,500
94556	Moraga	$628,000
94925	Corte Madera	$625,000
91436	Encino	$625,000
94115	San Francisco	$623,000
94018	El Granada	$615,000
10023	New York	$612,500
94611	Oakland	$609,000
94526	Danville	$606,500
22066	Great Falls	$605,000
94708	Berkeley	$600,000
10022	New York	$600,000
94618	Oakland	$600,000
94574	Saint Helena	$600,000
94960	San Anselmo	$600,000
21153	Stevenson	$600,000
94040	Mountain View	$598,250
10803	Pelham	$598,000
94065	Redwood City	$598,000
93908	Salinas	$598,000
20854	Potomac	$597,750
11930	Amagansett	$595,000
10510	Briarcliff Manor	$586,000
92130	San Diego	$585,000
95135	San Jose	$585,000
19085	Villanova	$584,900
94117	San Francisco	$584,500
94019	Half Moon Bay	$582,000
90254	Hermosa Beach	$580,000
94901	San Rafael	$579,000
94122	San Francisco	$575,000
94131	San Francisco	$575,000
60029	Golf	$572,500
90048	Los Angeles	$570,000
95033	Los Gatos	$570,000
94041	Mountain View	$570,000
94539	Fremont	$565,000
85253	Paradise Valley	$565,000
94061	Redwood City	$565,000
95129	San Jose	$565,000
21794	West Friendship	$564,690
94937	Inverness	$561,936
94116	San Francisco	$561,500
90036	Los Angeles	$561,000
93441	Los Olivos	$560,000
10028	New York	$560,000
94923	Bodega Bay	$559,000
89011	Henderson	$555,000
96821	Honolulu	$555,000
94566	Pleasanton	$555,000
94107	San Francisco	$555,000
93111	Santa Barbara	$555,000
95442	Glen Ellen	$554,500
10533	Irvington	$552,500
98040	Mercer Island	$552,500
90068	Los Angeles	$550,000
90027	Los Angeles	$549,500
94037	Montara	$549,000
22039	Fairfax Station	$548,500
92106	San Diego	$548,500
11932	Bridgehampton	$547,500
94038	Moss Beach	$547,500
92663	Newport Beach	$545,000
94903	San Rafael	$542,500
21405	Annapolis	$540,000
95066	Scotts Valley	$540,000
92075	Solana Beach	$540,000
20818	Cabin John	$536,000
94924	Bolinas	$535,000
10024	New York	$535,000
10570	Pleasantville	$535,000
94583	San Ramon	$535,000
94965	Sausalito	$535,000
10706	Hastings On Hudson	$533,000
33156	Miami	$532,500
11975	Wainscott	$532,500
94949	Novato	$532,000
95073	Soquel	$532,000
10804	New Rochelle	$530,000
94109	San Francisco	$530,000
94132	San Francisco	$530,000
95125	San Jose	$530,000
90290	Topanga	$530,000
22101	Mc Lean	$529,900
11977	Westhampton	$528,250
94403	San Mateo	$528,000
20816	Bethesda	$527,500
10536	Katonah	$527,500
10605	White Plains	$526,500
94404	San Mateo	$525,000
92127	San Diego	$523,500
94110	San Francisco	$523,500
20815	Chevy Chase	$522,500
93110	Santa Barbara	$522,500
95497	The Sea Ranch	$519,000
90056	Los Angeles	$518,500
92679	Trabuco Canyon	$517,000
96822	Honolulu	$516,550
90291	Venice	$515,500
94552	Castro Valley	$515,000
10709	Eastchester	$515,000
95746	Granite Bay	$515,000
93950	Pacific Grove	$515,000
93460	Santa Ynez	$515,000
94598	Walnut Creek	$515,000
95003	Aptos	$514,000
10560	North Salem	$512,500
11739	Great River	$510,000
98112	Seattle	$509,000
19035	Gladwyne	$507,875
92007	Cardiff By The Sea	$505,000
94951	Penngrove	$505,000
90740	Seal Beach	$505,000
60521	Hinsdale	$501,250
60091	Wilmette	$501,000

[razorback-bert]

During the boom 77063 was number one, well I did move away.

[Gaetano]

Zip codes with highest % of residents with income over $100K from CNN/Money

94507 Alamo, CA 70.90%
94027 Atherton, CA 78.04%
94506 Danville, CA 78.24%
94028 Portola Valley, CA 75.56%
92067 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 74.48%
95970 Saratoga, CA 70.42%
06883 Weston, CT 70.09%
06897 Wilton, CT 69.88%
60022 Glencoe, IL 70.91%
60043 Kenilworth, IL 82.92%
66221 Overland Park, KS 74.50%
02493 Weston, MA 70.09%
21029 Clarksville, MD 70.00%
20854 Potomac, MD 73.53%
08502 Belle Mead, NJ 69.49%
07021 Essex Fells, NJ 70.06%
08836 Martinsville, NJ 70.33%
07046 Mountain Lakes, NJ 70.05%
08550 Princeton Junction, NJ 72.62%
07078 Short Hills, NJ 76.70%
10506 Bedford, NY 74.82%
10554 Chappaqua, NY 72.90%
11568 Old Westbury, NY 70.23%
10576 Pound Ridge, NY 72.80%
10577 Purchase, NY 75.73%
19035 Gladwyne, PA 69.80%
77094 Houston, TX 72.49%
76092 Southlake, TX 73.21%
22039 Fairfax Station, VA 79.20%
22066 Great Falls, VA 78.66%