The richest neighborhoods in the Philadelphia region
Where do the wealthiest live in the Philadelphia region?
Where do the wealthiest live in the Philadelphia region?
According to an analysis by geographer Stephen Higley, it's the Alapocas community in New Castle County, Del., that has the highest mean household income of $370,420.
Twenty-seven communities in the Philly region made Higley's list of America's 1,000 richest neighborhoods. The Alapocas community ranked number 95 overall. Seven neighborhoods in Lower Merion Township were ranked, including Villanova, Bryn Mawr, and Gladwyne, among others.
Only three New Jersey neighborhoods in the area made the list: two in Moorestown and one in Cherry Hill. However, more than 50 New Jersey communities in the New York City region made the top 1,000.
The majority of the Philly area towns are in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties.
Overall, affluent communities in Connecticut and New York dominated the list.
Higley compiled his analysis by using data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey. He indentified contiguous block groups – a subdivision of Census tracts – with a mean household income of at least $200,000. The whole country is covered by these geographical tracts. View Higley's full methodology on his website here.
Below are the results for the Philadelphia region:
1: Alapocas (New Castle Cty, DE)
Mean household income: $370,420
2: Villanova East (Lower Merion Twp)
Mean household income: $348,699
3: Bryn Mawr East (Lower Merion Twp)
Mean household income: $338,076
4: Washington Crossing (Solebury Twp)
Mean household income: $338,016
5: Gladwyne (Lower Merion Twp)
Mean household income: $335,5949
6: Ardmore South (Ardmore)
Mean household income: $331,867
7: Moorestown East (Moorestown Twp)
Mean household income: $328,400
8: Upper Makefield Township North (Upper Makefield Twp)
Mean household income: $306,081
9: Winterthur-Centreville (New Castle Cty, DE)
Mean household income: $294,510
10: Penn Valley (Lower Merion Twp)
Mean household income: $294,412
11: Waterloo (Easttown Twp)
Mean household income: $291,200
12: Southern Willistown Township-White Manor CC (Willistown Twp)
Mean household income: $277,608
13: Welsh Valley-Hagys Ford (Lower Merion Twp)
Mean household income: $270,998
14: Wilderness Acres-Short Hills (Springdale)
Mean household income: $268,658
15: Ardmore East (Ardmore)
Mean household income: $266,771
16: Haverford East (Lower Merion Twp)
Mean household income: $266,314
17: Laurel Creek Country Club-East Moorestown (Moorestown Twp)
Mean household income: $265,086
18: Easttown South (Easttown Twp)
Mean household income: $259,467
19: Rosemont (Lower Merion Twp)
Mean household income: $256,825
20: Lower Makefield Township Northwest (Lower Makefield Twp)
Mean household income: $251,846
21: Woodside Northwest (Lower Makefield Twp)
Mean household income: $250,465
22: Waynesborough Country Club (Tredyffrin Twp)
Mean household income: $248,834
23: Haverford West-Merion Golf Course (Haverford Twp)
Mean household income: $246,475
24: Thompson Mill-Dutchess Farm Estates (Upper Makefield Twp)
Mean household income: $245,588
25: Newtown Square-Aronimink Golf Course (Newtown Square)
Mean household income: $245,372
26: Greenville (Greenville, DE)
Mean household income: $242,605
27: Meadowbrook (Abington Twp)
Mean household income: $242,217
Urban neighborhoods were highlighted in a separate report due to the mixture of housing types (condos, rentals, townhomes) and their tendency to have lower mean household incomes. In Philadelphia, the three neighborhoods that made Higley's list are:
Rittenhouse Square: Mean income of $115,773
Society Hill: Mean income of $107,504
Chestnut Hill: Mean income of $101,471
View Higley's full report here >
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