{"id":30498,"date":"2018-03-14T15:27:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/?p=30498"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:24:57","slug":"top-earning-homeowners-live-hint-not-priciest-zip-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/where-do-top-earning-homeowners-live-hint-not-in-the-priciest-zip-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do Top-Earning Homeowners Live? Hint: Not in the Priciest Zip Codes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in December, we released our annual ranking of the most expensive zip codes in the US<\/a>, and the median prices of those in the top 100 were probably quite shocking to the average person who has to live on an average income. As a follow-up to that story, we compiled a list of the wealthiest zip codes in the US based on median household income.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, being able to afford the cost of an expensive home does not necessarily mean living in an area where the priciest homes are located. On the contrary, most of the nation\u2019s 100 most expensive zip codes are on the West Coast, while most of the wealthiest 100 zip codes in the U.S. based on median household income are on the opposite Coast. Read on to find out more insights from our side-by-side analysis.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The East Coast dominates the list of high-earning zip codes<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Of the nation\u2019s top 100 earning zip codes, 70 are located on the East Coast.\u00a0We\u2019ve created a map that tracks zip codes by median income for owner households. Zooming in on the East Coast, there are two areas where most zip codes are clustered: the Northeast with 48 zip codes and the suburbs around the DC area with 28 spots in the top 100.<\/p>\n