In no particular order, here are the richest zip codes in the US according to Bloomberg!
10 - Atherton, California 94027
The roughly seven thousand residents of this zip code in California has an average income
of $1.72 million dollars according to Bloomberg’s 2020 calculations!
Atherton is a town that was incorporated back in 1923. But most of the wealth from its residents is
pretty recent because it was made in Silicon Valley!
Living in Atherton definitely isn’t cheap. It’s had the Bay Area’s highest home prices for
years. The median home price here is around 8.1 million dollars. It definitely makes sense that
the people who can afford to buy a home here are celebrities and tech moguls and with deep pockets!
Atherton is located less than 20 minutes away from most of
the major tech companies in Silicon Valley such as Facebook and Google.
And its high-end mansions are some of the most private and luxurious in California.
One famous resident is the guy who created Whatsapp. Jan Koum became an
overnight BILLIONAIRE when Facebook bought the messaging app back in 2014. Over the
past several years, he’s spent nearly EIGHTY million dollars to build a compound in Atherton!
Another famous resident you PROBABLY have heard of is Steff Curry. He owns a three
story mansion with a guesthouse in Atherton, which he bought for $31 million dollars in June of 2020!
9 - Palm Beach, Florida 33480
This is the zipcode with the third-richest residents of the US! Residents here have
an average income of roughly $1.46 million dollars according to Bloomberg.
So who are some famous people that have property or live here? Bill Gates is a
member of this zip code, because when you have as much money as he does,
why not? However, the most famous resident is easily President Trump.
He famously owns Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. He actually filed papers to make it his
official permanent home in 2019. Did hefty taxes in Manhattan have anything to do with this?
Apparently, neighbors of President Trump in Mar a lago aren’t exactly thrilled to have him back.
Even before he became president, Trump supposedly created ill will in the town
by refusing to comply with the local requirements. For example,
he didn’t follow the height limits for a massive flagpole he had installed. But now,
they have more concerns simply because of the potential disruptions from all the EXTRA attention
ever since he became president. They’re worried about heavy traffic and blocked streets.
There was even a demand letter sent to the town of Palm Beach and the Secret Service to
try to keep Trump from becoming a permanent resident at his own private club! But, Palm
Beach hasn’t made any public attempts to prevent President Trump from living at Mar-a-Lago…..yet.
8 - Palo Alto, California 94301
This is the city known as the “Birthplace of Silicon Valley”, and the residents here
have an average income of roughly $1.26 million dollars! It’s the headquarters of a number of
high-technology companies such as HP, Tesla, and Skype. And we can’t forget about Google,
Facebook and Apple! This is a place where exclusivity is all a part of the culture.
For example, Stanford University accepts fewer than 5 percent of its applicants.
And hiring rates for the tech giants are estimated to be under 0.2 percent!
The City of Palo Alto was named after a 1000 year old coastal redwood tree along
San Francisquito Creek, where early Spanish explorers settled. We don’t need to say that
it’s expensive to live here. The residents that make less than half a million dollars
supposedly feel like they’re living paycheck to paycheck! Los Angeles is actually around 37%
cheaper in comparison with Palo Alto housing costs, and LA is definitely expensive enough!
The list of famous and rich people that are from or live in Palo Alto is long. For example,
actors and brothers James and Dave Franco were born and raised in Palo Alto. Actress Teri Hatcher
from Desperate Housewives was also born here. Then there’s all the tech entrepreneurs who’ve lived
here, such as Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and of course, Steve Jobs!
7 - Medina, Washington 98039
This is the zip code that’s home to Jeff Bezos AND Bill Gates. It makes sense that two of the
richest guys on earth would be pulling up the average income here! This is where Gates actually
lives, because he built a mega compound, which we’ll get to in just a minute.
Medina has a population of an estimated 3,000 people and an average income of
around eight hundred and seventy thousand dollars. For Jeff Bezos,
his home base is a nearly 29,000-square-foot estate
that spans about 5.3 acres. He paid around $10 million for the property back in 1998.
As for Bill, he owns a mansion that he calls Xanadu 2.0,
which overlooks Lake Washington. It took him SEVEN years and $63 million dollars to build!
It’s named after the fictional home of Charles Foster Kane, the main character of "Citizen Kane."
Medina itself is on a peninsula in Lake Washington on the opposite shore from
Seattle. Pretty much all the residents in the area get to enjoy the view of Seattle. In fact,
almost all of the houses on the water in Medina have a dock and a small private beach!
6 - Los Angeles, California 90067
It really should be no surprise that LA is on the list of zip codes with the richest residents,
since it’s home to a lot of Hollywood stars and celebrities. This area has an average income
of right around a million dollars, according to Bloomberg’s calculations. However, Los Angeles is
also known for its wide swings in income disparity depending on where you go in the neighborhood.
Zip code 90067 is known as Century City, and it’s basically a 176-acre giant
business district. It’s the home of where all the important deals in LA get
done. It’s home to top talent agencies such as CAA to A-list law firms such as Ziffren Brittenham.
The land that Century City sits on used to belong to cowboy actor Tom Mix,
who used it as a ranch. It later became the backlot of 20th Century Fox, which still
has its headquarters just to the southwest of the area. So it makes sense why it’s
called Century City. Modernist architects I.M. Pei, Charles Luckman, and Minoru
Yamasaki famously each designed towers that form the distinctive skyline of LA!
5 - Harrison, New York 10577
Westchester County of New York is known for being home to some of the
wealthiest communities in the US. Harrison is approximately 22 miles northeast of Manhattan,
and it has roughly a population of 29 thousand people. Residents here have
an average income of around nine hundred eighty seven thousand dollars, according to Bloomberg!
Harrison was established way back around 1696 when John Harrison first bought the
land along with 4 of his partners. This is according to Harrison’s first town
historian! This transaction was known as "Harrison's Purchase”. Eventually,
they sold the land to Quakers. They were the town’s first settlers who appeared around 1724.
In Harrison, there’s a significant presence of Italian restaurants. This is a result of the
town's significant Italian immigrant population that arrived when the railroad was built in 1848.
Today it’s now known as an area with plenty of the rich and famous. Former Yankee Mariano
Rivera calls Harrison home. Another famous former yankee that lives there is Joe Torre.
4 - Kenilworth, Illinois 60043
This is a small town that’s 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. In 2020, the average income
of the roughly twenty five hundred residents estimated by Bloomberg in Kenilworth is $882,600!
Kenilworth was founded in 1889 when Joseph Sears bought 223.6 acres of
land for around a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Nope this, isn’t the same Sears of
the famous Sears Roebuck and Company. Joseph just happened to have the same last name!
Joseph Sears was an executive at N.K. Fairbank and Company,
a trading company that dealt in lard, oil, soaps and candles.
Sears had a dream to own large country estates that he could leave to his family
and later generations. And that was the reason he founded Kenilworth officially back in 1889.
Its reputation for its history for being a planned community is a pretty big deal
in Kenilworth. However, not all residents will agree with holding Joseph Sears in high regard.
There have been petitions in late 2020 to have the Joseph Sears School renamed!
Some of the notable residents include Debra Cafaro, whose a minority owner
of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and multi-BILLIONaire Jude Reyes.
3 - Weston, Massachusetts 02493
Massachusetts is home to 9 of the 100 richest zip codes in the US,
and Weston residents are the richest! They have
an average gross income of around eight hundred and fifty four thousand dollars!
With around 11,000 residents,
Weston is located just about 15 miles west of downtown Boston. It was incorporated back in 1713
so there’s plenty of history to the town, which is kind of its thing. The town has 26 Historic Areas,
and seven houses individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In fact, more than 2,000 acres, or roughly 20% of the town's total land has been preserved for
parks, fields, and forests. There’s around 90 miles of trails dedicated for hiking,
horseback riding, and cross-country skiing.
Who are some of the celebrities that live here? Weston used to be home to Former
celtic Kyrie Irving, but of course, he’s moved out ever since he went to the Brooklyn Nets.
ESPN Analyst and former Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck
bought a 5.6 million dollar mansion in Weston in 2016. Then there’s Boston
legend David Ortiz, who used to live in Weston during his legendary playing days!
2 - Fisher Island, Florida 33109 This is a private, 216-acre tropical
paradise that’s located just off the southern tip of Miami Beach. Fisher Island is THE zip code with
THE richest Americans! With only a population of 594, Fisher Island has an average income
of a whopping $2.2 million dollars, according to Bloomberg’s calculations!
With that type of money, residents of this island get to enjoy the exceptional
luxury of the sparkling blue waters along with the gorgeous views of Biscayne Bay.
Fisher Island is actually a man-made island that was created by the government in 1906.
They dug up a canal between South Beach and what’s now the island in order to ease traffic
in the area. Members of the Fisher Island Club get to experience the private beaches with sand
that’s imported straight from the Bahamas. There are also world class restaurants,
two marinas, a golf course, and 18 tennis courts on this one tiny island. Of course,
the preferred mode of transportation on the island is by golf cart.
Many CEOs, celebrities and athletes around the world have been residents of Fisher Island such as
Andre Agassi, Julia Roberts, and Oprah Winfrey. In fact, Oprah’s former four-bedroom condo in
Fisher Island features wraparound terraces with a 360-degree view of the water and city skylines.
On the last day of November 2020, that condo sold for $20 million dollars!
1 - Gladwyne, Pennsylvania 19035
This is easily the most town with the richest residents in Pennsylvania.
Gladwyne is a suburban community along the historic Philadelphia Main Line,
and it ranks 10th in the nation when it comes to average income in the entire country.
The roughly four thousand residents here have an average income
of around eight hundred and forty five thousand dollars!
Director M. Night Shyamalan used to call Gladwyne his home before leaving. This is the reason why
some of his films were filmed in Philadelphia such as The Sixth Sense and The Happening!
Other notable people that have lived in the town are
sixers legend Allen Iverson, and former Phillies star Chase Utley.
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