Dallas Has Two of Nation’s Wealthiest ZIPs

Highland Park is the most affluent suburb of Dallas (credit: Ansem27).

DALLAS—As a follow-up to PropertyShark’s annual ranking of the nation’s priciest ZIP codes for housing, the firm was curious to see whether the most expensive markets overlap with the areas where the wealthiest homeowners live. Its latest study shows that while California dominates the list of the most expensive ZIP codes for housing, the East Coast boasts the largest number of ZIP codes with top-earning homeowners.

It turns out that 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’s 100 most expensive ZIP codes are on the West Coast, while most of the wealthiest 100 US ZIP codes (based on median household income) are on the opposite coast. Here are some of the key findings: