While Florida is home to the richest zip code in America, and New York City and San Francisco are notoriously expensive, every state has its own wealthy enclaves.
Personal finance site GoBankingRates crunched the numbers to determine the most expensive zip codes in every state as well as Washington, D.C, looking at median home values for April 2018 on Zillow. It also determined cost-of-living comparisons (for a single person) based on a number of factors, including cost of housing, groceries, utilities, transportation and healthcare expenditures.
By calculating the annual cost of necessities and the annual income needed to live comfortably in that location using the popular 50-30-20 budgeting method, GoBankingRates determined how much you would need to earn to live comfortably in the most expensive zip codes in every state.
The two most expensive areas are Sagaponack, New York, where you’d need income of $853,738 a year, and Beverly Hills, California, where you’d need $692,388 a year. In all but 10 states you’d need to make six figures to live comfortably in the most expensive zip code.
The most affordable zip code on the list is Brookhaven, West Virginia, which would require a yearly income of $79,786.
Here’s how much you would need to make to live comfortably in the most expensive zip code in every state (in alphabetical order), according to GoBankingRates:
Zip code: 35223
City: Mountain Brook
Total income needed: $107,594
Zip code: 99516
City: Anchorage
Total income needed: $112,262
Zip code: 85253
City: Paradise Valley
Total income needed: $270,636
Zip code: 72223
City: Little Rock
Total income needed: $86,548
Zip code: 90210
City: Beverly Hills
Total income needed: $692,388
Zip code: 81654
City: Aspen
Total income needed: $380,590
Zip code: 06831
City: Greenwich
Total income needed: $343,126
Zip code: 19930
City: Bethany Beach
Total income needed: $116,796
Zip code: 20015
City: Washington D.C.
Total income needed: $178,000
Zip code: 33109
City: Fisher Island
Total income needed: $452,630
Zip code: 31561
City: Sea Island
Total income needed: $354,366
Zip code: 96821
City: Honolulu
Total income needed: $288,004
Zip code: 83313
City: Bellevue
Total income needed: $114,694
Zip code: 60043
City: Kenilworth
Total income needed: $218,652
Zip code: 46032
City: Carmel
Total income needed: $96,858
Zip code: 52411
City: Cedar Rapids
Total income needed: $90,388
Zip code: 66224
City: Leawood
Total income needed: $97,942
Zip code: 40059
City: Prospect
Total income needed: $97,942
Zip code: 70130
City: New Orleans
Total income needed: $100,968
Zip code: 04105
City: Falmouth
Total income needed: $116,456
Zip code: 20815
City: Chevy Chase
Total income needed: $199,642
Zip code: 02554
City: Nantucket
Total income needed: $331,558
Zip code: 48009
City: Birmingham
Total income needed: $124,296
Zip code: 55391
City: Wayzata
Total income needed: $158,530
Zip code: 39110
City: Madison
Total income needed: $84,322
Zip code: 63124
City: Ladue
Total income needed: $168,772
Zip code: 59715
City: Bozeman
Total income needed: $118,222
Zip code: 68526
City: Lincoln
Total income needed: $94,350
Zip code: 89451
City: Incline Village
Total income needed: $185,110
Zip code: 03870
City: Rye
Total income needed: $152,694
Zip code: 07620
City: Alpine
Total income needed: $499,244
Zip code: 87506
City: Santa Fe
Total income needed: $147,722
Zip code: 11962
City: Sagaponack
Total income needed: $853,738
Zip code: 28480
City: Wrightsville Beach
Total income needed: $134,430
Zip code: 58503
City: Bismark
Total income needed: $84,332
Zip code: 45243
City: Madeira
Total income needed: $120,580
Zip code: 73007
City: Edmond
Total income needed: $120,948
Zip code: 97034
City: Lake Oswego
Total income needed: $164,944
Zip code: 19035
City: Lower Merion
Total income needed: $178,682
Zip code: 02807
City: New Shoreham
Total income needed: $174,444
Zip code: 29482
City: Sullivan’s Island
Total income needed: $296,354
Zip code: 57702
City: Rapid City
Total income needed: $83,064
Zip code: 37014
City: Arrington
Total income needed: $128,306
Zip code: 75025
City: University Park
Total income needed: $216,244
Zip code: 84060
City: Park City
Total income needed: $261,382
Zip code: 05251
City: Dorset
Total income needed: $115,748
Zip code: 22101
City: McLean
Total income needed: $225,160
Zip code: 98040
City: Mercer Island
Total income needed: $253,880
Zip code: 26508
City: Brookhaven
Total income needed: $79,786
Zip code: 53029
City: Merton
Total income needed: $106,064
Zip code: 82009
City: Cheyenne
Total income needed: $84,958
You can find GoBankingRates’ full report here.
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