The 100 most expensive ZIP codes for housing in the U.S.
The town of Atherton, California, is nestled in Silicon Valley and is home to, as The Guardian recently put it, "enough Titans of the Tech industry to field a polo team." It also sports the most expensive homes in the U.S., with a median sales price of $7.1 million, according to data from real estate website Property Shark. That's up from last year's $6.7 million home price when the tony suburb also topped the list.
Coming in at No. 2 is Sagaponack, New York, in the Hamptons on Long Island, a summertime playground for the rich in New York City. The median home sale price for this year is a relative bargain at $4.3 million, according to the Property Shark figures.
Boston's Back Bay is the only neighborhood to make the 10 most expensive ZIP codes that isn't in California or New York, coming in sixth with a $3.7 million median home price for the 02199 area.
Some 91 California ZIP codes made the top 100 list, with San Francisco's Bay Area accounting for 51 of the pricey housing markets, according to Property Shark's data. Because of ties between some ZIP codes, 125 areas made the top 100 list, the researchers said in a blog post.
Towns and neighborhoods in just nine states other than New York and California made the list, including Arizona, Florida, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey and Washington. New Hampshire's Rye Beach, on the New England state's tiny strip of Atlantic Ocean coastline, also made the list for the first time, with a median home sale price of $1.9 million. Another first-timer was the Red Hook/Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, New York, with a median home price of $1.45 million.
Researchers calculated median home prices by crunching data for sales between January 1 and November 5 for condominiums, co-ops, and single- and two-family homes in ZIP codes with at least three residential sales.
Following are the top 100 priciest neighborhoods, listed with their rank, location, ZIP code and median home sale price for the period studied (prices listed below were rounded to the nearest $10,000):
1. Atherton, California (94027) $7.05 million
2. Sagaponack, New York (11962) $4.3 million
3. Santa Monica, California (90402) $4.15 million
4. Beverly Hills, California (90210) $4.08 million
5. New York (10007) $3.9 million
6. Boston (02199) $3.67 million
7. Palo Alto, California (94301) $3.52 million
8. New York (10013) $3.52 million
9. Los Altos, California (94022) $3.45 million
10. Ross, California (94957) $3.35 million
11. Portola Valley, California (94028) $3.3 million
12. Medina, Washington (98039) $3.2 million
13. Los Altos, California (94024) $3.15 million
14. Newport Beach, California (92661) $3.14 million
15. Newport Beach, California (92662) $2.9 million
16. Stinson Beach, California (94970) $2.8 million
16. Corona Del Mar, California (92625) $2.8 million
17. Palo Alto, California (94306) $2.75 million
18. New York (10282) $2.66 million
19. Los Gatos, California (95030) $2.63 million
19. Burlingame, California (94010) $2.63 million
20. Santa Barbara, California (93108) $2.62 million
21. Stanford, California (94305) $2.6 million
22. Newport Coast, California (92657) $2.59 million
23. Bridgehampton, New York (11932) $2.55 million
24. New York (10001) $2.53 million
25. Saratoga, California (95070) $2.52 million
26. New York (10018) $2.52 million
27. Pacific Palisades, California (90272) $2.5 million
28. Belvedere Tiburon, California (94920) $2.45 million
29. Rancho Santa Fe, California (92067) $2.41 million
30. Miami Beach, Florida (33109) $2.4 million
31. Menlo Park, California (94025) $2.3 million
32. Manhattan Beach, California (90266) $2.2 million
33. Diablo, California (94528) $2.19 million
34. San Marino, California (91108) $2.13 million
35. Water Mill, New York (11976) $2.13 million
36. Mill Neck, NY (11765) - $2.09 million
37. Los Angeles, California (90049) $2.09 million
38. San Francisco, California (94123) $2.01 million
38. Redwood City, California (94062) $2.01 million
39. Beverly Hills, California (90212) $2 million
39. Mountain View, California (94040) $2 million
39. Malibu, California (90265) $2 million
40. San Francisco (94118) $1.99 million
41. Cupertino, California (95014) $1.98 million
42. Beverly Hills, California (90211) $1.97 million
43. Amagansett, New York (11930) $1.94 million
44. Carmel by the Sea, California (93921) $1.93 million
45. San Mateo, California (94402) $1.92 million
45. New York (10069) $1.92 million
46. Laguna Beach, California (92651) $1.9 million
46. Rye Beach, New Hampshire (03871) $1.9 million
47. Sunnyvale, California (94087) $1.87 million
48. Venice, California (90291) $1.85 million
49. Larkspur, California (94939) $1.85 million
49. San Francisco (94114) $1.85 million
50. Greenbrae, California (94904) $1.83 million
51. Mountain View, California (94041) $1.81 million
52. Los Gatos, California (95032) $1.8 million
53. Alpine, New Jersey (07620) $1.79 million
54. Alamo, California (94507) $1.78 million
55. Glenbrook, Nevada (89413) $1.76 million
56. Los Angeles (90077) $1.76 million
57. Newport Beach, California (92660) $1.76 million
58. San Francisco (94115) $1.75 million
58. Duarte, California (91008) $1.75 million
59. Bolinas, California (94924) $1.75 million
60. San Carlos, California (94070) $1.73 million
61. San Francisco (94127) $1.73 million
62. La Canada Flintridge, California (91011) $1.71 million
63. Belmont, California (94002) $1.7 million
64. Crystal Bay, Nevada (89402) $1.69 million
65. San Francisco (94117) $1.68 million
65. Rye, New York (10580) $1.68 million
66. Los Angeles (90048) $1.68 million
66. Hermosa Beach, California (90254) $1.68 million
67. Los Angeles (90036) $1.67 million
68. San Jose, California (95129) $1.65 million
69. New York (10012) $1.64 million
70. Riverside, Connecticut (06878) $1.63 million
71. Old Greenwich, Connecticut (06870) $1.63 million
72. Newport Beach, California (92663) $1.63 million
73. San Francisco (94131) $1.6 million
73. Palos Verdes Peninsula, California (90274) $1.6 million
74. Berkeley, California (94705) $1.6 million
74. Encino, California (91436) $1.6 million
75. Millbrae, California (94030) $1.58 million
76. Coronado, California (92118) $1.57 million
77. Santa Monica, California (90405) $1.55 million
78. New York (10010) $1.55 million
79. Redwood City, California (94061) $1.54 million
80. Del Mar, California (92014) $1.54 million
80. Mercer Island, Washington (98040) $1.54 million
81. Old Westbury, New York (11568) $1.53 million
82. San Francisco (94121) $1.52 million
83. San Jose, California (95120) $1.52 million
84. Pebble Beach, California (93953) $1.51 million
85. San Francisco (94110) $1.5 million
85. Deal, New Jersey (07723) $1.5 million
85. Lafayette, California (94549) $1.5 million
85. Fremont, California (94539) $1.5 million
86. San Francisco (94158) $1.5 million
87. Berkeley, California (94707) $1.49 million
88. Sunset Beach, California (90742) $1.48 million
89. Culver City, California (90232) $1.48 million
90. Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (02481) $1.47 million
91. Mountain View, California (94043) $1.47 million
92. Manhasset, New York (11030) $1.47 million
93. Paradise Valley, Arizona (85253) $1.46 million
94. Sunnyvale, California (94086) $1.45 million
95. New York (10024) $1.45 million
95. San Francisco (94122) $1.45 million
95. San Francisco (94133) $1.45 million
95. New York (11231) $1.45 million
95. Orinda, California (94563) $1.45 million
95. La Jolla, California (92037) $1.45 million
95. San Mateo, California (94403) $1.45 million
95. Los Angeles (90064) $1.45 million
95. Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) $1.45 million
96. Mill Valley, California (94941) $1.44 million
97. San Francisco (94116) $1.44 million
98. Weston, Massachusetts (02493) $1.43 million
99. San Jose, California (95130) $1.42 million
100. Gibson Island, Maryland (21056) $1.4 million