For the third year in a row, Atherton, California is the most expensive zip code to own a home in the United States.
Homes in the exclusive Bay Area sold for an average price of $9 million in 2022, up 0.56% from 2021. According to analysis by online broker RealtyHop. The first-place ranking goes back three years to when the annual ranking was first held.
Atherton, home to tech executives and venture capitalists, near Stanford University Resist the development of multi-family housingMakes the houses bigger and more exclusive.
In second place is Sajapunak, New York, home to a few hundred residents in the Hamptons, followed by Los Angeles’ upscale Bel Air neighborhood. Third place is the most popular zip code in the US: 90210 – the name of the 90s teen melodrama “Beverly Hills, 90210”.
Here are the nation’s 10 most expensive zip codes, ranked by median home sales prices:
Average selling price of a home in 2022: 9 million dollars
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $6,972,500
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $6,699,500
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $6,200,000
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $6,100,000
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $5,500,000
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $4,995,000
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $4,699,500
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $4,674,750
Average selling price of a home in 2022: $4,395,000
New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are some of the richest cities in the world, so it’s no surprise that ZIP codes in or near these cities dominate the rankings.
The median home price for the 100 most expensive ZIP codes was $2,749,500 in 2022, up 11.03% from last year, the study said.
To compile the rankings, RealtyHop looked at prices for all types of homes in every zip code in the country from January 1, 2022 to October 19, 2022. Listings with invalid zip codes, including individual building zip codes, were excluded.
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