Just looked at the latest data on richest neighborhoods in the US and some interesting patterns jumped out. Scarsdale, New York is holding strong as #1 for the second year running with average household income around $601k, but what caught my attention is how much California is dominating the list. They've got 17 of the top 50 wealthiest suburbs now.

The surprising part? Texas is making moves too. West University Place near Houston is sitting at #3, and Southlake jumped from 13th last year to 7th this year. That's a huge jump. Meanwhile, some of the richest neighborhoods in the US like Los Altos and Alamo in California are seeing home values in the $2-4 million range, which honestly feels wild compared to other regions.

I noticed a few new entries that didn't make the cut before - Alamo, California and a couple Florida suburbs like Lake Butler are now in the top 50. Home values are all over the place though. Palm Beach is sitting at like $10 million average home value while some Texas suburbs are half that despite similar household incomes.

The most interesting thing about the richest neighborhood trends in the US right now is how concentrated wealth has become in specific metro areas. New York suburbs, Bay Area towns, and parts of Texas are just pulling away from everywhere else. Income growth was pretty modest for most of these places year-over-year, but home values kept climbing - up 3-7% for most of them.

If you're curious about where the actual richest neighborhoods in the us are clustered, it's basically the Bay Area, greater New York, and Houston suburbs. Those three regions alone probably account for like half the list.