50 Best Places for the Young and Wealthy To Live

Achieving above-average wealth while still young — in the age bracket of 25 to 44 — is a notable accomplishment, especially in these economically uncertain times. Amassing that wealth, though, is only half the battle. Knowing where in America to live with that income is also very important. To that end, GOBankingRates has located 50 of the best places for the young and wealthy to live.

GOBankingRates analyzed a host of American cities with a high percentage of homeowners aged 25 to 44 with household incomes greater than $150,000 per year. From that list of cities, GOBankingRates then found the locations with very low violent crime and property crime levels, and overall high livability rates. These cities have become havens for the young and wealthy thanks to their safety, their livability and their attractiveness to moneyed young professionals.

• Massachusetts leads the charge: While such bastions of wealth as California and Washington have several great cities in the top 50 (six for Washington, five for California), Massachusetts outdoes them both with an impressive nine of the best places for the young and wealthy to live.
• Mountain View, California, hosts the most wealth: California’s city of Mountain View may not be ranked as the best place on this list, but it is home to the most wealth for the young. Approximately 34% of the homeowners there are between the ages of 25 and 44, with an income of $150,000 or more.
• Western Springs, Illinois, keeps it safe: Not only is Western Springs ranked #1 overall, but it’s also the safest — it has the fewest incidents of violent and property crime of any city in the 50 best places for the young and wealthy to live.

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• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 22%
• Livability: 89
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 2.7
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.1

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 15%
• Livability: 92
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 3.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 19.1%
• Livability: 93
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 9.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.1

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 18.6%
• Livability: 91
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 3.8
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.2

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 28.7%
• Livability: 87
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 5.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 18.1%
• Livability: 94
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 12.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.7

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 29.2%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 10.7
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 22.8%
• Livability: 87
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 5.6
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.2

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 18.8%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.3
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.0

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 23.2%
• Livability: 87
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 3.5
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.2

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 19.6%
• Livability: 89
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 7.0
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 18.1%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 5.8
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 18.1%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 8.0
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 24.9%
• Livability: 87
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 15.7
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.1

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 33.3%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 27.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 16.2%
• Livability: 91
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 3.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.4%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 6.6
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 16.8%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.8
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.4

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 26.0%
• Livability: 86
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 15.3
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.4

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.6%
• Livability: 92
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 24.1
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.2

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 33.5%
• Livability: 85
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 19.2
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 19.9%
• Livability: 86
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 5.3
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.4

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 19.2%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.3
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.6

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 20.8%
• Livability: 87
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 11.1
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.9

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.3%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 5.3
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.8

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.1%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 6.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.6

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.0%
• Livability: 85
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.9
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 11.7%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 8.0
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.6

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 15.0%
• Livability: 89
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 5.0
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.6

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 13.0%
• Livability: 92
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 17.0
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.2

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.3%
• Livability: 89
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 5.3
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.0

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 16.9%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 7.8
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.9

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 15.4%
• Livability: 87
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 10.0
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.0

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 19.6%
• Livability: 85
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.1
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.1

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 10.7%
• Livability: 93
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 10.8
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 13.0%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.5
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 13.4%
• Livability: 92
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 15.2
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 14.4%
• Livability: 92
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 10.2
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.7

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.8%
• Livability: 88
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.1
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.8

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 23.4%
• Livability: 85
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 10.8
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.6

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 14.5%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 13.2
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.7

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 20.8%
• Livability: 86
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 10.1
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.7

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 11.3%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 6.8
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.3

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 9.8%
• Livability: 91
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 4.9
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 12.7%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 6.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.9

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 13.4%
• Livability: 90
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 10.4
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 0.8

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 17.9%
• Livability: 87
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 6.1
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.5

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 15.5%
• Livability: 86
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 8.5
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.0

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 34.0%
• Livability: 85
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 27.7
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 3.1

• % of all homeowners who are age 25-44 and making $150K: 22.5%
• Livability: 86
• Property crime rate (per 1,000): 14.7
• Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 1.1

Editor’s note: Photos are for representational purposes only and might not reflect the exact locations listed.

Methodology: GOBankingRates used data from the U.S. Census 2023 5-year American Community Survey to find the total population, population ages 25 to 44 and income information. The percentage of householders age 25-44 when compared to all households was calculated, and the percentage of householders age 25-44 with household income of $150,000. Property crime and violent crime data was sourced from the FBI’s 2024 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement and used to calculated the crime rates per 1,000 residents. The livability index was sourced from AreaVibes for each city. The percentage of householders age 25-44 when compared to all householders was scored and weighted at 2.00, the percentage of householders age 25-44 with household income of $150,000 was scored and weighted at 2.00, the livability was scored and weighted at 2.00, the property crime rate was scored and weighted at 1.50 and the violent crime rate was scored and weighted at 1.50. All the scores were summed and ranked. All data is up to date as of Dec. 8, 2025.