Real Estate

This Is Massachusetts's Richest ZIP Code

One Massachusetts ZIP code is so rich, it was listed ninth most affluent in all of America.

A Massachusetts town is among the very richest communities in the country.

Bloomberg recently evaluated IRS data to come up with the nation's priciest communities. The most expensive in Massachusetts? That would be 02493, which is Weston.

In fact, Weston is so expensive, Bloomberg ranked it as the ninth most-affluent ZIP code in the entire country.

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Weston, where the average income is $191,744, is situated in the suburban Boston area known as MetroWest.

Currently, the highest-priced home for sale there is listed at $18.5 million. The cheapest home on the market now in Weston is this home, priced at $659K.

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So what's the richest ZIP code in America? That would be Fisher Island, near Miami Beach, Florida. The average income there was $2.5 million in 2015.

Here are the top 10 ZIP codes in America, as well as their average household income, according to Bloomberg:

  1. 33109: Miami Beach (Fisher Island), FL ($2.5M)
  2. 94027: Atherton, CA ($1.5M)
  3. 33480: Palm Beach, FL ($1.3M)
  4. 94301: Palo Alto, CA ($1.2M)
  5. 10577: Harrison, NY ($976K)
  6. 19035: Gladwyne, PA ($957K)
  7. 90067: Los Angeles, CA ($905K)
  8. 60043: Kenilworth, IL ($861K)
  9. 02493: Weston, MA ($860K)
  10. 94111: San Francisco, CA ($776K)

Click here to see the full list from Bloomberg.

Kara Seymour, Patch National Staff, contributed to this report

Image: Weston's most expensive real estate listing, 2 Laxfield Road, via Realtor.com.

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