Rich Block, Poor Block: How Do Neighborhoods In Piedmont Compare?

If you drive through the Piedmont area, you might not notice that some neighborhoods are relatively more affluent than others. But just how wide is the disparity between different parts of town?

A new data-based website, Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks provides some answers to that question. The site uses U.S. census information compiled from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey to show median household income and monthly rents by census tract.

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The data shows that the median household income in Piedmont and its surrounding communities ranges from 150,000 to close to more than $200,000.

The Crocker Park census tract has an annual median income of $215,000.

Down the hill, the Trestle Glen neighborhood is listed at $166,000 a year.

The neighborhoods near the Claremont Country Club have a median income of $152,000 while the homes down lower on Oakland Avenue clock in at $178,000.

Across Highway 13, the Piedmont Pines tract sits at $147,000 while Montclair's median income is $125,000.

The range for median household income in California is $53,000 to $68,000 a year.

To see the data mapped out census tract by census tract, visit the Rich Block, Poor Blocks website.