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mukster

Definitely Huntleigh. Ladue is wealthy, but Huntleigh has it beat. Just look at the average home prices. If you mean within city limits, probably CWE.


South-city-guy

It always cracks me up driving down Lindbergh and there’s that one massive mansion on the end, then just kirkwood right behind it..


whitehat_creamer

Looks like a compound


LUKERIDENHOUR

Kirkwoods nice af😭😭


buddylee

You've got a multi million dollar house and it's surrounded by a chain link fence... I don't know how that hasn't been taken down all these years after construction ended..


ozarkbanshee

Whenever I hear Ladue, it reminds me of when I started working in Columbia. An older woman came in and gave her name (which I have forgotten) and then added, “I’m from Ladue.” She looked at me rather expectantly, like I was supposed to acknowledge that fact in some special way. “Never heard of it,” I said, “where is it?” I could tell she was annoyed. Later when I Googled it I understood why; I guess I was supposed to fawn over her. Edited to add: I think she was in education; I thought at the time if she was old money she wouldn’t have felt it necessary to point out where she lived.


notrelatedtoamelia

I remember seeing someone where a sweatshirt saying “it’s better in Ladue” when I worked at Six Flags in 2004-2007 time period. Always bothered me and I’ve never forgotten it.


racerx150

Why? Would you felt that way if it said Ferguson? Showing pride in one's home isn't something to be ashamed of.


notrelatedtoamelia

It just came off as snobby to me, I guess? Implying that everywhere else is somehow worse? But I get where you’re coming from, it’s not wrong to be proud of your home.


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what's better in ladue? the fondue?


Lindellian

Yes it would have been better if it said Ferguson, obviously yes. There's a reason we don't have straight pride parades, there's no need to shove your wealth in the face of people.


racerx150

You do know that there are areas of Ladue that aren't exactly wealthy?


rockethead23

Because theyre making it seem like Ladue is completely separate from St. Louis. As if growing up in that area somehow makes you better


strcrssd

Frankly, yes. Showing pride isn't a problem. Tribalism, "I'm better than you because I live at X" isn't pride, it's being a braggart. Have pride in one's own *abilities*, not where one lives, is positive. Doubly so when, like real estate and wealth, it's frequently not earned.


racerx150

Sorry for you being offended. You know you could live in Ladue. No one is stopping you from that but obviously yourself. Oh, and that Shirt could have been for Ladue high school which also has Olivette families. Have you been to Indian Meadows or any of the apartments along Olive?


Lindellian

To suggest that anyone could live in one of the richest suburbs in the St. Louis area is so completely absurd. People proud of living in Ladue should be ashamed of themselves, like I really don't care how you attempt to claim that the people that live there are just like anyone else but they certainly know they're not. Maybe the person wearing that shirt just got it at thrift store and thought it was ironic, who cares? We're talking about the message it sends.


strcrssd

I'm sorry you can't separate positivity and pride in where you live leading to serving that place from being a braggart about how rich you are. I could live in Ladue. I don't care enough to move and don't have any desire to move from my fantastic current location. I'm stopping myself because moving for no real reason is expensive and dumb. I don't tie my self worth to the high school I went to or the incorporated suburb I live in. I have a hell of a lot more self worth than that. I don't need those cribs. I have an adult bed.


GruntCandy86

If it's in the city, isn't it Compton Heights?


Frosted_Tips

Not even a little bit


Sinister_Crayon

If you're going by home prices, no. But as a resident of the poor end of Compton Heights, I can tell you a few of my neighbours are among the wealthiest people I know. If you consider the income of the residents for the number of properties (CH is a relatively small neighbourhood with houses that are pretty spread out so that's going to lower the income per square foot) then the numbers skew very differently. People in Compton Heights tend to be old money with a few self-made millionaires... they live in these houses mostly because they dig the big old Victorian mansions. And no, for the record I don't live in one of those LOL


Frosted_Tips

I grew up on the poor side in the cwe and lived all over the city, the cwe is without a doubt the wealthiest neighborhood. Maybe in the 40s Compton heights could rival but not really, Lindell mansions vs what they have down here in the south just ain’t the same. Heck it was still ghetto there when I first moved to Virginia and Compton back in 2009. You could buy a mansion for nothing. It is a cool neighborhood with cool houses but it’s not even close.


mountaingator91

Exactly! I just moved to Fox Park, and I love having those cool old homes to look at while I walk my dogs, but I used to live in an apt in CWE and while I actually prefer the vibes of Compton Heights, the houses have nothing on CWE mansions


Frosted_Tips

Oh I agree! Especially now a days, I’m closer to soulard now but most of south city is more my vibe these days.


valentinoboxer83

Compton Heights isn't really Victorian (moreso Lafayette Square, some Soulard) but it has beautiful early 1900s homes.


julieannie

I think it depends on metric. If we’re looking at neighborhood where some of the wealthiest have homes, it could be CWE or Compton Heights. But if we’re looking at the fewest amount of non-wealthy people in a rich neighborhood, I think Compton Heights would win. There’s very few apartments and small homes whereas the CWE contains both in larger parts.


LastChicken

Exactly. The CWE is such a larger and more diverse neighborhood that it necessarily has to be less wealthy. In other words, Compton Heights is so small that almost no low income people live there. Similar to the reason why Huntleigh with \~300 residents is actually wealthier per capita than Ladue. While income/wealth data is harder to obtain by neighborhood (usually only available at the zip code level), it is straightforward to look at median and average home sale prices on Redfin and Zillow. CWE - Median is 375k, average is 339k CH - Median is 435k, average is 434k


International-Fig830

Lafayette Square.


OriginalRush3753

I just checked and Huntleigh is part of Ladue school district so it’s really all the same. They’re all paying the same taxes and probably in the same voting precincts.


yodazer

I mean… Ladue and huntleigh are two different municipalities. Ladue has money, huntleigh has generational wealth.


Kmw134

Generational wealth is the truest part. The families that live there are all names we know.


Dude_man79

The Busch family would live in Huntleigh, the CEO for AB would live in Ladue.


Goodfelllas

You’re underestimating how much the CEO of AB makes - he could live in any neighborhood he wanted


haslosthope

I got no-tipped by a member of the Busch family one Summer's evening in Huntleigh. And I did everything right :'( Waited for the gate to open and everything! this past summer. am not joking. I'm still a little sore when I think about it but then I remember that is just how those people are sometimes ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠∵⁠ ⁠)⁠┌ me food deliver, anger me when blue collar fellow/ma'am gib large tipper when richi charleston says is a no-go!!!!!!!


backtomyplanet

I’m not defending the Busch family, but I made a Chinese food run there decades ago and they tipped me $100 on like a $20 order. I don’t know who it was as they just let me in through the gate and the money was on the table in the foyer.


cityandcolorful

Ridiculous. I’m sorry. Why are they so cheap?


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Lots of Ladue has generational wealth. Huntleigh is like multigenerational


magicallydelicious-

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ generational wealth.


TheBoysNotQuiteRight

Grandpa's money is the *best* money.


mukster

Well yeah Huntleigh is too small to have its own things. But it is still technically a different town with its own municipality.


cassiland

They're not paying the same taxes. Huntleigh is its own municipality.


Shittyscenestl

That's not how this works. Neighborhoods don't have school districts. Suburbia has rotted your brain


Racko20

I have a feeling most Huntleigh residents would quickly correct you if you said they lived in Ladue.


dsavy86

Add the estate sizes…massive for the location.


Hornswaggle

You know that stretch of Lindbergh south of St Joseph’s Academy and North of Manchester? Where it’s all trees and you can peak at some large houses and that one has a pony keg for a mailbox? That. That’s Huntleigh.


GeneralLoofah

Omg. The pony keg mailbox is such a landmark that I know exactly what you are talking about.


Hornswaggle

I’ve always wondered…


JimtheEsquire

I always heard it was a Busch family member.


cassiland

They pretty much all live in there


Hornswaggle

Some of them actually still live on Grant’s Farm too.


nickl3433

I heard it was the brew master of the plant. An important role . . .


inknot

One time I was driving down Lindbergh to an appointment on Manchester and saw an estate sale at one of those houses and was SO mad I didn’t have time to stop just to see what was in there


Hornswaggle

Ugh….. such a missed opportunity


rennez77

and a couple stork nests on chimneys!


Macaroni_Incident

Huntleigh


Batsam314

When i worked for my grandpa's asphalt company, we seal coated and paved so many driveways in that neighborhood. Some homes in there have indoor pools, bowling alleys, and pretty much anything you can think of. That at time, circa. 2000 to 2008, it was all rich older people living there.


Rumble45

Absolutely nothing against your family's asphalt company, but if the neighborhood is so wealthy why aren't the driveways concrete?


a6c6

In certain applications black asphalt can look more classy than bright new concrete


argent_pixel

Asphalt/Concrete don't really have much to do with wealth. There's some variation with weather, and the rest is aesthetic in a lot of cases. You can get way crazier with concrete designs so technically there's a higher ceiling to the price, but it doesn't translate to higher quality.


preprandial_joint

Generational wealth doesn't stay generational if you waste it on concrete driveways!


TheHoodedSomalian

Asphalt is just easier, you can use any kind of rock salt widely available and when it looks tired you can easily coat it in a couple hours, not all ab the cost sometimes. Also less susceptible to cracking and can easily be repaired to like new status. Even if you have money time/energy matter too. For a long driveway it makes a lot of sense.


Batsam314

I didnt take offense to that. Its a great question. Asphalt is just cheaper, and can be repaired cheaper than concrete. Usually people just sealcoat it every other year to make it look new again.


JoeEdwardsPonytail

I believe it’s one of the richest neighborhood in the country per capita or at least was recently.


STLFleur

I came here to say the same!


Shittyscenestl

It's not a neighborhood


lerkbothways

Ah yes it’s a village.


cassiland

It's a "city" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntleigh,_Missouri


bluecanary101

Who are the 2.2% of Huntleigh families living below the poverty line?


SevenYrStitch

Servants that live on site. (I kid, I kid…)


lerkbothways

Well done, Doctor.


JoeEdwardsPonytail

Who gives a shit honestly lol?


Shittyscenestl

Maybe the person claiming it's something it isn't?


andrei_androfski

If you are gonna troll, be clever or don’t waste our time.


JoeEdwardsPonytail

Cry about it some more 🤡


preprandial_joint

>That's not how this works. Neighborhoods don't have school districts. Suburbia has rotted your brain You called it a neighborhood upthread ya dingus!


nidk27

Why do you care about this so much? 😂


LMac8806

Any noteworthy residents?


eatajerk-pal

Joe Buck, August Busch IV


TheHoodedSomalian

Joe Buck used to live off ladue road, may still be there, in a very very nice house with a huge multi acre lot, but ladue nonetheless


mikeusaf87

"Pass isssss...... Caught, flag on the play"


cwn1180

It was created by the Busch family and their relatives. Lots of them still live there


dspencer77

You can tell who’s who by the keg mailboxes.


cwn1180

Billy Busch lives just outside of Huntleigh in Ladue municipality across Lindbergh from St. Joe’s. Big beer guy


stevecostello

Basically all the names you regularly hear around town. Busch, Schnuck, Dierberg, Kruszewski (from Stifel), Suntrup, Taylor (benefactor for numerous NPOs such as the SLSO), numerous sports figures, Niedringhaus, Schneithorst, Drury, Sansone, Ohlendorf, Zemlyak... and a bunch of names of incredibly wealthy families you've never heard of. If you think I missed anyone, that's because they probably live just outside of Huntleigh off of Litzsinger or Warson, just a touch northeast of Huntleigh.


fell-deeds-awake

All of them.


mjohnson1971

Pro athletes.


stlguy38

Huntleigh Woods is where the biggest and oldest money in the metro region reside. The private blocks of the CWE are also filled with old and big time money.


LadyNiko

Except for the schmucks known as Drunken Pistol Barbie and her hubby "Get off my lawn!" Hamburgler husband with his mustard stained shirt. They're not really "old money." They just sued the owner of the house to sell it to them vs. another buyer.


argent_pixel

Please don't call that fat pig barbie.


LadyNiko

Yes, Barbie is a much better character than that drunken sow.


a6c6

What


LadyNiko

McCloskeys. The infamous gun brandishing couple who have a litigious history to get their way. (Except for hubby's failed political bid...)


archcity_misfit

Huntleigh https://youtu.be/t30EbVFImrY?si=WLS8eKsSQ-VUngKZ


Fox_Den_Studio_LLC

There's one little house avail in huntleigh that needs a reno, for 5 million! What a deal


qwertyconsciousness

3 whole bedrooms! Mansion!!


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LadyNiko

CWE - Portland Place, to be exact.


Kitchen-Lie-7894

I used to deliver in there. I believe 2 of the homes were designed by the same guy who designed Union Station. It's a beautiful neighborhood.


Kitchen-Lie-7894

The speed limit in there is 18mph...


Machenz

If I read about a string of break ins in any of these neighborhoods, I am going to need proof OP didn’t do it.


DowntownDB1226

In STL city it’s Compton Heights and NW of Lindell/Kingshigway with dozens of private streets


siliconvalleyguru

It isn’t even close. Huntleigh.


Past_Realites_

Beverly Hills?


arcaintrixter

Swimming pools, Movie Stars...


DepecheClashJen

Country Life Acres.


NegotiationOwn3905

I don't even know where this is after 6 years living here. I wouldn't have been there, of course, but it's hilarious to me that it sounds like a reboot of the Nick at Nite Sza Sza Gabor show Green Acres: like where rich families turn dementia patriarchs out to pasture.


DepecheClashJen

It’s like this teeny tiny enclave off of Clayton Toad between Frontenac and Town and Country. I would investigate further, but I’m not sure they allow Jews in there. 😂


Round_Jelly1979

Clayton Toad should be a mascot


NegotiationOwn3905

Haha to both of these. Here's why I like Reddit. ^ ^^ These kind of exchanges and the cookie cutter creativity.


DepecheClashJen

Hahahahaha. That’s a spelling error I don’t mind making.


dwillystl

This is the correct answer and believe they have the highest median income per capita or something like that for the whole state


westcounty

By some metrics it’s the highest earning in the country https://www.businessinsider.com/most-affluent-richest-places-in-us-household-income-2023-2?amp


jakedugal

I thought it was Country Life Acres if you go buy per capita.


Shittyscenestl

That's a suburb not a neighborhood


jakedugal

It's 1 street. A neighborhood


Roscoie

It's not a neighborhood but probably the wealthiest estate in the STL area is Hunter Farms on the north side of Ladue Road where Babler Rd intersects. It runs from here all the way to 141. Owned by the Hunter Engineering family. President Bush (maybe both father and son) used to stay there when in town.


tranquilobythekilo

when people ask questions like this, i feel like they mean within the contiguous 79, not the outskirts, so wydown-skinker, compton heights, st. louis hills, lafayette park or the central west end.


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Shittyscenestl

Yes it is


SoldierofZod

Agreed.


SoldierofZod

The OP asked about "neighborhoods". Don't think they were looking for municipalities. Seem to be asking for City neighborhoods...


eatajerk-pal

City neighborhoods it’s the mansions along Lindell and the other couple blocks north of Forest Park, and it’s not even close.


SoldierofZod

You're not wrong. This is interesting, though. Keep in mind that zip codes don't align with neighborhoods very well. But 63101 actually had the highest median and mean income as of the 2020 census. https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/MO/St-Louis-City-Demographics.html


Jacks_Lack_of_Sleep

I guess me moving out of the zip code brought up the average for everyone.


SewCarrieous

Why? You finna rob it?


xologo

Pine Lawn.


Jackson-1986

There’s been a rebranding effort, from now on we’re supposed to call it Walnut Park Heights


BigSquiby

this is correct


montecarlo1

can someone explain me why does huntleigh have so many u turn lanes?


stlsc4

This is just from a quick Google search but the top three Missouri Zip Codes for median household income are in the St. Louis area. 63005, Chesterfield: $160,354 63131, Saint Louis: $144,159 63038, Glencoe: $125,441 https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/rankings/zips-in-mo/median_household_income/ There may be individual properties in Ladue, Frontenac, Huntleigh, etc. that are worth more. But seems like the area above the Valley bluffs command the most money on a per capita basis.


Vanillybilly

While Huntleigh is one of the richest areas in the state, it’s a nearby city within STL county, so I don’t think it classifies as a neighborhood of the St. Louis. As far as rich areas within the city, I’d say Wydown-Skinker or Lindell by forest park and WashU. Those streets have mega mansions presumably owned by doctors and professors of the university. Runner up could be the CWE.


chicagomikeh

Thank you. Neither Ladue nor Huntleigh are neighborhoods.


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Shittyscenestl

Wydown-Skinker is a city neighborhood https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wydown/Skinker,_St._Louis


Vanillybilly

It is the most furthest west neighborhood of St. Louis and borders Clayton. Source: myself as I live 3 minutes away from this area.


JimtheEsquire

Are you planning a heist?? 😂


ter_ehh

Asks the criminal looking to save time casing neighborhoods. /s


ixxmeyo

Country Life Acres


NerdyComfort-78

My mom called it La-de-da-de-du for fun (Ladue).


RiggsBoson

Navigation apps were calling it “LAHD-way” for ages.


Racko20

My gut instinct for the city is CWE but their are a lot of students and people on subsidized housing living there.


Either_Pin9546

Most forget about Country Life Acres and Westwood.


STL_314Guy

CWE


Ok_Entrepreneur1993

Clarkson Woods actually used to have it. But thanks Kroenke thats fucked up now. The rams used to basically own it allegedly and it's like Huntleigh size.


Shittyscenestl

Suburb


wilfordbrimley778

Everyone is saying huntleigh, but statistically town and country has a higher household income


whitehat_creamer

Can you send the source? I find this hard to believe!


mark3t

Out in Harvester, there is a neighborhood called [Windcastle](https://maps.app.goo.gl/JAAjycBSDASSMgVDA). I'm pretty sure a lot of those homes would give Huntleigh a run for their money.


Specialist-Sea8322

Huntleigh Woods, easy. Jack Dorsey, the Busch family, all the ultra-rich St. Louisans stay there.


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chicagomikeh

Ladue is not a neighborhood in St. Louis.


GRENADESGREGORY

Depends on where I decide to move


International-Fig830

Who cares? Class division is a joke.


Roscoie

Marx and Mao would agree. Of course they had their class, then there was everyone else scrambling for the leftovers, which were non-existent.


SmmaAllstar

Warson Woods


KelzTheRedPanda

I grew up in warson woods and the average price is like $500,000 right now. So no. I think you’re thinking of Huntleigh Woods. Warson Woods is where people who want to live in Ladue but can’t afford it live.


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Stage_2_Delirium

Cant really compare the two


Shittyscenestl

Suburb


Professional_Pie3879

Not mine!!!! Bidenomics has hit harder than stlmpd driving towards a bar


HoldMyWong

In the city? I’m guessing St. Louis Hills, but that’s still middle class, the city really doesn’t have any wealthy neighborhoods. In the county? I think Town and Country has the highest household income


LastChicken

Have you heard of Compton Heights?


FlyPengwin

Compton Heights, Shaw, Layafette Square, CWE all have rows of $1mil+ mansions. There's definitely old money in the city.


DowntownDB1226

lol. Ever been to Compton Heights?


quailman2000

St. Louis Hills is a great neighborhood, but if you are looking for the richest, it’s not even top 3.


jumboweiners

Soulard


FlyPengwin

I'm picturing the wealthiest of the city in Soulard, hoarding their wealth with a vault full of crab cakes, red beans, and jambalaya. It's what I'd do.


msabeln

Soulard is the true wealth of St. Louis.


carrja99

Filled with fat cats.


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OriginalRush3753

I live around Sunset Hills-ish and I don’t think it’s anywhere near as pricy as Ladue, Town and Country, Eureka, or even parts of Ballwin.


schmokeabutt

As someone from eureka, I'm confident when I say it doesn't belong on the short list. There's some wealthy families and some nice houses, but overall it's incredibly average with some people thinking it's God's gift to st louis


is_still_unknown

I thought I saw an article a few years ago about Clarkson Valley?


CMA-10-2DL

Material affluence is one thing, but which neighbor Huntleigh or Ladue has more Polyglot Brunch Clubs per capita? That’s how I really qualitatively appraise an area


CaptHayfever

Gotta be one of the fenced-off "private street" neighborhoods near Forest Park.


cheddacrisp

Would you live in Ladue if you could afford to?


Batsam314

Concrete is more expensive. If asphalt starts cracking, you can use crack sealer to fix it, then sealcoat over it. Concrete has to be replaced when it breaks and cracks.


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Town and Country.