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

Drive through Saratoga neighborhoods and it may be difficult to spot differences between affluence, bringing up the question: is there 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 and around Saratoga are close to $150,000 in most neighborhoods.

West of Stevens Creek County Park and north of Highway 9, the median income verges on $160,000. It's slightly lower to the east, near Gardiner Park. There, the median incomes are $141,000 to $145,000.

Heading southeast toward Monte Sereno the median household income is $134,000.

But overall, median incomes in Saratoga eclipse state averages. The range for median household income in California is $28,000 to $125,000 a year. The statewide middle-class income range is $53,264 to $68,300.

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