US Counties by number of owner-occupied homes valued at $2,000,000+, 2015 (cost, state, largest)

[18Montclair]

From the census bureau's 2015 1-year estimate

Counties by homes valued at $2,000,000+, 2015
1,000+
Los Angeles, CA 60,456
New York, NY 41,997
Santa Clara, CA 36,740
Orange, CA 19,877
San Mateo, CA 19,298
Kings, NY 15,838
San Francisco, CA 15,129
San Diego, CA 12,593
Fairfield, CT 10,991
Alameda, CA 8,712
Miami-Dade, FL 8,429
Westchester, NY 8,118
Marin, CA 7,463
Cook, IL 7,459
Nassau, NY 7,416
King, WA 7,363
Harris, TX 6,547
Palm Beach, FL 6,004
Middlesex, MA 5,842
Contra Costa, CA 5,637
Santa Barbara, CA 5,422
Suffolk, NY 5,354
Maricopa, AZ 4,567
Honolulu, HI 4,136
Bergen, NJ 4,108
Ventura, CA 3,893
Dallas, TX 3,614
Fairfax, VA 3,444
Collier, FL 3,423
Norfolk, MA 3,333
Montgomery, MD 3,213
Broward, FL 3,054
Washington, DC 2,950
Riverside, CA 2,462
Suffolk, MA 2,513
Queens, NY 2,500
Monmouth, NJ 2,425
Travis, TX 2,395
Sonoma, CA 2,223
Hennepin, MN 2,060
Napa, CA 1,915
Monterey, CA 1,866
Lake, IL 1,709
Fulton, GA 1,685
Essex, MA 1,622
Sarasota, FL 1,609
Essex, NJ 1,592
Morris, NJ 1,532
Boulder, CO 1,530
DuPage, IL 1,517
Lee, FL 1,465
Anne Arundel, MD 1,462
Orange, FL 1,341
San Bernardino, CA 1,318
Arapahoe, CO 1,275
Denver, CO 1,255
Montgomery, PA 1,241
St Louis, MO 1,159
Tarrant, TX 1,059
Barnstable, MA 1,057
Philadelphia, PA 1,055
Richmond, NY 1,053
Chester, PA 1,041
Plymouth, MA 1,025

[marothisu]

Not surprised with LA - it is the largest US county by population. What would be also interesting would be the rate of these types of homes. For example, LA County has something like 7 or 8X the population as New York County, but the amount of $2M+ homes is only 1.5X more.

[Calisonn]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Not surprised with LA - it is the largest US county by population. What would be also interesting would be the rate of these types of homes. For example, LA County has something like 7 or 8X the population as New York County, but the amount of $2M+ homes is only 1.5X more.

You mean like how Santa Clara County has almost 3X less people than Cook County but has almost 5X more 2mil+ houses?

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Calisonn

You mean like how Santa Clara County has almost 3X less people than Cook County but has almost 5X more 2mil+ houses?

That too - should calculate it all out. It would be pretty interesting to see how things stand. Then adjust to COL Actually that would be a lot harder. The general list would be pretty cool

[Stacks3]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Not surprised with LA - it is the largest US county by population. What would be also interesting would be the rate of these types of homes. For example, LA County has something like 7 or 8X the population as New York County, but the amount of $2M+ homes is only 1.5X more.

True but the rest of NYC doesn't have many. So it evens itself out.

It looks like the top 3 metro areas are
La
Sf
NYC

[Stacks3]

La and orange counties have 80,000 with 13 million people.

[NativeOrange]

SoCal (LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties) = 106,021

NorCal (SF, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Monterey and Napa counties) = 90,271

Total = 196,292

NorCal obviously punches well above its weight here, but CA as a whole is just insane.

[Enean]

Originally Posted by Calisonn

You mean like how Santa Clara County has almost 3X less people than Cook County but has almost 5X more 2mil+ houses?

A 2 million dollar home in Santa Clara County, is probably the equivalent of a 1 million dollar home in Cook County.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Enean

A 2 million dollar home in Santa Clara County, is probably the equivalent of a 1 million dollar home in Cook County.

Yes, it's important to figure in COL into this anyway and the price of housing. For your statement, completely depends on where. 2 million in Santa Clara County is actually going to be under $1M in Cook County in most places. Most of the most expensive real estate in the Chicago area is either in Lake County, some in DuPage County, or in various areas in or near downtown Chicago (like Lincoln Park, parts of Lakeview, Bucktown, etc).

A $2M place in a suburb like Cupertino might get you a nice 4 bed, 3 bath, 2000 sq ft home like this: 10576 Johnson Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014 - Home For Sale and Real Estate Listing - realtor.com®

A similar place in a decently nice suburb of Chicago like Glenview is going to be under $1M, for 1000 more sq ft:
1929 Westleigh Dr, Glenview, IL 60025 - Home For Sale and Real Estate Listing - realtor.com®


Even downtown Chicago is still not as expensive as some of those places. You can pretty easily find pretty nice 2 bd condos downtown for around $500-600K (less if you don't need as nice), such as:
http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...1_M89043-97461

[ms12345]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Not surprised with LA - it is the largest US county by population. What would be also interesting would be the rate of these types of homes. For example, LA County has something like 7 or 8X the population as New York County, but the amount of $2M+ homes is only 1.5X more.

Or comparing a 2M home and subdivision from one place to the next. In some places this buys upscale luxury, and in others it buys a cracker box on an over crowded street with all that implies.