2007 US Metro Areas by Million Dollar Housing Units

[UrbanityRules]

Hey New York Rules anyway so who cares.

[Americanboy]

Actually, the New York Metropolitan area has more million dollar homes, not to mention far more wealthy residents than any other area in this country.

New York County = just Manhattan...so you need to add up Bergen County, Westchester, Fairfax County, Long Island counties, Queens etc. which all belong in "NYC" because of New York's unique geographical setting. Counties like Fairfax County and Bergen are all considered suburbs of NYC just as Beverly Hills is not technically part of Los Angeles but it is still considered Los Angeles.

If you add all the suburbs of New York City from that list, "NYC" has 278,409 million dollar homes...but I do find it interesting that the small island of Manhattan with less than 1.5 million residents has 35% of the entire amount of million dollar home as the entire Los Angeles CSA.

[18Montclair]

If you add all the suburbs of New York City from that list, "NYC" has 278,409 million dollar homes

Actually NY has more than 278,409. NY has 314,230. That's a huge amount. Please be proud of yourselves.

However, it just so happens that Los Angeles has 337,651

but I do find it interesting that the small island of Manhattan with less than 1.5 million residents has 35% of the entire amount of million dollar home as the entire Los Angeles CSA.

Yes, that's very impressive.

[goozer]

Originally Posted by FutureCop

You also need to take into account that most New Yorkers rent... Including the rich. Many of our athletes rent apartments, celebrities, politicians, executives, stock brokers, etc.

New York is a renting city.

I would still think that rental units, if they have over a million dollar market value as many NYC properties do, count as "housing units" for purposes of this study.

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

OH SO MOOT, but they released it recently.

According to the Census Bureau, Here are the counties with the highest number of Million Dollar Housing Units(2007).

Counties(5,000+)
Los Angeles, CA 199,439
Orange, CA 99,098
Santa Clara, CA 86,668
New York, NY 65,947
San Diego, CA 57,774
San Mateo, CA 47,967
Contra Costa, CA 39,371
Fairfield, CT 38,077
San Francisco, CA 37,852
Alameda, CA 33,796
King, WA 32,407
Cook, IL 32,209
Westchester, NY 31,180
Nassau, NY 31,039
Kings, NY 29,333
Maricopa, AZ 28,837
Marin, CA 25,922
Montgomery, MD 23,228
Miami-Dade, FL 22,946
Fairfax, VA 22,401
Middlesex, MA 21,585
Suffolk, NY 19,407
Santa Barbara, CA 18,872
Ventura, CA 18,498
Bergen, NJ 17,678
Honolulu, HI 15,838
Riverside, CA 14,224
Broward, FL 13,632
Norfolk, MA 12,880
Sonoma, CA 12,855
Collier, FL 11,292
Queens, NY 11,291
Santa Cruz, CA 11,257
Monmouth, NJ 11,152
Monterey, CA 10,692
Clark, NV 10,274
Lake, IL 10,383
Dallas, TX 9,980
Fulton, GA 9,104
Morris, NJ 9,087
Harris, TX 9,020
DuPage, IL 7,934
Anne Arundel, MD 7,399
Essex, NJ 7,179
Hennepin, MN 7,115
San Luis Obispo, CA 6,923
Suffolk, MA 6,854
Somerset, NJ 6,679
Montgomery, MD 6,449
San Bernardino, CA 6,392
Orange, FL 6,313
Sarasota, FL 6,236
Oakland, MI 5,983
Essex, MA 5,925
Napa, CA 5,877
Pinellas, FL 5,665
St Louis, MO 5,530
Maui, HI 5,320
Placer, CA 5,142
Hillsborough, FL 5,139
Lee, Florida 5,120
Barnstable, MA 5,091
Snohomish, WA 5,002

Wonder how much this has gone down?

Ones that have gone down at least 30% in bold.

[esciar1]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Absolutely.

Go here American FactFinder

then select American Community Survey, get data, then pick 2007, then pick custom table, then follow the steps and the website will generate a table for you.

Here is ranking of Combined Statistical Areas by the number of million dollar housing units.

2007
Los Angeles 337,651
New York 314,230
San Francisco 305,228
Washington-Baltimore 100,365
Boston 63,002
San Diego 57,774
Miami 56,687
Chicago 54,648
Seattle 45,610
Phoenix 29,144
Philadelphia 26,050
Atlanta 18,956
Denver 17,190
Sacramento 16,907
Honolulu 15,838
Dallas 15,647
Minneapolis 14,800
Orlando 13,970
Houston 11,450
Detroit 10,292
Las Vegas 10,274

Thanks so much for the instructions. I am on the right page now but I still cant figure out which dataset from the list provides the number of Million Dollar Homes. Do you know the name of the dataset?

Thanks again. Great data!

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by esciar1

Thanks so much for the instructions. I am on the right page now but I still cant figure out which dataset from the list provides the number of Million Dollar Homes. Do you know the name of the dataset?

Thanks again. Great data!

Something like this...'value of owner occupied housing units'-near the bottom third of the list.

[esciar1]

Perfect!! Ive got it. Thanks so much!