Here Are The 100 Most Expensive Zip Codes In The US

In some parts of the country, people can be pretty territorial or even patriotic about the zip code their homes happen to fall in (these boundaries aren't quite as contentious as area codes, but that's a subject for another time). With that in mind, the real estate site PropertyShark takes an annual look at the most expensive US zip codes, based on closed home sales, and now the 2018 edition of the list is out.

One thing that will become abundantly clear in looking at the list is that California reigns supreme in the field of top dollar home prices. A whopping 82 zip codes out of 100 (actually 117, more on that in a minute) are located in California, and the number one most expensive zip code belongs to 94027, better known as Atherton, CA. Of those 82, thirty are located in the tech innovation paradise known as Silicon Valley, and San Francisco is tied with New York City with the most number of expensive zip codes – nine each.

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Due to several ties on the list, there 35 non-California spots on the list remaining, and competition is hot among the remaining states. New York State has 19, while Massachusetts has six, and Connecticut has four. New Jersey has two, and Florida, Maryland, Nevada and Washington State get one each.

And now, with all those preliminary states out of the way, here at last are the 2018 Most Expensive Zip Codes in the US: