Darien Ranks 36th in 'America's Richest Zip Codes'

has been named one of “America’s Richest Zip Codes” by Businessweek.com.

The report, based on information provided by location-based data firm Gadberry Group, ranks Darien the 36th “richest zip code” in the U.S.

To create the ranking, Gadberry looked at all Zip Codes in the U.S. with more than 100 households and ranked them by the average income and net worth, according to the report.

Many of the towns included on the list are in New York, Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley, according to the report. The carefully culled ranking focuses on towns where the wealthy have their primary residences and does not include affluent “second-home” markets, such as the Hamptons. It also leaves out wealthy neighborhoods in major cities, such as New York and San Francisco, “because they have a greater diversity of income earners,” the report states.

Darien, with 6,891 households, has an average household income of $248,643 and an average household net worth of $1,368,237, according to the report.

“A sleepy Connecticut suburb northeast of Stamford and 40 miles from downtown New York City, Darien has impressive mansions that look out over its waterfront on Long Island Sound,” it states. “The predominant clusters in the area are executives and professionals in their 40s and 50s without children.”