Here's The Wealthiest Neighborhood In Orange County, California 

California’s nice when you have money..

Orange county never used to be exclusively rich like it is now, it was once a middle class heaven..

I worked for the city of Newport beach for 30 years, I have seen many of those houses being built over the years. as a carpenter for the city i got to do work in every area of the city. i have been retired for 8 years now and when i drive through i can still see many thing that i help build and many things i worked on.

I'm watching this from my comfy mobile home

I was born in Hollywood and when I was little we used to take drives to places like the beach and Beverly Hills to see the ocean and all the beautiful houses. I loved it. I never felt like, oh gosh they're rich and we aren't, I just took in the gorgeous architecture and appreciated that for what it was. Wonderful family memories.

You know your from SoCal when you you say “the” before the freeway name. The 22. The 91. The 405.

Your wrong . There’s a lot more in Newport Beach and Laguna beach and crystal cove that are more expensive

I read some of the comments. Some are talking about the houses being too close together. That's true , but at least all of the houses don't look the exact same way. They all have it's own unique look . I'd love to see the inside of some of these houses. They are beautiful...!!

Made lots of memories in Newport.... still making them 74 years later.

Clearly you haven’t seen the houses of Newport Coast.

oh how i miss orange county! i'm now in the bay for college and haven't been back down in such a loooonnng time. i'm from a more 'affordable' part of OC, but close enough to the coast to enjoy the scenes from long beach to laguna beach whenever i wanted to. those solo drives along PCH while playing my favorite music will always hold a special place in my heart and memories.

I bet lots of the people that live in this neighborhood don't see themselves as rich, just well off.

The wealthiest spot would be behind a guard gated community !

Living and working in Orange County the closest I ever got to Newport Beach was living in Costa Mesa. Now I'm retired and living in Hawaii so I guess it turned out alright for me.

I agree that the houses are close together and yet all unique but I think what makes the neighborhoods look appealing is there is uniformity in the closeness to the streets, the clean smooth streets, the height of the houses and the attention to landscaping. The trees and shrubs are what gives this area a clean, refreshing look and make it inviting.

Had my decade of living in OC. Loved the nearby beaches, the warm sun, and especially great food. Hate the high prices for single family homes or any homes and horrific traffic. Today, it's extremely crowded with more people and cars. Now, only visit OC for a nice family vacation.

Thanks for this. I really miss Cali. It’s been 29 years since I’ve lived there and I have to say of every place I’ve ever lived Cali was my favorite

Use to work construction with my dad and we did a lot of houses here. Every time I pass by a house we did, it just gives me nostalgia. It wasn’t easy work, but it was nice seeing how these houses look before it was all done.

Thank you for sharing this video Nick! You popped up in my feed and it's so nice to see you sharing this specific street, Ocean Blvd, which is my absolute favorite. Walking by the Ocean, just watching the waves, thinking about how life is just a blessing and how appreciative we all should be.

I’m from the neighborhood above this one, I pass through these streets every day. I really take for granted how beautiful it is sometimes. However I’d have to say that emerald bay is really the wealthiest neighborhood in Orange County.

lot’s of people complaining about space, uhhhmmmm you will never understand city living unless you lived in it, just like us people that lives in a crowded city cannot understand how people can live in the mountains alone without any neighbors 😀

Ooh, my cousin lives in Corona Del Mar. Beautiful home. They are very blessed, hard working, humble people.

Wow Nick, I have been watching your videos now for a while, from here in England. I’ve seen lots of run down areas in the worst places in America that have really shocked me! Seeing these houses is something else, it’s like two completely different worlds! How can a wealthy country like America have so much, yet let poor areas just disintegrate? It is staggering to me, that there is such a massive division. I can’t stop watching your videos, they are mesmerising. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. Love from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1. Newport Coast, 2. Balboa Island, 3. Lido Island, 4. Crystal Cove, 5. Corona Del Mar. Favorite O.C. resort, Pelican Hill. Favorite shopping, Fashion Island. Thanks Nick.

Born in orange ca grew up in corona ca and now living on the North Carolina coast. Miss California, so much diversity and great food.

I used to go to college in the area and I loved driving down this very neighborhood every once in a while, picturing myself living there one day

Lived in Harbor View Homes for 15 years A beautiful area right down from Newport Bluff. Everything you are showing is still so beautiful and clean.

Somehow your vids make my 2020 less heavy! I am just so tired.

Thank you for sharing 😊 I grew up in Southern CA and enjoyed taking drives around that area.

I live in Costa Mesa, O.C. And have been here for over 30years. I'm from L.A. One of the best reasons I love living here is the Weather. Always get that ocean breeze, and the best in the summer. Also lived in Huntington Beach for years too.Theres good and bad area's everywhere you go, that's life.

Beautiful. Thx for the tour, Nick.

Living in California all my life, it’s truly a “if you can make it here you can make it anywhere.”

Nice video of the wealthiest neighborhood of Orange County. I like to drive through those areas and see the beautiful homes. Makes me envious, but also appreciative that there are some beautiful cities here in Southern California (we all know some cities could use some help with that, such as certain areas of L.A.). Corona Del Mar is beautiful, but for some reason I was under the impression that Balboa Island was the wealthiest. How wrong I was lol. I have heard that there are some celebrities that own homes on Balboa Island. Thanks for taking the time to get some footage for us to enjoy! 😃

I work at an AT&T store near the beach at Corona Del Mar on the border of Newport Beach and I gotta say ....business is good out there my friends !

I went to Newport beach in November 2012. It was very peaceful and beautiful.

I’m from the city of Orange in Orange County born and raised. I would give almost anything to go back home. So many memories in OC. Thank you for this. It saddens me that I would probably never be able to go home due to the housing prices. I just wanna go home.

this video brought back a lot of memories because i used to hang out there a lot. I used to ride my bicycle to Corona del mar beach from UCI, as well as hang out at Las Brisas restaurant, and nearby Fashion island and Pelican Hill Resort.

Growing up in SoCal, I loved Newport Beach and all its neighborhoods. Used to go to the beach all the time, met a lot of people on the beach, loved Balboa Island, Newport Back Bay and Via Lido Island.

I worked on one of these 30million$ homes in laguna hills redoing their decks. This particular house had 6 stories on a corner of the hill with 8 separate outdoor decks. We only ever saw the security guard that came to check up on the place daily. He told us that the owner was a Chinese lady that brought her family once a year during Christmas holidays. The rest of the year the house is completely vacant and never in use.

Over the years, I've lived both in Newport Beach and Malibu (renting, of course). Interesting that there's generally public access to the beaches in more "conservative" Newport Beach. Meanwhile, in more "progressive" Malibu, it's much harder to get similar access for the average Joe (or José).

I miss California very much. I moved to WA State, from Yorba Linda. 2 years ago. The rain is nice and I am getting use but the Corona Virus 🦠 is keeping us in suspense. Thank you for the tour. I left my heart in Rancho Palos Verdes, a wonderful place also.

Thanks Nick for your awesome videos keep up the good work thank you! from Hermosa Beach California 🤗

Nice video Nick! Nice houses and views and the background music is relaxing.👍🏻 Would have visited relatives in Foothill Ranch, Santa Barbara, and Solvang last summer but everything has been shelved because of this pandemic.🙁

This is no longer sleepy little beach town. The rich and famous live in Newport Beach/ Newport Coast. TV personalities and athletes and very successful business people live here now. I live in Newport Coast and many of my neighbors who still work have seven figure incomes. The area has changed tremendously in the past fifty years.

Nice leisurely ride, peaceful and great scenery. The expensive location and land is the mansion, even without gigantic houses.

Thank You For Sharing Nick.. I Always Enjoy All Your Videos.. It Looks Nice On The West Coast.. I Think I Like It Better In The East As In Vermont, And New England, And Quebec..

Great video! I love helping people move to our beautiful community!

Thank you for your vidz dis is my inspiration to lived in california

Thanks Nick as someone born in OC, but then family moved to Riverside, this give me something to keep aspiring too.

In 1889 Joseph and Helen Duarte, relocated their home from Newport Landing as it was called in the late 1800’s by way of placing their home on barrels and guiding it as it was pulled by a boat at high tide across the bay to the new settlement. Joseph had built a platform on stilts to place their board-and-batten home. Their home was the first in Newport Beach. Information is from “Old Newport The Seaport Years” as written by Ramona Duarte Castle and published in 1970 by Hendricks Printing Company.

Wow! Your videos are stunning, beautifully shot.

Glad to see some are still thriving out there!

I’ve delivered for amazon all over Orange County and parts of LA County. The wealthiest neighborhoods that I’ve seen was Newport Beach, but in the Newport Coast area, each home was over 6000 square feet plus. At that point it wasn’t a top 1% neighborhood, but a top 0.01%. Laguna Beach also had some incredibly wealthy neighborhoods in Emerald Bay and Irvine Cove. Irvine also has Shady Canyon. There’s definitely more enclaves though.

It'd be cool if you drove down a street like Red Hill/Santa Ana Ave. starting in Santa Ana and all the way to Newport Beach.

My wife and I love going to Newport Beach for a weekend getaway. We always stay at the Inn at Laguna Beach, which is right next too Heisler park (seen in the video). The Inn is located next to the park, is essentially on the beach on a higher bluff and is a few minutes walk to the center of Laguna Beach with restuarants, shopping and the volleyball courts and boardwalk. Newport Beach is the only place in S. Cal. that I can stand to visit without losing my mind in the madness of LA traffic.

I love the way you give us the tour. I gave it a like and subscribe. Keep up the good work and thanks for letting me see the country from my home.

Didn’t expect to see my neighborhood in a RU-vid video 🤭

I'm on the east coast and never been to CA. Thank you for this!!!!

Thank you for taking me on a drive today. :)

This is so lovely, and they have sidewalks, which I did not see in Palisades, sidewalks are under rated!!! Boy after binging on hood cruises, this is really appreciated

I noticed that you did this early on a Tuesday to keep it safe.

I used to live around there when I was young. But I do not miss it at all.

There are some gated communities in Monarch that are very exclusive. Worked for a security company where there were celebs living and renting million dollar oceanfront homes. Sold our home in Aliso Viejo last year. Miss the area. Don’t miss the traffic and the craziness that goes with it. Great video!

Enjoyed the video and the music.

Parts of that remind me of Point Loma/Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, my hometown. I miss the weather, family and In-N-Out but not the cost. Left So Cal 15 years ago.

Im so happy to live here in OC 😍!

This whole area looks like it`s just oozing $$$$$. No shitbox cars , no potholes and beautiful homes with manicured yards. Spectacular!

After living here for more than 70 years I can say it’s the weather that’s the main attraction. Same beautiful weather almost every day of the year. It’s a kind of boring that you learn to love.

Nick how can you declare $226k as “rich”? It is merely middle class in CA. Plus that is household income which if divided by 2 makes it sound much less extraordinary.

I spent 2 wonderful years in Orange County back in the mid eighties. I applied for a job in an animal hospital in Newport Beach but was given a job in a clinic in nearby Irvine. For me it was a great time enjoying the beaches, the great outdoors and the weather. I don't envy those people in their exclusive houses, with ocean views and Mexican gardeners. What shocked me was how many people worked crazy hours to afford the house and the schools but were in tears because they couldn't afford the vet bills when their pets got sick. Is it worth achieving the dream when you are constantly running to keep up and never stopping to enjoy the scenery?

I love how he said a California wildfire in the background. I remember that day in 2020 so clearly. It was the first time I was evacuated for the fire. The second was 6 weeks later. Glad I get to see nice houses and the beach instead of remembering the stressful time I was having that week. These houses are beautiful. I wonder if he will show the fairy home.

Aww yay I live in Newport Beach and we walk there to Inspiration Point (The park and small beach where these homes are located) to eat lunch regularly...its our little favorite hideaway decompression place. So cool to see it from someone else's perspective!! I do have to agree with some other commenters though, that this is in fact not the "richest" neighborhood in Orange County, or even in Newport honestly.....nonetheless I understand its very impressive..and Newport Beach is in fact labelled as the Wealthiest City in Orange County.

I really miss a lot of things about California. I live in Oregon now but I really do miss the sunny and warm weather. I don't think I could move back but I always enjoy visiting.

I live in a Rural area and looking at home's like those just made me glad I live here. Thanks for all your videos Nick.

One of my best friends lived there. You passed her old house. I grewup Orange County poor, I lived in Westminster and went to high school at Huntington High. I took the bus to get there. She didn't want to goto Newport High so she drove to Huntington. We became very good friends. I remember going to her house I was mesmerized by how nice it was.

You can always tell the good neighborhoods by the landscaping.

This video is so beautiful to watch.

I absolutely love this video. To get an up close and personal view of NP...just so lovely! Can you..or have you done a video like this of LB?... if not ..please do one!!!! I'm in love with Laguna Beach!!!!!

Nice, hope it stays this way for as long as possible!

I love running along the beaches of that coastline! I honestly say most of these homes seem like vacation homes and most have seasonal rental signs posted up.

Then after laguna niguel down to Dana point for many years then settled in a more down to earth beach city and was married eventually and raised 2 kids here in san clemente but balboa island and the newport peninsula will always have a special place in my heart as I always loved the fun zone and the ferry from balboa island to the newport peninsula I spent alot of my coming of age in that area and my first job ever was at the fun zone before it was remodeled and a bit more shady back then I worked at 15 years old at mr fun food across from the 2 arcades and pizza pete's it was my first high school job and I learned to surf at little carina and cameo shores and big corona when the china cove house still existed to the right of big corona my best times in high school were here so I got alot of good memories here.great place for a teenager to come of age and probably the safest neighborhoods in california I had no idea how easy and care free the life in corona del mar was until I moved away from it .it is the most perfect cookie cutter neighborhood you could ever live in you didn't even need to worth about locking your car doors or your house front door it was so crime free!!! Thanks for hosting this I could tell you some stories about the rich kids and what their parents did to become rich good and bad rich people from brain surgeons yacht club family's real life gangsters italian mafia parents south coast country club owners the original bottled water capitalists that started evian water co. and many others both good and bad people are the rich owners of property in cdm and balboa island and newport beach it takes a walks to build a rich neighborhood like these and I got some stories I could te about going to high school here!!!

I'm just a few minutes away from there in Irvine and the beach there is extremely beautiful. Great job bro

I grew up there with my parent, I loved it there. Sadly we don’t go up the house that often, it really is such a nice area to grow up in. I always thought that corona de mar was upper middle class but I was wrong.

Well, I grew up only 3 miles from here, in Costa Mesa, and all the streets he drove are very familiar to me. One of the most interesting things about this street in Corona del Mar overlooking the ocean is that during the 20 years from the time I was age 5 to 25, there was NEVER a time that there was not at least one house in this neighborhood that was being built right on the same land where another was just torn down! And that continues to this day, even 2 decades after that!!! These homes that directly face the ocean are constantly being bought and sold! It appears to be a competition between neighbors in the eyes of a person who has gone to the beach down below the cliff many times over the years. Either that, or they have so much money that the slightly older house just didn’t fit their preferences, so why not just tear it down and start a new one! One summer about 10 years ago, my older children and I used to drive there weekly to take our other littles to the beach below because the waves are not usually rough because of a long jetty blocking the stronger currents on the opposite side. On our almost weekly visits, where you cannot avoid seeing the homes that overlook the ocean, we often liked to check the progress on what we called the Disneyland house because it really looked like the same style, only much bigger, as one of the houses on a ride in Disneyland! Fortunately, last time I looked, it was still there (I think!) Anyway, yes, this neighborhood is very expensive, but it is definitely not the most expensive real estate in OC or California! Not by a long shot! As others have written for this video, there are several neighborhoods both up and down the coast where every single neighbor is paying $30,000,000 or $40,000,000 or more to live there! These are just facts for OC people. We all know this, and we’re, like, ...”whatever!!” ...You just accept that compared to these people, you just know you’re dirt poor, but you keep your job and your home that’s only worth $800,000 anyway, and wonder what in the heck these people are doing for a living!!!?? (I HOPE it’s honest and not hurting anyone and I wish they’d TEACH me HOW to make this kind of money!!!) I’m into community service for a living, so it’s a mystery to me! However, the nice surroundings and safer neighborhoods are free! So, having roots here going back a few generations, we stay! Another interesting tid bit about the beach below is that there’s a scene from a movie from way back in 1972, “Love Story”, starring Ryan O’ Neal and Ali McGraw that it was fun to recognize was filmed here, right on the walk-way by the jetty. When I was a teen, I was watching it on dvd and noticed, then kind of marveled that it was filmed here that long ago! On another note, not all is glorious about some areas relatively nearby that we have to deal with, at times. My mom used to hate going to LA when I was little to visit family or friends because the congested, dirty LA where she grew up is an extremely different place! It wasn’t so bad in the 50s and 60s when she was growing up there, but NOW!! And we all HATE driving through LA on our way to places that are north of it! It’s like a big sore on the map that you have to go into, dreading every moment! I’ve had LA traffic slow me down coming from Monterey area (another extremely expensive area!!! And it’s even cold to me all the time in Monterey!), TRYING to get to OC that DOUBLED the time it took to drive, from 7 hours, to almost 14, just because I had to drive through LA!! I’m not exaggerating!! Because I didn’t get to LA until 1:30 pm on a weekday! It felt like a punishment and I never tried to get through LA on my way to OC during that time ever again! You might wonder why I didn’t just go around LA by going in a big half circle around it, but you have no idea how sprawling the L.A. mega-opolis IS!!! Instead of it taking 6 hours to get through it in the middle of the day, you COULD choose to only add 3 hours to your trip by going a distance of 3 times the mileage that you would travel by going THROUGH the mess! All I know is that during the Hollywood hey-days of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s when most of the present day freeways were built in LA, the planners sure didn’t understand what we’d have to go through today just to get past LA on the way home!! BTW, if you are not driving through LA from 6 am to 10 am and from 1 pm to 7 pm, you’re usually fine! 🤦‍♀️🙎‍♀️🤷‍♀️ One thing that helps such a mess to be more bearable: When you’re STUCK on the 405 freeway for awhile, get off on Santa Monica Blvd and go east a little ways up the street to the visitors center that is next to (behind) the Mormon Temple (of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). In the visitor’s center, there are interesting displays, self-guided tours, and some really nice and friendly people to talk to, who are not pushy and just happy to have you visit. It feels so welcoming after the brutal freeway mess of LA!! They also have a small theater inside the visitors center where you can watch a short free movie or two. My children always enjoy it. After that, we’re more ready and refreshed to get through the LA traffic, which doesn’t seem as bad! Thank you for the RU-vid video of places that are familiar. :) Not everything is based on money around here ;)

The richest neighborhood in OC is actually Emerald Bay. Check it out!

Thanks I've appraised a few of those.

Orange County is beautiful I’m thinking the gated communities such as New Port Coast and Pelican Hill have the more grand expensive homes in Orange County. The ones you drove by are nice but the view and area is the expense. Fun video to watch. I love driving in the area.

They put up some new condos on a street across from the ocean in Oceanside and priced them at "Low $1,000,000s" I was stunned. Now I see this video.

The cemetery has great views. Plus you can visit John Wayne and Kobe Bryant.

great video!!!!

Mom and dad’s house in Corona Del Mar is worth over $3 million. They bought in 1977 for $200,000. Best investment ever.

Wow! That was breathtaking! Now! I have something to ask! Nick! Could you do a drive around places in Colorado? Denver especially! But also their suburb of Englewood. And maybe Boulder too. I’d love to see you make a video driving around those 3 cities in Colorado. I hope to live there myself! So! Having videos of those cities would be great! But either way! Your videos of your drives around many of those cities look good!

I raised my kids in Mission Viejo and Lake Forest and it was a really nice place to live but it just got too expensive and the traffic was really annoying

Hey Nick😁 Happy sunday for you😁 Unusual sunday video 😯

Gotta love the 1%. Best thing to do when you live in SoCAL is driving through wealthy neighborhoods, nice restaurants and beaches. I still prefer Carmel and Monterey which is central coast though. It’s just as pretty!

Reminds me of the enclaves in W Seattle and Redondo Beach s of Seattle in the Summer 🌞. Beautiful presentation🤩. Did I see a “ California Stop”?

The house with the huge pine tree where the road turns left away from the ocean view sold for $75k in the early 1970s. The face and the charm of old CdM has changed. Most of the original homes are gone. Just not the same but time marches on.

Love your videos.

after paying millions some houses don't have a private parking space! on a different note the video is really good and well captured. I stayed in orange county ( aliso viejo) in 2008 for 6 months. Southern california is a paradise!