This column written by Charles Murray, the author of Coming Apart, touches on the hundred zip codes that he considers to be the "bubbliest" in the country. A disproportionate number of them are in coastal locales like New York, the Bay Area, Boston, and Los Angeles. His surveys revealed that the vast majority of respondents living in these zip codes were in the 99th percentile of socioeconomic status and many communities featured an adult population of over 70% college graduates. This data also tracks with Murray's argument about homogamy. A little over half of the people living in these communities grew up there, suggesting that the rich maintain and build up their communities, potentially leaving other socioeconomic groups behind.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-live-bubble-100-communities
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