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Beverly Hills vs Newport Beach.

Beverly Hills against Newport Beach, both in 🇺🇸 United States, on tax, residence, cost, and the life. Same model, same year, no brochure.

In short, current to September 2026

  • On $1,000,000 of income, Beverly Hills takes an effective 43% and Newport Beach takes 43%, an identical effective rate on Patrician's 2026 model.
  • Both tax a capital gain on a resident disposal at 37%, so a liquidity event carries the same local charge either way.
  • Neither United States nor United States operates a special regime for arriving foreigners, so both are modeled on ordinary resident rates.
  • Inheritance, what a child pays: 40% above $15M in Beverly Hills, 40% above $15M in Newport Beach.
  • Route in: Beverly Hills by Residence by investment, Founder & talent. Newport Beach by Residence by investment, Founder & talent.
  • Cost of the life is 138 in Beverly Hills against 130 in Newport Beach on Patrician's index where Zurich is 100, and safety 7 against 9 of 10. Both are Patrician editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 48 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to September 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Beverly Hills (California) vs Newport Beach (California): tax,., patrician.ch/compare/bvh-vs-npb/, September 2026.

Beverly HillsNewport Beach
Effective tax at $300K33%33%
Effective tax at $1M43%43%
Effective tax at $3M48%48%
Kept at $1M$570K$570K
Capital gains37%37%
Inheritance tax, children40% above $15M40% above $15M
Cost index (Zurich 100)138130
Safety7/109/10
Schools8/108/10
Sun hours3,2503,000
Supercar street index#3#17
Routes inResidence by investment, Founder & talentResidence by investment, Founder & talent
Net millionaire inflow 2025 (country, Henley)+7,500+7,500
Flight London11.711.7
Flight New York5.95.8

Simplified marginal model, indicative 2026 brackets, non-US single filer, no social contributions, deductions, wealth taxes, or treaties. Inheritance is shown as it falls on a child, current to September 2026.

By profile

How each profile reads.

For an executive on salary

Newport Beach (California) keeps more of a $1M salary, $0 a year on this model. Beverly Hills (California) answers with the life itself.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains land at 37% in both. Neither city taxes wealth as such.

For a family

Newport Beach (California) leads on safety and a lower cost, Beverly Hills (California) on sun. Schools are level.

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, Beverly Hills or Newport Beach?

Neither. Both keep $570K of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Beverly Hills takes an effective 43% of $1,000,000 and Newport Beach takes 43%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 48% and 48%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Beverly Hills or Newport Beach?

Neither. Both tax a resident's capital gain at about 37%.

Which is better for inheritance, Beverly Hills or Newport Beach?

Both tax children. What a child pays: 40% above $15M in Beverly Hills, 40% above $15M in Newport Beach.

The US taxes an estate at 40% above $15M per person in 2026. A US citizen spouse inherits free.

Which is cheaper to live in, Beverly Hills or Newport Beach?

Newport Beach, at 130 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 138 for Beverly Hills, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 7 of 10 in Beverly Hills and 9 of 10 in Newport Beach, schools 8 and 8. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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