Do you live in a rich or poor neighborhood? The map of income in Spain, street by street

The map of income inequality in Spain (street by street and building by building) shows the gap between the countryside and the city, the north and the south and the rich neighborhoods versus the most impoverished ones. In Spain there are more than 600 neighborhoods with average income per household greater than 100,000 euros, while in 174 it does not exceed €20,000.

The data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) details the average gross income per household (that is, before taxes) from the 2022 personal income tax returns of residents of more than 36,000 census sections. That is, right after the pandemic and the inflation crisis. It must be taken into account that the statistics only include income from the income tax return and do not consider income paid in the black or underground economy, tax traps through intermediary companies or income not declared through personal income tax.

The variation in income between 2022 and 2019 may also have anomalous values ​​that do not correspond to real variations in income. For example, in some cases the difference can be explained by the INE methodology, the residential changes of people with a lot of income or simply by extraordinary one-time income that does not include capital gains. Therefore, the figures must be interpreted with caution.

Furthermore, the statistics do not reflect incomes greater than 143,364 euros per household or less than 15,640 euros to limit the extreme values ​​of the indicators. That’s why there are multiple census tracts that share this exact figure as median income.

In the following table you can consult the aggregated results by municipality. Which ones have the highest average household income? And which ones are lower? Search for your province, autonomous community or municipality and discover its position on the income scale in Spain.