Spain releases detailed street-by-street map of household income disparities

Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística released its annual Atlas of household income, offering median income per consumption unit for virtually every census block. The data, covering over thirty-three thousand sections, show that most areas experienced nominal income rises from 2019 to 2024, though many did not outstrip inflation, eroding real purchasing power. The tool lets users examine how sections rank within national deciles and contrast local patterns with regional benchmarks.

In Madrid, over a third of sections fall into the top national decile, while in Sevilla the distribution is more polarized with significant shares at both the low and high ends. The atlas also identifies 702 neighborhoods with median incomes above €37,500, concentrated mainly in Madrid and Barcelona, and 896 neighborhoods with median incomes below €12,950, prevalent in southern and eastern cities such as Sevilla, Alicante and Málaga.