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The richest metro stations, mapped city by city

Updated 4 October 2026 · 2 min read · DailyMetro team

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DestinationThe richest stations
Calling atLILLE, LYON, MARSEILLE, MONTPELLIER, PARIS, RENNES, TOULOUSE, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON, BARCELONA, MADRID, BRUSSELS, SÃO PAULO, MONTREAL, BERLIN, MEXICO CITY, SINGAPORE, SEOUL, LONDON
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DailyMetro has mapped the richest stations of 21 metro networks in 11 countries. Each article ranks every station of one city by how wealthy the area around it is, from that country's official small-area statistics: resident income where it is published, property prices where it is not.

Each map is a city article from the DailyMetro blog, written alongside our daily metro-station guessing game. They answer the question riders ask about their own line: which stop sits in the money, and how quickly does that change two stations down?

Every map, by country

France 7 stops

  1. LilleThe 30 richest stations on the Lille network91 stations, 4 lines in DailyMetro
  2. LyonLyon's 50 richest TCL stations149 stations, 12 lines in DailyMetro
  3. MarseilleThe 20 richest stations in Marseille67 stations, 5 lines in DailyMetro
  4. MontpellierThe 35 richest tram stops in Montpellier110 stations, 5 lines in DailyMetro
  5. ParisParis's 50 richest métro stations321 stations, 16 lines in DailyMetro
  6. RennesThe 50 richest stops on the Rennes network225 stations, 10 lines in DailyMetro
  7. ToulouseThe 20 richest stations on the Toulouse network60 stations, 3 lines in DailyMetro

United States 4 stops

  1. ChicagoThe 50 richest stations of the Chicago 'L'144 stations, 8 lines in DailyMetro
  2. New YorkThe 50 richest stations of the NYC subway443 stations, 23 lines in DailyMetro
  3. San FranciscoThe 50 richest stations of the San Francisco network106 stations, 13 lines in DailyMetro
  4. WashingtonWashington Metro's 50 highest-income stations98 stations, 6 lines in DailyMetro

Spain 2 stops

  1. BarcelonaThe 50 richest stations of the Barcelona metro157 stations, 11 lines in DailyMetro
  2. MadridThe 50 richest stations of the Madrid metro242 stations, 13 lines in DailyMetro

Belgium 1 stop

  1. BrusselsThe 20 richest stations of the Brussels metro59 stations, 4 lines in DailyMetro

Brazil 1 stop

  1. São PauloThe 25 metro stations of São Paulo's richest people86 stations, 6 lines in DailyMetro

Canada 1 stop

  1. MontrealMontreal Metro's 15 highest-income stations68 stations, 4 lines in DailyMetro

Germany 1 stop

  1. BerlinThe 50 most expensive stations of the Berlin U-Bahn175 stations, 9 lines in DailyMetro

Mexico 1 stop

  1. Mexico CityThe 50 least deprived stations of the Mexico City metro163 stations, 12 lines in DailyMetro

Singapore 1 stop

  1. SingaporeThe 40 MRT stations of Singapore's richest people146 stations, 6 lines in DailyMetro

South Korea 1 stop

  1. SeoulThe 50 most expensive stations of the Seoul subway421 stations, 11 lines in DailyMetro

United Kingdom 1 stop

  1. LondonThe 50 richest stations of the London Tube272 stations, 11 lines in DailyMetro

How to read the maps

A city with a richest-stations map. Tap it for the article.

A real high-speed rail corridor between two mapped cities: Eurostar, the LGVs, Acela.

A country with at least one map. It links to its stops below.

Each article places every station at the centre of its neighbourhood and gives it the figure of the small statistical area it falls in. That is the wealth of residents, not of the people passing through, so a business district can rank below a quiet residential stop next door. Figures are only compared within one city, never across countries, because each country measures something different.

Sources

Each country's maps use its own official statistics at the finest scale published:

  • FR

    France: median disposable income per consumption unit, INSEE Filosofi 2021, at IRIS level.

  • US

    United States: median household income, US Census Bureau American Community Survey, by census tract.

  • ES

    Spain: average household income, INE Household Income Distribution Atlas, by census section.

  • BE

    Belgium: median net taxable income per tax return, Statbel fiscal statistics, by statistical sector.

  • BR

    Brazil: São Paulo ranks by the median assessed land value per m² from the city's IPTU 2026 Planta Genérica de Valores (GeoSampa).

  • CA

    Canada: median household income, Statistics Canada 2021 Census, by census tract.

  • DE

    Germany: no small-area income exists, so Berlin ranks by land value in euros per m², the Gutachterausschuss für Grundstückswerte's Bodenrichtwerte of 1 January 2025.

  • MX

    Mexico: no small-area income exists, so the ranking uses CONAPO's 2020 urban marginalization index by AGEB, which is why that article lists the least deprived stations.

  • SG

    Singapore: SingStat publishes no small-area income, so the ranking uses the median HDB resale price per m² around each station over the last 24 months (data.gov.sg).

  • KR

    South Korea: income is only published by district, so Seoul ranks by the median apartment sale price per m² over 24 months, from the Ministry of Land's real transaction price records (MOLIT).

  • GB

    United Kingdom: mean total household income, ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023.

Frequently asked questions

Which cities have a richest metro stations map?

21 cities in 11 countries so far: Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Paris, Rennes, Toulouse, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Washington, Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels, São Paulo, Montreal, Berlin, Mexico City, Singapore, Seoul, and London. New cities are added as DailyMetro launches them.

Can I compare the richest stations of two countries?

Not directly. Each country publishes a different measure (median disposable income in France, median household income in the United States, land values in Berlin, apartment prices in Seoul), so the rankings are only meaningful within one city.

Is it the wealth of the people using the station?

No. It describes the residents or the property of the statistical area around the station. A station busy with office workers can sit in an area with few residents and a modest figure.

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