Click on image to view larger. Bottom shows income in CHF1,000s, with number of taxpayers shown in blue columns (Source: Swiss Federal Tax Office, 26.02.2010)

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss Federal Department of Finance Friday 26 February published data that could well distract many Swiss away from the current debates on banking secrecy: a commune-by-commune map of taxable income. It is part of a larger set of maps that list minimum, median and maximum taxable income for 2006 and 2003, with a comparison to 1995-96, and more, to show how changing demographics affect revenue.

The maps may be designed to show how income is spread in the country, to better help politicians, but they make fascinating reading for anyone who wonders why the price of housing in the area around Nyon has skyrocketed in the past 10 years, for example.

The answer: a housing shortage, of course, but also a population whose income as a whole has shot up.

A few of your neighbouring villages’ average incomes:

Geneva, with the city itself having an average income of CHF68,000 -

• Vandoeuvres, with CHF190,164 on average beats out Collonges-Bellevue by nearly CHF30,000
• around Lake Geneva and out among the vineyards, Cartigny and Aire-la-ville are comfortable with CHF105,000 approximately
• Genthod is not for the poor, with an average of nearly CHF224,000

Nyon area

• Incomes in town are not the highest, averaging out to CHF73,000 (but Morges, a similar size, is CHF63,000)
• nearby towns have wealthier residents: CHF126,000 for Céligny, CHF110,000 for Trélex, CHF118,000 for Givrins, CHF116,000 for Genolier.

Lausanne, with the city itself having an average income of CHF60,000 -

• Pully, Grandvaux and Lutry are all over CHF85,000
• On the other side, towards Morges, quiet Denens is CHF99,000 and Vufflens-le-Chateau CHF135,000 and truly quiet Montricher up the hill is CHF144,000.

The towns with the highest numbers often prove to have the greatest spread between high and low earners.

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