Overview
- The ENIGH 2024 results published late Thursday and Friday report a national quarterly household average between the two widely cited figures of 74,162 and 77,864 pesos, a difference that stems from alternative ENIGH summaries used by outlets.
- ENIGH’s decile table places middle‑class households in the central deciles V–VIII and media analyses translate those ranges into practical monthly thresholds of roughly 22,000 to 77,000 pesos per household and about 16,000–20,000 pesos for a single person.
- The survey shows how families spend money: average quarterly monetary current spending was 47,674 pesos per household with food and transport the largest items, which helps explain why similar incomes produce different living standards across cities.
- INEGI data record a falling Gini coefficient from 0.449 in 2016 to 0.402 in 2022 and 0.391 in 2024 and indicate that social transfers, which supplied about 17.7% of household income, substantially lowered measured inequality.
- Regional gaps and household size matter: Nuevo León’s average household income far exceeds the national mean, so analysts warn that any middle‑class cutoff must be adjusted for location, family composition and access to services.