The Rich, Richier, Richest towns of the Philippines based on regular annual income

The Rich, Richier, Richest. Philippine towns with top regular income in fiscal year of 2014.

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Cainta, aside from being the most populous municipality in the country, is now the richest with an annual income in 2015 of P1,251,517,325.79 even if it has a small land area of 42.99 square km (or 16.60 sq mi). Cainta municipal hall photo credit: Ramon FVelasquez.

Of the 1,502 local government units referred to as municipalities (or towns) of the Philippines, many reported high earnings (annual regular income) for the fiscal year end of 2014. Below is a listing of these LGU’s beginning from the highest income earner to the lowest.

While income was arranged beginning from the highest, it is not inferred that the town referred to is really that rich since we do not take into account the total financial information details of the local government unit like expenditures, savings and comparison of earnings versus population data and land area.

Annual regular income of local government unit consists of locally sourced revenue together with Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for the year and other shares from the national tax collection.

Locally sourced revenue includes real property tax, tax on business, other taxes, regulatory fees, service/user charges, and receipts from economic enterprises.

The first listing below are the top towns with earnings between P892,914,458.54 (Cainta, Rizal) and P403,762,028.29 (T’Boli, South Cotabato). In December 2015, General Trias was converted into a city.

LGU NAME Province Region 2014 / In PHP
CAINTA RIZAL CALABARZON 892,914,458.54
GENERAL TRIAS CAVITE CALABARZON 791,932,576.69
TAYTAY RIZAL CALABARZON 550,429,235.44
MARILAO BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 452,719,871.33
MARIVELES BATAAN CENTRAL LUZON 452,127,450.31
SANTA MARIA BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 442,410,102.75
CARMONA CAVITE CALABARZON 435,374,989.14
SILANG CAVITE CALABARZON 426,321,109.08
BINANGONAN RIZAL CALABARZON 419,449,244.04
T’BOLI SOUTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 403,762,028.29

The second table presents muncipalities with earnings between P393,140,741.12 (Santo Tomas, Batangas) and (Norzagaray, Bulacan) 307,011,367.69 which include 12 towns.

LGU NAME Province Region 2014 / In PHP
SANTO TOMAS BATANGAS CALABARZON 393,140,741.12
ROSARIO CAVITE CALABARZON 390,130,582.74
MALAY AKLAN WESTERN VISAYAS 360,271,077.63
BALIUAG BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 339,374,820.63
SAN MATEO RIZAL CALABARZON 336,587,307.40
SABLAYAN MINDORO OCCIDENTAL MIMAROPA 336,020,469.76
TANZA CAVITE CALABARZON 333,673,052.73
CALUYA ANTIQUE WESTERN VISAYAS 332,612,957.82
POLOMOLOK SOUTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 327,111,995.86
BATARAZA PALAWAN MIMAROPA 326,156,144.21
MEXICO PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 320,550,538.37
NORZAGARAY BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 307,011,367.69

This is the third listing beginning with the town of Limay, Bataan (P298,309,838.39) and ending with Talavera, Nueva Ecija (P200,850,807.05) covering 60 towns in all.

LGU NAME Province Region 2014 / In PHP
LIMAY BATAAN CENTRAL LUZON 298,309,838.39
BALAMBAN CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 279,246,580.23
LA TRINIDAD BENGUET CAR 276,337,931.49
MAUBAN QUEZON CALABARZON 271,724,050.05
ITOGON BENGUET CAR 266,168,557.33
GUIGUINTO BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 261,168,556.82
SAN JOSE MINDORO OCCIDENTAL MIMAROPA 259,598,368.79
SUBIC ZAMBALES CENTRAL LUZON 258,961,291.45
AROROY MASBATE BICOL 254,996,391.04
CLAVER SURIGAO DEL NORTE CARAGA 251,867,031.67
PORAC PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 249,492,474.51
NASUGBU BATANGAS CALABARZON 249,345,435.80
CARRASCAL SURIGAO DEL SUR CARAGA 245,125,661.79
SANTO TOMAS DAVAO DEL NORTE DAVAO 240,728,230.93
MALITA DAVAO OCCIDENTAL DAVAO 240,079,397.10
CAPAS TARLAC CENTRAL LUZON 238,098,827.22
SANTA CRUZ LAGUNA CALABARZON 235,888,204.09
PULILAN BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 235,395,517.31
SARIAYA QUEZON CALABARZON 234,431,726.11
TAYTAY PALAWAN MIMAROPA 230,889,048.49
CONSOLACION CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 230,546,542.72
LUBAO PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 229,585,110.42
CONCEPCION TARLAC CENTRAL LUZON 229,209,936.00
GEN. MARIANO ALVAREZ CAVITE CALABARZON 229,094,793.78
TAGOLOAN MISAMIS ORIENTAL NORTHERN MINDANAO 227,514,533.20
BAUAN BATANGAS CALABARZON 227,499,281.30
MONKAYO COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 227,451,347.56
SAN MIGUEL BULACAN CENTRALLUZON 227,226,472.77
BROOKE’S POINT PALAWAN MIMAROPA 226,424,777.76
QUEZON BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 225,401,993.00
CARMEN NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 224,418,825.59
MANOLO FORTICH BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 224,102,341.82
TANAY RIZAL CALABARZON 223,470,033.55
BOCAUE BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 223,320,347.75
DARAGA (LOCSIN) ALBAY BICOL 222,157,681.73
ESPERANZA AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 220,839,585.43
CALACA BATANGAS CALABARZON 219,968,126.94
MIDSAYAP NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 215,452,733.20
ANGONO RIZAL CALABARZON 213,231,808.40
ROXAS PALAWAN MIMAROPA 213,174,852.85
SAN VICENTE PALAWAN MIMAROPA 212,483,529.12
KALIBO AKLAN WESTERN VISAYAS 211,820,493.51
MINGLANILLA CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 211,256,458.55
SANTA CRUZ DAVAO DEL SUR DAVAO 211,029,265.84
CATARMAN NORTHERN SAMAR EASTERN VISAYAS 210,968,453.53
AGOO LA UNION ILOCOS 209,932,666.73
LOS BAÑOS LAGUNA CALABARZON 209,144,083.87
MABINI BATANGAS CALABARZON 208,567,809.80
MARAMAG BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 208,098,774.96
SURALLAH SOUTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 207,106,176.39
BAGGAO BATANES CAGAYAN VALLEY 206,828,711.85
PIKIT NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 206,554,063.17
ROSARIO BATANGAS CALABARZON 205,221,539.90
ISULAN SULTAN KUDARAT SOCCSKSARGEN 205,210,549.39
SAN FRANCISCO AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 204,628,239.58
LORETO AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 203,358,395.82
SAN JUAN BATANGAS CALABARZON 202,884,741.39
PLARIDEL BULACAN CENTRAL LUZON 202,284,136.49
GLAN SARANGANI SOCCSKSARGEN 201,296,126.17
TALAVERA NUEVA ECIJA CENTRAL LUZON 200,850,807.05

The fourth table below starts with earnings between P198,218,190.63 (El Nido, Palawan) and P150,447,196.69 (Bolinao, Pangasinan) covering 101 towns.

LGU NAME Province Region 2014 / In PHP
EL NIDO (BACUIT) PALAWAN MIMAROPA 199,218,190.63
KAPALONG DAVAO DEL NORTE DAVAO 198,870,411.15
CANDELARIA QUEZON CALABARZON 197,751,341.93
NARRA PALAWAN MIMAROPA 197,437,749.98
PAGBILAO QUEZON CALABARZON 196,870,889.37
MASINLOC ZAMBALES CENTRAL LUZON 196,733,795.51
LA PAZ AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 196,504,743.28
NAGTIPUNAN QUIRINO CAGAYAN VALLEY 196,385,277.60
DINALUPIHAN BATAAN CENTRAL LUZON 195,347,652.28
LABO CAMARINES NORTE BICOL 194,933,398.67
NABUNTURAN COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 194,238,275.90
DAET CAMARINES NORTE BICOL 193,233,911.78
LUPON DAVAO ORIENTAL DAVAO 192,692,368.78
TUBA BENGUET CAR 192,062,435.96
HAGONOY BULACAN CENTRALLUZON 192,046,275.28
FLORIDABLANCA PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 190,893,096.80
RIZAL (MARCOS) PALAWAN MIMAROPA 189,915,861.79
QUEZON PALAWAN MIMAROPA 189,855,372.25
MALASIQUI PANGASINAN ILOCOS 189,648,433.92
SAN ILDEFONSO BULACAN CENTRALLUZON 189,130,897.52
CAUAYAN NEGGROS OCCIDENTAL NEGROS 188,358,063.98
GUIMBA NUEVA ECIJA CENTRAL LUZON 188,141,974.40
MACO COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 186,799,614.02
NAUJAN MINDORO ORIENTAL MIMAROPA 186,212,769.35
CALUMPIT BULACAN CENTRALLUZON 185,045,183.79
IMPASUG-ONG BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 184,981,826.95
GUAGUA PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 184,819,579.50
PANTUKAN COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 184,197,564.64
KABACAN NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 184,191,345.19
PEÑABLANCA BATANES CAGAYAN VALLEY 183,736,584.56
ARAYAT PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 183,173,113.60
LAAK (SAN VICENTE) COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 182,270,080.42
LAKE SEBU SOUTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 181,976,163.09
MANGALDAN PANGASINAN ILOCOS 180,890,341.79
SINDANGAN ZAMBO DEL NORTE ZAMBOANGA 180,866,141.20
BAUANG LA UNION ILOCOS 180,621,861.65
BALAYAN BATANGAS CALABARZON 179,901,707.94
LILOAN CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 179,562,529.23
PROSPERIDAD AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 179,339,461.13
BAYAMBANG PANGASINAN ILOCOS 178,146,620.05
TALAKAG BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 177,465,334.43
BUNAWAN AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 177,248,651.51
GENERAL NAKAR QUEZON CALABARZON 177,176,156.30
ALABEL SARANGANI SOCCSKSARGEN 176,155,197.34
SUAL PANGASINAN ILOCOS 175,751,019.10
LOPEZ QUEZON CALABARZON 175,186,504.48
APALIT PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 175,118,380.43
MAGALANG PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 174,623,790.75
NAIC CAVITE CALABARZON 174,572,110.32
BAGANGA DAVAO ORIENTAL DAVAO 173,523,604.30
SOLANO NUEVA VIZCAYA CAGAYAN VALLEY 172,892,593.97
TUPI SOUTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 172,842,273.45
SAN RAFAEL BULACAN CENTRALLUZON 172,115,705.02
LIBMANAN CAMARINES SUR BICOL 171,790,729.82
BOTOLAN ZAMBALES CENTRAL LUZON 169,741,105.37
CALASIAO PANGASINAN ILOCOS 169,698,181.84
LINGAYEN PANGASINAN ILOCOS 169,355,310.19
M’LANG NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 168,783,461.28
BULAN SORSOGON BICOL 168,541,238.86
PILI CAMARINES SUR BICOL 168,151,275.68
MAKILALA NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 167,621,977.64
IPIL ZAMBO SIBUGAY ZAMBOANGA 167,410,134.50
ABUYOG LEYTE EASTERN VISAYAS 166,677,675.62
LEMERY BATANGAS CALABARZON 166,274,480.98
CALATRAVA NEGGROS OCCIDENTAL NEGROS 166,249,210.40
PANTABANGAN NUEVA ECIJA CENTRAL LUZON 163,812,209.02
CAMILING TARLAC CENTRAL LUZON 163,517,379.67
GATTARAN BATANES CAGAYAN VALLEY 162,922,059.59
PANIQUI TARLAC CENTRAL LUZON 162,903,279.47
ALAMADA NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 162,817,505.82
MALAPATAN SARANGANI SOCCSKSARGEN 162,795,799.09
LEBAK SULTAN KUDARAT SOCCSKSARGEN 162,704,725.94
MADDELA QUIRINO CAGAYAN VALLEY 162,326,109.70
COMPOSTELA COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 160,875,013.58
TIAONG QUEZON CALABARZON 160,699,474.34
PINAMALAYAN MINDORO ORIENTAL MIMAROPA 160,417,177.17
SAN PASCUAL BATANGAS CALABARZON 160,380,642.17
CORON PALAWAN MIMAROPA 159,947,181.30
HINIGARAN NEGGROS OCCIDENTAL NEGROS 159,035,969.78
PATEROS NCR NCR 158,170,590.94
SANTA CATALINA NEGROS ORIENTAL NEGROS 158,005,356.25
VILLANUEVA MISAMIS ORIENTAL NORTHERN MINDANAO 157,748,121.98
MATALAM NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 157,181,475.91
CALANASAN (BAYAG) APAYAO CAR 156,779,594.74
SULTAN KUDARAT (NULING) MAGUINDANAO ARMM 156,665,643.77
KITAOTAO BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 156,321,675.63
ROSALES PANGASINAN ILOCOS 155,690,856.77
JONES ISABEL CAGAYAN VALLEY 155,563,287.52
POLANGUI ALBAY BICOL 154,942,141.70
JOLO SULU ARMM 154,867,550.15
OTON ILOILO WESTERN VISAYAS 154,639,488.08
PALIMBANG SULTAN KUDARAT SOCCSKSARGEN 154,083,417.89
JOSE ABAD SANTOS (TRINIDAD) DAVAO OCCIDENTAL DAVAO 153,800,727.54
CANDABA PAMPANGA CENTRAL LUZON 153,178,552.93
GERONA TARLAC CENTRAL LUZON 152,803,129.02
BONGABONG MINDORO ORIENTAL MIMAROPA 152,481,322.78
BALAGTAS (BIGAA) BULACAN CENTRALLUZON 152,026,077.67
APARRI BATANES CAGAYAN VALLEY 151,131,955.40
GUINOBATAN ALBAY BICOL 151,032,580.53
SAN LUIS AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 150,657,950.39
BOLINAO PANGASINAN ILOCOS 150,447,196.69

The fifth table below represents LGUs with earnigns between (149,595,344.51 (Murcia, Negros Occidental) and P125,021,575.99 (Pinukpuk, Kalinga) cover 93 municipalities.

LGU NAME Province Region 2014 / In PHP
MURCIA NEGGROS OCCIDENTAL NEGROS 149,595,344.51
RAMON ISABEL CAGAYAN VALLEY 149,595,270.10
UPI MAGUINDANAO ARMM 149,392,411.48
MARAGUSAN (SAN MARIANO) COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 149,321,820.99
BINALBAGAN NEGGROS OCCIDENTAL NEGROS 149,003,348.80
VALENCIA (LUZURRIAGA) NEGROS ORIENTAL NEGROS 148,659,301.68
SANTA CRUZ ZAMBALES CENTRAL LUZON 148,439,527.51
MOLAVE ZAMBO DEL SUR ZAMBOANGA 146,989,703.80
KANANGA LEYTE EASTERN VISAYAS 146,960,985.56
MAGPET NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 146,830,623.60
UBAY BOHOL CENTRAL VISAYAS 146,379,312.48
TRENTO AGUSAN DEL SUR CARAGA 146,187,284.86
SAN FERNANDO BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 145,725,158.84
DONA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD BULACAN CENTRALLUZON 145,594,262.02
LAL-LO BATANES CAGAYAN VALLEY 145,207,938.97
VIRAC CATANDUANES BICOL 145,166,778.16
KAWIT CAVITE CALABARZON 144,259,947.73
SANTA BARBARA PANGASINAN ILOCOS 144,235,421.88
HERMOSA BATAAN CENTRAL LUZON 144,046,218.20
LANGUYAN TAWI-TAWI ARMM 144,044,059.02
COLUMBIO SULTAN KUDARAT SOCCSKSARGEN 143,601,852.79
TUMAUINI ISABEL CAGAYAN VALLEY 143,601,006.41
NABUA CAMARINES SUR BICOL 143,122,619.14
BUENAVISTA AGUSAN DEL NORTE CARAGA 142,699,608.77
MABINAY NEGROS ORIENTAL NEGROS 142,556,507.09
POZORRUBIO PANGASINAN ILOCOS 142,486,379.65
PAGALUNGAN MAGUINDANAO ARMM 142,485,256.12
CARMEN DAVAO DEL NORTE DAVAO 142,464,414.76
SAN JOSE ANTIQUE WESTERN VISAYAS 141,374,945.05
MANGATAREM PANGASINAN ILOCOS 141,032,919.98
MALVAR BATANGAS CALABARZON 140,490,827.88
BANGA SOUTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 140,315,631.05
ARGAO CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 140,218,619.75
SAN JOSE BATANGAS CALABARZON 140,097,813.12
ABORLAN PALAWAN MIMAROPA 140,080,260.05
INFANTA QUEZON CALABARZON 139,855,341.28
SIATON NEGROS ORIENTAL NEGROS 139,413,105.19
BANGUED ABRA CAR 139,290,891.47
CLAVERIA MISAMIS ORIENTAL NORTHERN MINDANAO 139,058,988.93
LALA LANAO DEL NORTE NORTHERN MINDANAO 138,266,021.52
MAASIM SARANGANI SOCCSKSARGEN 138,160,304.22
ROXAS ISABEL CAGAYAN VALLEY 137,956,991.18
DON CARLOS BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 137,453,215.99
GUMACA QUEZON CALABARZON 137,036,717.41
LAMBUNAO ILOILO WESTERN VISAYAS 136,801,505.00
PANGANTUCAN BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 136,554,894.08
ARAKAN NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 136,407,026.68
BURDEOS QUEZON CALABARZON 135,824,281.91
PRES. ROXAS NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 135,630,349.73
OSLOB CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 134,910,524.58
CALABANGA CAMARINES SUR BICOL 133,425,330.26
UMINGAN PANGASINAN ILOCOS 133,127,537.25
TAGKAWAYAN QUEZON CALABARZON 132,804,484.36
MILAGROS MASBATE BICOL 132,545,101.95
TALIBON BOHOL CENTRAL VISAYAS 131,903,146.30
BANTAYAN CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 131,758,741.55
ROSARIO LA UNION ILOCOS 131,714,636.46
SAN MATEO ISABEL CAGAYAN VALLEY 131,504,597.56
LIBON ALBAY BICOL 131,317,594.67
TINAMBAC CAMARINES SUR BICOL 131,083,184.80
CARRANGLAN NUEVA ECIJA CENTRAL LUZON 130,893,991.95
ORANI BATAAN CENTRAL LUZON 130,688,172.51
SAN FABIAN PANGASINAN ILOCOS 130,526,748.92
BINMALEY PANGASINAN ILOCOS 130,525,119.91
BUHI CAMARINES SUR BICOL 130,438,621.86
NEW BATAAN COMPOSTELA VALLEY DAVAO 130,433,217.09
SAN ANTONIO NUEVA ECIJA CENTRAL LUZON 130,207,678.01
TUBIGON BOHOL CENTRAL VISAYAS 129,739,055.37
LANTAPAN BUKIDNON NORTHERN MINDANAO 129,632,058.88
ATIMONAN QUEZON CALABARZON 129,539,072.42
SIBUCO ZAMBO DEL NORTE ZAMBOANGA 129,530,312.78
PILAR SORSOGON BICOL 129,349,994.75
SAN MARCELINO ZAMBALES CENTRAL LUZON 129,088,894.04
SIOCON ZAMBO DEL NORTE ZAMBOANGA 128,925,604.33
SANTA ROSA NUEVA ECIJA CENTRAL LUZON 128,871,716.56
CATANAUAN QUEZON CALABARZON 128,869,767.65
KABUGAO APAYAO CAR 128,107,847.39
CALAUAN LAGUNA CALABARZON 128,042,870.57
ESPERANZA SULTAN KUDARAT SOCCSKSARGEN 128,008,858.50
VILLASIS PANGASINAN ILOCOS 127,942,036.44
DAANBANTAYAN CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS 127,287,084.73
SAN MANUEL PANGASINAN ILOCOS 126,968,529.91
ALFONSO CAVITE CALABARZON 126,825,497.27
PIGKAWAYAN NORTH COTABATO SOCCSKSARGEN 126,799,583.64
CALAUAG QUEZON CALABARZON 126,529,382.65
BAYOMBONG NUEVA VIZCAYA CAGAYAN VALLEY 126,522,163.48
BONGABON NUEVA ECIJA CENTRAL LUZON 126,464,132.49
BINALONAN PANGASINAN ILOCOS 126,407,125.93
SANTA CRUZ MINDORO OCCIDENTAL MIMAROPA 126,361,763.58
BANSALAN DAVAO DEL SUR DAVAO 125,552,606.79
INDANG CAVITE CALABARZON 125,372,076.59
TALIPAO SULU ARMM 125,234,180.72
PINUKPUK KALINGA CAR 125,021,575.99
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