This paper maps psychosocial wellbeing in Mexico and explores its relationship with the
characteristics of the place where a person lives, using multilevel models. Psychosocial wellbeing
is measured as self-reported depressive symptoms, feelings of sadness and experience of stress.
Results suggest a negative relationship between psychosocial wellbeing and local levels of
unemployment, and heterogeneity in the role of place characteristics depending on individual
characteristics. First, local unemployment levels tend to harm women more than men, and older
more than younger people. Second, local poverty increases the depression symptoms and feelings
of sadness of wealthier people, but, at high levels of local poverty, poorer people are significantly
more likely to experience stress compared to wealthier people. Moreover, local poverty
significantly worsens the psychosocial wellbeing of unemployed people. Third, an increase in local
inequality harms the psychosocial wellbeing of younger people, while it does not seem to affect
individuals older than 35. Fourth, an increase in the provision of local amenities can improve
psychosocial wellbeing among people younger than 50, but it does not seem to moderate the
relationship between age and depression among older people.