Living in Chotěboř

In Chotěboř, unemployment is 3.3% (2024).

Chotěboř's population was 9,092 at the end of 2024. Chotěboř's unemployment stood at 3.26% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0723 sources

Population9,092people31 Dec 2024Official source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR

Median gross salary (region)1,750EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region

Unemployment rate3.26%country median 4.1% — 21% belowOfficial source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR

Recorded crime995.2incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KROK Database — 2025 open data

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu

Which Czechia-wide rules apply when you move to Chotěboř?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CzechiaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Chotěboř.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Chotěboř counted 4,350 dwellings at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Chotěboř. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€16

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesChotěboř highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Jesenice€13.53

Čelákovice€12.51

Milovice€10.98

Studénka€8.97

Plzeň€5.92

Ostrava€4.83

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Klášterec nad Ohří€8.39

Prague€8.25

Krupka€8.10

Brno€7.50

Jirkov€7.49

Chodov€7.45

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	16.44 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone fixed internet¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.32 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Datamanie 10GB¹⁰Official · national market
Dwellings	4,350 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)²Official

Is Chotěboř a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on housing · range 45–67%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student51%strong on safety, weak on education · range 39–63%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–71%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–67%

Work and income

At the end of 2021, 4,286 were in employment in Chotěboř.

What is the unemployment rate in Chotěboř?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (2024).

Unemployment rate: 3.26 % · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁵

Unemployment across cities in CzechiaUnemployment in Chotěboř is 3.3%. Of 279 cities with data, 72 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1112–13

Chotěboř 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,881 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	MPSV/ISPV RSCP MZS-M0, 2025 — Kraj Vysočina, wage sphere⁹Official · regional context
People in employment	4,286 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,750 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region¹³Official · county
Unemployment rate	3.26 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2024	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁵Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Chotěboř. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Labour Office of the Czech Republic — Public employment service

Úřad práce České republiky

Job SearchRegistration

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Chotěboř. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Chotěboř?

Police recorded about 995 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 995.2 incidents per 100,000 · KROK Database — 2025 open data⁸

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	995.2 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	KROK Database — 2025 open data⁸Official · county

Mobility and administration

Chotěboř's nearest airport was PED, 33 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	33 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PED	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Chotěboř. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adaptation and integration courses “Welcome to the Czech Republic” — Civic Orientation

Refugee Facilities Administration of the Ministry of the Interior

For third-country nationals with qualifying long-term or permanent residence.

CzechIn PersonCo-payment

Open official information

Centres for Support of Integration of Foreigners — counselling, language and sociocultural support — Welcome Program

Refugee Facilities Administration of the Ministry of the Interior

For foreigners legally residing in the Czech Republic, people granted international protection.

CzechIn Person, OnlineFree

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Chotěboř.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −2°C in January to 17.6°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Chotěboř?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu¹

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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237

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	air.discomap.eea.europa.eu¹Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.5 · Feb 2.4 · Mar 7 · Apr 13 · May 17.5 · Jun 20.8 · Jul 23.2 · Aug 23.3 · Sep 17.6 · Oct 11.6 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.7 · Feb -4.2 · Mar -1.1 · Apr 2.6 · May 6.9 · Jun 10 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 11.7 · Sep 8.1 · Oct 4.3 · Nov 0.6 · Dec -3.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2 · Feb -1 · Mar 2.6 · Apr 7.8 · May 12.4 · Jun 15.8 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 17.5 · Sep 12.7 · Oct 7.7 · Nov 3.1 · Dec -1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 42.2 · Feb 35.8 · Mar 43.9 · Apr 35.2 · May 75.6 · Jun 75 · Jul 92.7 · Aug 80.3 · Sep 59.8 · Oct 44.2 · Nov 41.8 · Dec 42.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 52.6 · Feb 79.8 · Mar 128.8 · Apr 190.5 · May 220.3 · Jun 221.4 · Jul 237.3 · Aug 234.2 · Sep 164.8 · Oct 107.7 · Nov 46.7 · Dec 41.1 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Czechia: Olomouc ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Zeulenroda-Triebes (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Naila (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Schwarzenbach an der Saale (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Selb (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.6 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The female population of Chotěboř was 4,460. Chotěboř was home to 4,327 men at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Chotěboř?

The published population was 9,092 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	4,460 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)⁴Official
Male residents	4,327 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)⁴Official
Population	9,092 people	31 Dec 2024	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁵Official

International community in Chotěboř

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population with usual residence; Census 2021; source indicator: Počet obyvatel s obvyklým pobytem · 2021 Census (2021-03-26)

Published group	People	Share
Total population	8,787	100.0%
Česká republika	8,663	98.6%
Slovenská republika	28	0.3%
Vietnamská socialistická republika	28	0.3%
Ukrajina	28	0.3%
Dvojí občanství	16	0.2%
Polská republika	5	0.1%
Ruská federace	4	0.0%
Běloruská republika	2	0.0%
Indická republika	2	0.0%
Republika Kosovo	2	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Spolková republika Německo	1	0.0%
Maďarská republika	1	0.0%
Irácká republika	1	0.0%
Rakouská republika	1	0.0%
Nizozemské království	1	0.0%
Turecká republika	1	0.0%
Egyptská arabská republika	1	0.0%
Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska	1	0.0%
Spojené státy americké	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population with usual residence; Census 2021; source indicator: Počet obyvatel s obvyklým pobytem · 2021 Census (2021-03-26)

Published group	People	Share
Total population	8,787	100.0%
Česká celkem	5,902	67.2%
Slovenská celkem	54	0.6%
Vietnamská celkem	30	0.3%
Moravská celkem	22	0.3%
Ukrajinská celkem	13	0.1%
Československá celkem	12	0.1%
Jiná celkem	9	0.1%
Ruská celkem	7	0.1%
Polská celkem	6	0.1%
Maďarská celkem	4	0.0%

Show 15 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Anglická celkem	3	0.0%
Evropská celkem	3	0.0%
Kazašská celkem	2	0.0%
Německá celkem	2	0.0%
Rusínská celkem	2	0.0%
Albánská celkem	1	0.0%
Běloruská celkem	1	0.0%
Francouzská celkem	1	0.0%
Indická celkem	1	0.0%
Kanadská celkem	1	0.0%
Moldavská celkem	1	0.0%
Nizozemská celkem	1	0.0%
Romská celkem	1	0.0%
Řecká celkem	1	0.0%
Židovská celkem	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Labour force	4,433 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)³Official

Alternatives for people set on Chotěboř

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Havlíčkův Brod as a Chotěboř alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 23,791 Havlíčkův Brod vs 9,092 Chotěboř+162%
Unemployment: 2.5% Havlíčkův Brod vs 3.3% Chotěboř−23%
Median gross pay, region: €1,750 Havlíčkův Brod vs €1,750 Chotěbořsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 995 Havlíčkův Brod vs 995 Chotěbořsame level

Full comparison More about Havlíčkův Brod

Cities near Chotěboř

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Czechia

Other cities in Czechia to compare with Chotěboř, nearest in population first.

All Czechia cities

Roztoky9,088 residents Polička9,051 residents Mnichovo Hradiště9,048 residents Hostivice9,179 residents Nové Město nad Metují9,181 residents Nová Paka8,979 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Chotěboř when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Free Czech-language courses for foreigners (NPI cizinci.npi.cz portal + school adaptation support). How to enrol a child (msmt.gov.cz).

A country-wide rule for Czechia; Chotěboř's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Chotěboř?

The published population was 9,092 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

Is the air quality good in Chotěboř?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu.

How safe is Chotěboř?

Police recorded about 995 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KROK Database — 2025 open data.

What is the unemployment rate in Chotěboř?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (2024). Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

What is the typical salary around Chotěboř?

The median gross salary is 1,750 EUR/month. Source: Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region.

Is Chotěboř a good place to live?

Chotěboř may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Chotěboř?

Havlíčkův Brod, Hlinsko, Světlá nad Sázavou are near Chotěboř. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Česká republika citizenship group in Chotěboř?

The official citizenship distribution records 8,663 people (98.6%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census (2021-03-26). This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Chotěboř, Czechia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version bb77853f37212dec8912e7979d0134c8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/cz/chotebor/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Chotěboř, Czechia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {bb77853f37212dec8912e7979d0134c8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/cz/chotebor/},
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}

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Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR opendata.csu.gov.cz · checked 2026-08-04
Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) ancestry or ethnicity distribution csu.gov.cz · checked 2026-08-28
Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) citizenship distribution csu.gov.cz · checked 2026-08-28
KROK Database — 2025 open data KROK Database · opendata.csu.gov.cz · checked 2026-10-05
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