Living in Allendorf

In Allendorf, rent averages €4.84 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.5% (2024).

Allendorf had a population of 7,518 at the end of 2024. Regional median gross salary figures for Allendorf showed €3,850 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2316 sources

Population7,518people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,850EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent4.84EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 17% belowOfficial source · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)

Unemployment rate4.5%country median 5.1% — 12% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,392incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Cheaper rent than 84% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 62% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Allendorf?

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Allendorf?

Average net cold rent is 4.84 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 4.84 EUR/m²/month · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesAllendorf highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Brunswick€6.79

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.84 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)³Official

Is Allendorf a good place to live?

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 53–73%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–74%

Student63%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–74%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–72%

Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 290 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.84 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: May 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Allendorf?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Allendorf is 4.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Allendorf 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,850 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.5 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Allendorf?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,132of €2,521 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€2,521
Rent, 60 m²€4.84/m² · official · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE) · 2022-05-15	− €290
Internet€49 · official · MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps · 2026-09-30	− €49
Mobile plan€50 · official · Telekom MagentaMobil M · 2026-09-30	− €50
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,132

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service

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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesAllendorf highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424

Frankfurt14,600

Berlin13,900

Hanover13,192

Cologne12,343

Dortmund12,283

Dusseldorf12,172

Leipzig11,129

Essen9,619

Dresden8,853

Stuttgart8,552

Munich6,214

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,392 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁷Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Allendorf's nearest airport was PAD, 65 km away and offered 8 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	8 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	65 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PAD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

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BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −1.9°C in January to 14.3°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 136.9 mm in January and 112.6 mm in July. Allendorf's average monthly sunshine was 47.1 hours in January and 188 hours in July.

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

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0°-4°

1°-4°

4°-1°

9°2°

13°6°

16°9°

18°11°

14°8°

9°4°

4°0°

1°-3°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

137

102

103

113

106

110

113

123

141

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

113

160

181

180

188

178

130

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.1 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 4.2 · Apr 9.3 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.4 · Aug 18.3 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 9 · Nov 4 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.8 · Feb -3.6 · Mar -1.3 · Apr 2.1 · May 5.7 · Jun 8.6 · Jul 10.9 · Aug 10.8 · Sep 7.8 · Oct 4.1 · Nov 0.2 · Dec -2.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.9 · Feb -1.5 · Mar 1.2 · Apr 5.4 · May 9.3 · Jun 12.2 · Jul 14.3 · Aug 14.1 · Sep 10.5 · Oct 6.2 · Nov 2 · Dec -0.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 136.9 · Feb 102.3 · Mar 103.1 · Apr 75 · May 86.9 · Jun 95.7 · Jul 112.6 · Aug 105.9 · Sep 110.2 · Oct 113 · Nov 122.9 · Dec 141.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 47.1 · Feb 67.2 · Mar 113.1 · Apr 160.3 · May 181 · Jun 180.3 · Jul 188 · Aug 178 · Sep 129.8 · Oct 89.3 · Nov 44 · Dec 38.1 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Ilmenau ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.3 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±3.1 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±3.1 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±3.1 °C, Bærum (Norway) ±1.2 °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

How many people live in Allendorf?

The published population was 7,518 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,518 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰Official

International community in Allendorf

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

Country of birth

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,559	100.0%
Germany	4,108	73.9%
Kazakhstan	429	7.7%
Russian Federation	220	4.0%
Turkey	152	2.7%
Poland	116	2.1%
Ukraine	65	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	50	0.9%
Not stated	49	0.9%
Romania	41	0.7%
Czech Republic	33	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	32	0.6%
Kyrgyzstan	25	0.4%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	23	0.4%
Pakistan	21	0.4%
Kosovo	17	0.3%
Uzbekistan	16	0.3%
India	15	0.3%
Afghanistan	13	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	10	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	0.2%
Belarus	9	0.2%
Austria	7	0.1%
Serbia	7	0.1%
Iraq	7	0.1%
Lebanon	7	0.1%
Slovakia	6	0.1%
Albania	5	0.1%
Croatia	5	0.1%
Turkmenistan	5	0.1%
France	4	0.1%
Algeria	4	0.1%
Eritrea	4	0.1%
Morocco	4	0.1%
Greece	3	0.1%
Lithuania	3	0.1%
Netherlands	3	0.1%
Spain	3	0.1%
Hungary	3	0.1%
Nigeria	3	0.1%
Libya	3	0.1%
Burkina Faso	3	0.1%
Namibia	3	0.1%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.1%
Egypt	3	0.1%
Argentina	3	0.1%
Brazil	3	0.1%
United States	3	0.1%
Nepal	3	0.1%
Philippines	3	0.1%
Thailand	3	0.1%
China	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,559	100.0%
Germany	4,962	89.3%
Turkey	153	2.8%
Ukraine	59	1.1%
Uncertain	48	0.9%
Syrian Arab Republic	46	0.8%
Italy	34	0.6%
Romania	31	0.6%
Poland	30	0.5%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	27	0.5%
Russian Federation	18	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	15	0.3%
India	13	0.2%
Pakistan	10	0.2%
Austria	7	0.1%
Kazakhstan	7	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0.1%
Slovakia	6	0.1%
Belarus	6	0.1%
Albania	5	0.1%
Iraq	5	0.1%
Turkmenistan	5	0.1%
France	4	0.1%
Ethiopia	4	0.1%
Libya	4	0.1%
Afghanistan	4	0.1%
Not stated	4	0.1%
Croatia	3	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.1%
Netherlands	3	0.1%
Spain	3	0.1%
Czech Republic	3	0.1%
Serbia	3	0.1%
Nigeria	3	0.1%
Morocco	3	0.1%
Burkina Faso	3	0.1%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.1%
Brazil	3	0.1%
Mexico	3	0.1%
Nepal	3	0.1%
China	3	0.1%
Stateless	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Alternatives for people set on Allendorf

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.

Böblingen as an Allendorf alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,850 Allendorf+27%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €4.84/m² Allendorfno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 3,392 Allendorf+12%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Allendorf through valid health insurance.

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, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Länder Sprachförderung (e.g. Sprachlernklassen BW/Berlin; vorklassen); Starting Opportunities Programme. How to enrol a child (kmk.org).

A country-wide rule for Germany; Allendorf's school authority applies it locally.

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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 Allendorf?

The published population was 7,518 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Allendorf?

Average net cold rent is 4.84 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 339 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE).

What is the unemployment rate in Allendorf?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Allendorf?

The median gross salary is 3,850 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Allendorf a good place to live?

Allendorf 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.

How many people born in Germany live in Allendorf?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,108 people (73.9%) in the source-defined population for 2022-05-15. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE) destatis.de · checked 2026-09-23
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05

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Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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