Living in Alsbach-Hähnlein

In Alsbach-Hähnlein, rents across existing tenancies average €8.04 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.1% (2024).

Alsbach-Hähnlein's population was 9,273 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,350 per month. Annual PM2.5 was 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2323 sources

Population9,273people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,350EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent8.04EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 38% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate5.1%country median 5.1% — about the sameOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,901incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 91% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and dirtier air than 70% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Alsbach-Hähnlein?

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

Average net cold rent is 8.04 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): 8.04 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesAlsbach-Hähnlein 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 Mbps⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.04 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Alsbach-Hähnlein a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–62%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student54%strong on cost, weak on education · range 43–65%

Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–64%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 482 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.04 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 Alsbach-Hähnlein?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Alsbach-Hähnlein is 5.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Alsbach-Hähnlein 5.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,350 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.1 %country median 5.1% — about the same	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

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

Left over each month€2,207of €2,788 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.	€2,788
Rent, 60 m²€8.04/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €482
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	€2,207

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Alsbach-Hähnlein. 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

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesAlsbach-Hähnlein 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	2,901 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁰Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Alsbach-Hähnlein's nearest airport was MHG, 30 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	30 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MHG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

GermanIn Person

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

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Alsbach-Hähnlein's monthly mean temperatures were 0.2°C in January and 20.6°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

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: European Environment Agency⁴

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

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.

PM2.5 across cities in GermanyAnnual PM2.5 in Alsbach-Hähnlein is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Alsbach-Hähnlein 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.61 · Feb 16.23 · Mar 21.75 · Apr 28.61 · May 31.19 · Jun 36.54 · Jul 39.17 · Aug 39.48 · Sep 32.76 · Oct 26.4 · Nov 20.81 · Dec 14.44 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.78 · Feb -17.7 · Mar -14.81 · Apr -4.83 · May -1.57 · Jun 4.49 · Jul 7.31 · Aug 6.54 · Sep 0.77 · Oct -5.16 · Nov -5.94 · Dec -17.48 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.21 · Feb 1.19 · Mar 4.89 · Apr 9.66 · May 14.04 · Jun 18.32 · Jul 20.57 · Aug 19.98 · Sep 15.33 · Oct 10.21 · Nov 4.95 · Dec 1.24 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

The published population was 9,273 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	9,273 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³Official

International community in Alsbach-Hähnlein

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	9,195	100.0%
Germany	7,575	82.4%
Poland	182	2.0%
Ukraine	105	1.1%
Turkey	101	1.1%
Russian Federation	93	1.0%
Kazakhstan	89	1.0%
Romania	81	0.9%
Italy	59	0.6%
Czech Republic	53	0.6%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	47	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Austria	38	0.4%
Hungary	36	0.4%
United States	35	0.4%
India	35	0.4%
Afghanistan	33	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	32	0.3%
Bulgaria	30	0.3%
Not stated	28	0.3%
United Kingdom	27	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	26	0.3%
Croatia	26	0.3%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	26	0.3%
Ghana	25	0.3%
Serbia	24	0.3%
France	22	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	22	0.2%
Greece	21	0.2%
Morocco	20	0.2%
Spain	16	0.2%
Viet Nam	15	0.2%
Pakistan	12	0.1%
Thailand	12	0.1%
Netherlands	11	0.1%
Switzerland	11	0.1%
Somalia	11	0.1%
Eritrea	10	0.1%
Uzbekistan	10	0.1%
China	10	0.1%
Iraq	9	0.1%
Lithuania	8	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	8	0.1%
Kosovo	8	0.1%
Colombia	8	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	8	0.1%
Philippines	7	0.1%
Belgium	6	0.1%
Ethiopia	6	0.1%
Nigeria	6	0.1%
Egypt	6	0.1%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6	0.1%
Japan	6	0.1%
Albania	5	0.1%
Slovakia	5	0.1%
Brazil	5	0.1%
Tajikistan	5	0.1%
South Africa	4	0.0%
Argentina	4	0.0%
Mexico	4	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	4	0.0%
Myanmar	4	0.0%
Sri Lanka	4	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Sierra Leone	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Honduras	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Uruguay	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	9,195	100.0%
Germany	8,224	89.4%
Poland	91	1.0%
Italy	90	1.0%
Ukraine	82	0.9%
Turkey	66	0.7%
Romania	52	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	40	0.4%
Croatia	37	0.4%
Afghanistan	33	0.4%
Bulgaria	30	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Austria	30	0.3%
Hungary	28	0.3%
Greece	23	0.3%
United States	23	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	21	0.2%
India	20	0.2%
Ghana	19	0.2%
France	18	0.2%
Eritrea	18	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	17	0.2%
Serbia	15	0.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	14	0.2%
Spain	14	0.2%
Netherlands	12	0.1%
Pakistan	12	0.1%
Morocco	11	0.1%
Lithuania	10	0.1%
Kosovo	9	0.1%
Russian Federation	8	0.1%
Belgium	7	0.1%
Somalia	7	0.1%
Japan	7	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	7	0.1%
Thailand	7	0.1%
Switzerland	6	0.1%
United Kingdom	6	0.1%
Viet Nam	6	0.1%
Albania	5	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	5	0.1%
Ethiopia	5	0.1%
Sri Lanka	5	0.1%
Iraq	5	0.1%
Kazakhstan	5	0.1%
China	5	0.1%
Colombia	4	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Czech Republic	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Korea, Democratic People'S Republic of	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Uncertain	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Alternatives for people set on Alsbach-Hähnlein

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.

Lindenfels as an Alsbach-Hähnlein alternative in the same region

13 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €5.95/m² Lindenfels vs €8.04/m² Alsbach-Hähnleinno percentage
Unemployment: 4.5% Lindenfels vs 5.1% Alsbach-Hähnlein−12%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,766 Lindenfels vs 2,901 Alsbach-Hähnlein−5%
Median gross pay, region: €4,300 Lindenfels vs €4,350 Alsbach-Hähnleinsame level

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Cities near Alsbach-Hähnlein

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

Darmstadt Commuting Zone · 14.1 km away

Rent: 9.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Seeheim-Jugenheim 3.4 km away

Rent: 8.61 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Bensheim 6.7 km away

Rent: 8.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Pfungstadt 7.3 km away

Rent: 7.87 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Gernsheim 9.9 km away

Rent: 7.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Lorsch 10.5 km away

Rent: 7.61 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Heppenheim (Bergstraße) 11.2 km away

Rent: 8.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Lindenfels 13.0 km away

Rent: 5.95 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Alsbach-Hähnlein, nearest in population first.

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Schlitz9,271 residents Wehrheim9,271 residents Ehningen9,277 residents Urbach9,277 residents Oberstdorf9,279 residents Teisendorf9,267 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Alsbach-Hähnlein 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; Alsbach-Hähnlein's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Alsbach-Hähnlein part of Darmstadt?

Alsbach-Hähnlein is in the published commuting zone of Darmstadt; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Darmstadt city profile

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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 Alsbach-Hähnlein?

The published population was 9,273 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

Average net cold rent is 8.04 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 563 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

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: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Alsbach-Hähnlein?

The median gross salary is 4,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Alsbach-Hähnlein a good place to live?

Alsbach-Hähnlein 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.

Is Alsbach-Hähnlein part of Darmstadt?

Alsbach-Hähnlein is in the published commuting zone of Darmstadt; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Alsbach-Hähnlein?

Darmstadt, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Bensheim, Pfungstadt, Gernsheim are near Alsbach-Hähnlein. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Alsbach-Hähnlein?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,575 people (82.4%) 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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Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
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MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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