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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.

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

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
Alsbach-Hähnlein recurring monthly 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 across major cities with Alsbach-Hähnlein highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps6Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M14Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.04 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis3Official

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%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)4,350 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate5.1 %country median 5.1% — about the same31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur 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.

regional median gross pay: €4,350 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
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
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Alsbach-Hähnlein Salary needed to live in Alsbach-Hähnlein

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesAlsbach-Hähnlein highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Alsbach-Hähnlein highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,901 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche 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.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport1 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights8Official
Distance to the nearest major airport30 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports9Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)MHG3 Aug 2026OurAirports9Official

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.

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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

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.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency4Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 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 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center7Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -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 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center7Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan 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 °C31 Dec 2001NASA 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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population9,273 people31 Dec 2024Statistisches 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 groupPeopleShare
Total9,195100.0%
Germany7,57582.4%
Poland1822.0%
Ukraine1051.1%
Turkey1011.1%
Russian Federation931.0%
Kazakhstan891.0%
Romania810.9%
Italy590.6%
Czech Republic530.6%
Iran, Islamic Republic of470.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Austria380.4%
Hungary360.4%
United States350.4%
India350.4%
Afghanistan330.4%
Syrian Arab Republic320.3%
Bulgaria300.3%
Not stated280.3%
United Kingdom270.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina260.3%
Croatia260.3%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of260.3%
Ghana250.3%
Serbia240.3%
France220.2%
Kyrgyzstan220.2%
Greece210.2%
Morocco200.2%
Spain160.2%
Viet Nam150.2%
Pakistan120.1%
Thailand120.1%
Netherlands110.1%
Switzerland110.1%
Somalia110.1%
Eritrea100.1%
Uzbekistan100.1%
China100.1%
Iraq90.1%
Lithuania80.1%
Moldova, Republic of80.1%
Kosovo80.1%
Colombia80.1%
Korea, Republic of80.1%
Philippines70.1%
Belgium60.1%
Ethiopia60.1%
Nigeria60.1%
Egypt60.1%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of60.1%
Japan60.1%
Albania50.1%
Slovakia50.1%
Brazil50.1%
Tajikistan50.1%
South Africa40.0%
Argentina40.0%
Mexico40.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of40.0%
Myanmar40.0%
Sri Lanka40.0%
Finland30.0%
Ireland30.0%
Sweden30.0%
Belarus30.0%
Sierra Leone30.0%
Chile30.0%
Costa Rica30.0%
Dominican Republic30.0%
Ecuador30.0%
Honduras30.0%
Canada30.0%
Cuba30.0%
Peru30.0%
Uruguay30.0%
Georgia30.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total9,195100.0%
Germany8,22489.4%
Poland911.0%
Italy901.0%
Ukraine820.9%
Turkey660.7%
Romania520.6%
Syrian Arab Republic400.4%
Croatia370.4%
Afghanistan330.4%
Bulgaria300.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Austria300.3%
Hungary280.3%
Greece230.3%
United States230.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina210.2%
India200.2%
Ghana190.2%
France180.2%
Eritrea180.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of170.2%
Serbia150.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of140.2%
Spain140.2%
Netherlands120.1%
Pakistan120.1%
Morocco110.1%
Lithuania100.1%
Kosovo90.1%
Russian Federation80.1%
Belgium70.1%
Somalia70.1%
Japan70.1%
Korea, Republic of70.1%
Thailand70.1%
Switzerland60.1%
United Kingdom60.1%
Viet Nam60.1%
Albania50.1%
Moldova, Republic of50.1%
Ethiopia50.1%
Sri Lanka50.1%
Iraq50.1%
Kazakhstan50.1%
China50.1%
Colombia40.0%
Finland30.0%
Ireland30.0%
Luxembourg30.0%
Slovakia30.0%
Sweden30.0%
Czech Republic30.0%
Tunisia30.0%
Brazil30.0%
Costa Rica30.0%
Cuba30.0%
Korea, Democratic People'S Republic of30.0%
Kyrgyzstan30.0%
Philippines30.0%
Uncertain30.0%

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
Full comparisonMore about Lindenfels

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
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 residentsWehrheim9,271 residentsEhningen9,277 residentsUrbach9,277 residentsOberstdorf9,279 residentsTeisendorf9,267 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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source5

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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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  3. Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
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  6. MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
  7. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
  8. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
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  2. Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
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