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Living in Bad Rappenau

Bad Rappenau had 22,703 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €11.88 per m² per month in June 2026. The regional median gross salary was €4,400 per month at the end of 2024.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Bad Rappenau?

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 Bad Rappenau?

Average net cold rent is 11.88 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), 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): 11.88 EUR/m²/month · miet-check Mietspiegel Bad Rappenau22

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Bad Rappenau yet.

Net rent across major citiesBad Rappenau highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Bad Rappenau highlighted€9.94Hamburg€9.72Stuttgart€9.10Augsburg€9.09Mannheim€7.71Berlin€7.20Dresden€6.79Braunschweig€6.72Bielefeld€6.66Duisburg€6.27Leipzig€6.00Dortmund€5.99Halle (Saale)net rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average net rent (nettokalt)11.88 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026miet-check Mietspiegel Bad Rappenau22Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 713 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.88 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: June 2026

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 5.22% in May 2022. Regional disposable income was €30,254 per person per year at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Bad Rappenau?

The unemployment rate is about 5.2 % (May 2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 5.22 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21
Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Bad Rappenau is 5.2%. Of 2,973 cities with data, 1,290 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Germany per band801 cities: 2% to under 4%8012–41290 cities: 4% to under 6%12904–6Bad Rappenau 5.2%624 cities: 6% to under 8%6246–8228 cities: 8% to under 10%2288–1024 cities: 10% to under 12%2410–124 cities: 12% to under 14%412–142 cities: 14% to under 16%214–16

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability90.92 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Gigabit broadband availability94.61 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Disposable income per resident30,254 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts19Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita75,417 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts19Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)4,400 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate5.22 %country median 5.1%15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bad Rappenau. 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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Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital Beds Per 100k568.5 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)2Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Bad Rappenau 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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Hospital Beds Per 100k568.5 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport1 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat15Official
Nearest airportMHG13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport50 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bad Rappenau. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Bad Rappenau.

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Bad Rappenau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Heilbronn)11

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
Bad Rappenau annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit5258.0PM2.5154014.0PM10104016.0NO₂µg/m³

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 Bad Rappenau is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 444 cities with data, 155 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.
annual PM2.5, µg/m³ · measured cities in Germany per band1 city: 3 µg/m³ to under 4 µg/m³13–410 cities: 4 µg/m³ to under 5 µg/m³104–54 cities: 5 µg/m³ to under 6 µg/m³45–643 cities: 6 µg/m³ to under 7 µg/m³436–7102 cities: 7 µg/m³ to under 8 µg/m³1027–8155 cities: 8 µg/m³ to under 9 µg/m³1558–9Bad Rappenau 8.090 cities: 9 µg/m³ to under 10 µg/m³909–1030 cities: 10 µg/m³ to under 11 µg/m³3010–115 cities: 11 µg/m³ to under 12 µg/m³511–122 cities: 12 µg/m³ to under 13 µg/m³212–132 cities: 13 µg/m³ to under 14 µg/m³213–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean16 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Heilbronn)9Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Heilbronn)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Heilbronn)11Official · nearest-station reading
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 12.65 · Feb 16.19 · Mar 22.14 · Apr 28.41 · May 30.42 · Jun 35.39 · Jul 37.6 · Aug 38.51 · Sep 32.38 · Oct 26.67 · Nov 20.33 · Dec 14.51 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -16.66 · Feb -17.71 · Mar -18.25 · Apr -5.07 · May -1.38 · Jun 3.64 · Jul 6.85 · Aug 6.61 · Sep -0.08 · Oct -6.49 · Nov -8.16 · Dec -18.63 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Average temperature by monthJan -0.12 · Feb 0.77 · Mar 4.58 · Apr 9.3 · May 13.57 · Jun 17.82 · Jul 20.02 · Aug 19.57 · Sep 14.94 · Oct 10.03 · Nov 4.67 · Dec 0.9 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Annual mean temperature8.9 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)8Official · land

Cities of a similar size in Germany

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Germany cities
Friesoythe22,685 residentsÜberlingen22,735 residentsDitzingen22,666 residentsEppingen22,666 residentsStadthagen22,638 residentsHerdecke22,772 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 73.6 km² in 2024. Population density was 308.6 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Bad Rappenau?

The published population was 22,703 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Bad Rappenau residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport85.6%Foreign residents14.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents657 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality12Official
City area73.56 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official
Foreign residents3,262 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities20Official
Population density308.6 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.14Official
Population22,703 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents5,603 people31 Dec 2022Destatis4Official
Catholic share25.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis4Official
No religion or other9,044 people31 Dec 2022Destatis4Official
No religion or other, share40.5 %31 Dec 2022Destatis4Official
Protestant residents7,686 people31 Dec 2022Destatis4Official
Protestant share34.4 %31 Dec 2022Destatis4Official

International community in Bad Rappenau

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
Total22,333100.0%
Germany16,63374.5%
Kazakhstan8393.8%
Poland5522.5%
Russian Federation5382.4%
Romania5142.3%
Turkey2891.3%
Ukraine2251.0%
Kosovo2241.0%
Hungary2201.0%
Croatia2050.9%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Bosnia and Herzegovina1910.9%
Syrian Arab Republic1790.8%
Czech Republic1480.7%
Italy1140.5%
Serbia1080.5%
Bulgaria830.4%
Afghanistan710.3%
Moldova, Republic of630.3%
Iraq590.3%
Austria570.3%
Portugal510.2%
Kyrgyzstan510.2%
Tajikistan460.2%
United States420.2%
Greece370.2%
Lebanon360.2%
Slovenia330.1%
Albania320.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of320.1%
France310.1%
Switzerland310.1%
China300.1%
Thailand280.1%
Brazil270.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of270.1%
Sri Lanka250.1%
India230.1%
Montenegro220.1%
Pakistan220.1%
Slovakia210.1%
Uzbekistan210.1%
Not stated210.1%
Lithuania190.1%
Belarus190.1%
Philippines190.1%
Viet Nam180.1%
United Kingdom170.1%
Latvia130.1%
Spain130.1%
Eritrea110.0%
Morocco100.0%
Colombia100.0%
Netherlands80.0%
Nigeria80.0%
Tunisia70.0%
Ireland60.0%
Gambia60.0%
Dominican Republic60.0%
Georgia60.0%
Indonesia60.0%
Turkmenistan60.0%
Estonia50.0%
Madagascar50.0%
Cameroon50.0%
South Africa50.0%
Togo50.0%
Argentina50.0%
Canada50.0%
Mexico50.0%
Israel50.0%
Belgium40.0%
Finland40.0%
Paraguay40.0%
Armenia40.0%
Japan40.0%
Denmark30.0%
Luxembourg30.0%
Algeria30.0%
Zimbabwe30.0%
Libya30.0%
Zambia30.0%
Senegal30.0%
Egypt30.0%
Ecuador30.0%
Jamaica30.0%
Azerbaijan30.0%
Jordan30.0%
Qatar30.0%
Taiwan, Province of China30.0%
Korea, Republic of30.0%
United Arab Emirates30.0%
Saudi Arabia30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total22,333100.0%
Germany19,06585.4%
Croatia3351.5%
Turkey3201.4%
Romania2811.3%
Kosovo2471.1%
Syrian Arab Republic2141.0%
Poland1950.9%
Italy1640.7%
Ukraine1570.7%
Hungary1050.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Bosnia and Herzegovina1030.5%
Bulgaria980.4%
Russian Federation780.3%
Afghanistan750.3%
Serbia740.3%
Portugal670.3%
Iraq550.2%
Austria430.2%
Greece410.2%
Kazakhstan380.2%
Albania350.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of340.2%
United States340.2%
Pakistan280.1%
India260.1%
Montenegro250.1%
Slovenia240.1%
China230.1%
Spain220.1%
France210.1%
Lithuania190.1%
Thailand190.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of170.1%
Brazil150.1%
Eritrea140.1%
Slovakia120.1%
Latvia110.0%
Sri Lanka110.0%
Lebanon110.0%
Netherlands100.0%
United Kingdom100.0%
Belarus100.0%
Viet Nam100.0%
Switzerland90.0%
Czech Republic90.0%
Colombia80.0%
Mexico80.0%
Nigeria70.0%
Morocco70.0%
Ireland60.0%
Togo50.0%
Tunisia50.0%
Philippines50.0%
Finland40.0%
Moldova, Republic of40.0%
Gambia40.0%
Indonesia40.0%
Kyrgyzstan40.0%
Stateless40.0%
South Africa30.0%
Egypt30.0%
Canada30.0%
Paraguay30.0%
Armenia30.0%
Azerbaijan30.0%
Georgia30.0%
Israel30.0%
Japan30.0%
Cambodia30.0%
Uzbekistan30.0%
Uncertain30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source17

Is Bad Rappenau 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 worker51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–61%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–66%
Student54%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 43–65%
Family52%strong on family, weak on safety · range 41–63%
Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–65%
Foreign residents3,262 people15 May 2022Official source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Population22,703 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Average net rent (nettokalt)11.88 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026Commercial source · miet-check Mietspiegel Bad Rappenau
Fibre-to-the-building availability90.92 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas
Gigabit broadband availability94.61 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas
Disposable income per resident30,254 EUR/year31 Dec 2023Official source · VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Childcare coverage, ages 3–693.2 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 327.5 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier380 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official
Local property-tax multiplier410 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official

Common questions

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

How many people live in Bad Rappenau?

The published population was 22,703 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Bad Rappenau?

Average net cold rent is 11.88 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 832 EUR a month before utilities. Source: miet-check Mietspiegel Bad Rappenau.

Is the air quality good in Bad Rappenau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Heilbronn).

What is the unemployment rate in Bad Rappenau?

The unemployment rate is about 5.2 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Bad Rappenau?

The median gross salary is 4,400 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

How many foreign residents live in Bad Rappenau?

3,262 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Bad Rappenau a good place to live?

Bad Rappenau 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 Total live in Bad Rappenau?

The official country of birth distribution records 22,333 people (100.0%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Bad Rappenau, Germany: rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/bad-rappenau/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Bad Rappenau, Germany: rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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  2. Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
  3. Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV · gigabitgrundbuch.bund.de · checked 2026-07-14
  4. Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-08
  5. Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
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  7. Destatis Realsteuervergleich destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
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