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Living in Blomberg

In Blomberg, rents across existing tenancies average €5.81 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.7% (2022).

Blomberg is a city in Germany, with a population of 15,485 at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €28,163 per person per year at the end of 2023. In May 2022, the unemployment rate was 5.68%. The regional median gross salary was €3,900 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2322 sources

Population15,485people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,900EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)
Average net rent5.81EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — about the sameOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate5.68%country median 5.1% — 11% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Recorded crime4,645incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the sameOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 64% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

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

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Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €7.32 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Blomberg?

Average net cold rent is 5.81 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): 5.81 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Blomberg recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesBlomberg highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Blomberg highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Blomberg€5.81
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Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M16Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.81 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — about the same15 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate7.32 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026miet-check Mietspiegel Blomberg22Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Blomberg a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–59%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 46–64%
Student55%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 44–66%
Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%
Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 349 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.81 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 Blomberg?

The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (May 2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 5.68 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21
Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Blomberg is 5.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability50.73 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas2Official
Gigabit broadband availability70.42 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas2Official
Disposable income per resident28,163 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts17Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita36,495 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts17Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)3,900 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate5.68 %country median 5.1%15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official

What does a salary buy in Blomberg?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,900 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€2,010of €2,548 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.€2,548
Rent, 60 m²€7.32/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Blomberg · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €5.81/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €439
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€2,010
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Blomberg Salary needed to live in Blomberg

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Blomberg. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Blomberg. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents115.8 per 100,0002024BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)9Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Blomberg 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.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesBlomberg highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Blomberg 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 residents4,645 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise15Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport8 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat13Official
Nearest airportPAD13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official
Distance to nearest airport47.9 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Blomberg?

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: European Environment Agency8

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
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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 Blomberg is 8.0 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 mean8 µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the same31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency8Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.1 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 8.5 · Apr 13.9 · May 17.2 · Jun 20.7 · Jul 22.8 · Aug 22.5 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 13 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 4.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station L�gde-Paenbruch18Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -1.5 · Feb -1.5 · Mar 0.7 · Apr 3.6 · May 6.8 · Jun 10.3 · Jul 12 · Aug 12.1 · Sep 9 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 2.9 · Dec -0.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station L�gde-Paenbruch18Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.9 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 8.9 · May 12.3 · Jun 15.5 · Jul 17.4 · Aug 17.1 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 5.4 · Dec 2.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station L�gde-Paenbruch18Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 82.3 · Feb 56.9 · Mar 53.5 · Apr 38 · May 69.9 · Jun 72.9 · Jul 83.9 · Aug 83.3 · Sep 62.3 · Oct 69.7 · Nov 66.1 · Dec 73.8 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station L�gde-Paenbruch18Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 40.2 · Feb 68.2 · Mar 121.6 · Apr 180.9 · May 194 · Jun 204.6 · Jul 209.4 · Aug 184.9 · Sep 150.2 · Oct 94.3 · Nov 45.8 · Dec 33.3 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station L�gde-Paenbruch18Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature9.8 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)7Official · land
Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2014–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 38.5% between 2014 and 2024, from 13.0 to 8.0.

Similar climate. In Germany: Eutin ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Koszalin (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Reims (France) ±1.9 °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 city covered 99.1 km² in 2024. Population density was 156.3 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Blomberg?

The published population was 15,485 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents694 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality10Official
City area99.1 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5Official
Foreign residents1,115 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities20Official
Population density156.3 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.12Official
Population15,485 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis5Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents1,378 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit19Official
Catholic share8.9 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit19Official
No religion or other6,924 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit19Official
No religion or other, share45 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit19Official
Protestant residents7,101 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit19Official
Protestant share46.1 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit19Official

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)90.2 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional3Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 329.8 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional3Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier443 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich6Official
Local property-tax multiplier620 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich6Official

Alternatives for people set on Blomberg

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.

Menden Sauerland as a Blomberg alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 52,255 Menden Sauerland vs 15,485 Blomberg+237%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,948 Menden Sauerland vs 4,645 Blomberg+28%
  • Nearest airport: 16.1 km Menden Sauerland vs 47.9 km Blomberg−66%
  • Unemployment: 5.2% Menden Sauerland vs 5.7% Blomberg−8%
  • Rent: €5.63/m² Menden Sauerland vs €5.81/m² Blomberg−3%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,900 Menden Sauerland vs €3,900 Blombergsame level
Full comparisonMore about Menden Sauerland

Tallinn as a Blomberg alternative in another country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 8.0 µg/m³ Blomberg−63%
  • Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €5.81/m² (2022) Blombergno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 47.9 km Blomberg−88%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €3,900 (2024) Blombergno percentage
Full comparisonMore about Tallinn

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Blomberg, nearest in population first.

All Germany cities
Altdorf b.Nürnberg15,478 residentsGrenzach-Wyhlen15,476 residentsSchwarzenberg/Erzgeb.15,475 residentsFinsterwalde15,496 residentsMarbach am Neckar15,474 residentsBaiersbronn15,465 residents

How does Blomberg compare?

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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; Blomberg'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 Blomberg?

The published population was 15,485 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Blomberg?

Average net cold rent is 5.81 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 407 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Blomberg?

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: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Blomberg?

The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Blomberg?

The median gross salary is 3,900 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Blomberg a good place to live?

Blomberg 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.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Blomberg, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 14a062b78a15b34b6687808e95d168fa]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/blomberg/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Blomberg, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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