Living in Bodenkirchen

In Bodenkirchen, rents across existing tenancies average €6.10 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.1% (2024).

At the end of 2024, Bodenkirchen had a population of 5,262. The regional median gross salary was €4,150 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2316 sources

Population5,262people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,150EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.1EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 5% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.1%country median 5.1% — 39% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,369incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Lower unemployment than 92% 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 Bodenkirchen?

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 Bodenkirchen.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Bodenkirchen?

Average net cold rent is 6.1 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): 6.1 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 citiesBodenkirchen 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)	6.1 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Bodenkirchen a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–77%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–69%

Family63%strong on family, weak on education · range 52–74%

Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 366 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.1 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 Bodenkirchen?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Bodenkirchen is 3.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Bodenkirchen 3.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,150 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.1 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Bodenkirchen?

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

Left over each month€2,217of €2,682 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.	€2,682
Rent, 60 m²€6.10/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €366
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	€2,217

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bodenkirchen. 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 citiesBodenkirchen 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	2,369 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁷Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Bodenkirchen's nearest airport was MUC, 44 km away and offered 191 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	191 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	44 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MUC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bodenkirchen. 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)

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −0.9°C in January and 18.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 49.7 mm in January and 101.4 mm in July. Bodenkirchen's average monthly sunshine was 61 hours in January and 244.1 hours in July.

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

101

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

140

189

217

229

244

232

160

110

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hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.5 · Feb 4.7 · Mar 9.8 · Apr 15.3 · May 19.6 · Jun 23 · Jul 25 · Aug 24.7 · Sep 19.6 · Oct 14 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 3.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.2 · Feb -4.1 · Mar -0.7 · Apr 2.5 · May 7.4 · Jun 11 · Jul 12.3 · Aug 12 · Sep 8 · Oct 4.3 · Nov 0.3 · Dec -2.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.9 · Feb 0.2 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 9 · May 13.7 · Jun 17.1 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18.1 · Sep 13.4 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 3.7 · Dec 0.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 49.7 · Feb 42 · Mar 57.6 · Apr 46.4 · May 89.2 · Jun 96.9 · Jul 101.4 · Aug 93.3 · Sep 68.1 · Oct 58 · Nov 51.8 · Dec 54.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 61 · Feb 89.4 · Mar 139.6 · Apr 189.1 · May 217.1 · Jun 228.6 · Jul 244.1 · Aug 231.8 · Sep 159.5 · Oct 109.9 · Nov 57.6 · Dec 51.3 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Erding ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Bytom (Poland) ±0.5 °C, Chorzów (Poland) ±0.5 °C, Ruda Śląska (Poland) ±0.5 °C, Sosnowiec (Poland) ±0.5 °C, Tychy (Poland) ±0.5 °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 Bodenkirchen?

The published population was 5,262 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	5,262 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰Official

International community in Bodenkirchen

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	5,334	100.0%
Germany	4,866	91.2%
Poland	92	1.7%
Romania	48	0.9%
Turkey	41	0.8%
Czech Republic	36	0.7%
Ukraine	32	0.6%
Austria	24	0.4%
Croatia	21	0.4%
Not stated	17	0.3%
Hungary	14	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	10	0.2%
Bulgaria	9	0.2%
Russian Federation	9	0.2%
Kazakhstan	9	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0.1%
Slovakia	8	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	7	0.1%
Iraq	6	0.1%
Slovenia	5	0.1%
Greece	5	0.1%
United Kingdom	5	0.1%
Thailand	5	0.1%
Netherlands	4	0.1%
Switzerland	4	0.1%
Sierra Leone	4	0.1%
Tanzania, United Republic of	4	0.1%
United States	4	0.1%
Indonesia	4	0.1%
Belgium	3	0.1%
France	3	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.1%
Norway	3	0.1%
Portugal	3	0.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.1%
Senegal	3	0.1%
Colombia	3	0.1%
Philippines	3	0.1%
China	3	0.1%
Australia	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	5,334	100.0%
Germany	5,003	93.8%
Turkey	56	1.0%
Poland	42	0.8%
Ukraine	36	0.7%
Romania	31	0.6%
Croatia	25	0.5%
Austria	15	0.3%
Bulgaria	12	0.2%
Hungary	12	0.2%
Czech Republic	11	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	8	0.1%
Slovakia	7	0.1%
Nigeria	7	0.1%
Iraq	6	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	6	0.1%
Slovenia	5	0.1%
Tanzania, United Republic of	5	0.1%
Sierra Leone	4	0.1%
Thailand	4	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.1%
Belgium	3	0.1%
France	3	0.1%
Greece	3	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.1%
Netherlands	3	0.1%
Kosovo	3	0.1%
Portugal	3	0.1%
United Kingdom	3	0.1%
Serbia	3	0.1%
Congo	3	0.1%
Senegal	3	0.1%
China	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 Bodenkirchen

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

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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; Bodenkirchen'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 Bodenkirchen?

The published population was 5,262 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Bodenkirchen?

Average net cold rent is 6.1 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 427 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Bodenkirchen?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Bodenkirchen?

The median gross salary is 4,150 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Bodenkirchen a good place to live?

Bodenkirchen 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 Bodenkirchen?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,866 people (91.2%) 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
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
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