Living in Dreieich

In Dreieich, rents across existing tenancies average €8.75 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.1% (2022).

Dreieich had 41,692 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. In May 2022, the foreign population was 7,545.

Last checked 2026-09-2337 sources

Population41,692people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,300EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)

Average net rent8.75EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 51% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate5.11%country median 5.1% — about the sameOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime4,194incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Frankfurt-Schwanheim)

Pricier rent than 96% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €13.91 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Dreieich?

Average net cold rent is 8.75 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): 8.75 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁵

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesDreieich highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Dreieich€8.75

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Augsburg€9.10

Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.75 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate	13.91 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Dreieich³⁷Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Dreieich a good place to live?

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Remote worker44%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 34–54%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 43–61%

Student49%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 38–60%

Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–62%

Retirement51%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 525 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.75 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

The unemployment rate was 5.11% in May 2022. The regional median gross salary was €4,300 per month at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €29,536 per person per year at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Dreieich?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.11 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁷

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

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Dreieich 5.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	15.28 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	86.04 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas²Official
Disposable income per resident	29,536 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²³Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita	46,944 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²³Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)	4,300 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)¹Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate	5.11 %country median 5.1% — about the same	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Dreieich?

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

Left over each month€1,828of €2,762 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.	€2,762
Rent, 60 m²€13.91/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Dreieich · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €8.75/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €835
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	€1,828

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Dreieich. 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 citiesDreieich 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	4,194 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	239 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁶Official
Nearest airport	FRA	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	9.9 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

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For eligible migrants.

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Dreieich?

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 Frankfurt-Schwanheim)¹¹

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

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17°5°

20°9°

24°12°

27°14°

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21°10°

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10°3°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

136

192

219

228

235

225

165

104

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hours

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

PM2.58WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1013WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂32WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Dreieich is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Dreieich 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	32 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Frankfurt Battonnstraße)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Frankfurt-Schwanheim)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Frankfurt-Schwanheim)¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5 · Feb 6.7 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 17.3 · May 20.5 · Jun 24.1 · Jul 26.6 · Aug 25.4 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 15.3 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 5.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Offenbach-Wetterpark²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.6 · Feb -0.4 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 4.9 · May 8.6 · Jun 12.5 · Jul 14.3 · Aug 13.7 · Sep 10 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 0.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Offenbach-Wetterpark²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.3 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 6.8 · Apr 11.1 · May 15.1 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 20.5 · Aug 20 · Sep 15.5 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 3.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Frankfurt/Main²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 47.5 · Feb 43.6 · Mar 43.9 · Apr 35.6 · May 75.1 · Jun 70 · Jul 67.6 · Aug 72.9 · Sep 46.4 · Oct 46.9 · Nov 46.4 · Dec 63.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Offenbach-Wetterpark²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 52 · Feb 79.2 · Mar 135.5 · Apr 191.8 · May 218.6 · Jun 227.5 · Jul 234.7 · Aug 225.3 · Sep 165.1 · Oct 103.5 · Nov 51.4 · Dec 40.1 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Frankfurt/Main²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	9.3 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁸Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Werl ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±0.9 °C, Mulhouse (France) ±0.4 °C, Metz (France) ±0.6 °C, Nancy (France) ±0.4 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.8 °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 53.3 km² in 2024.

How many people live in Dreieich?

The published population was 41,692 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport81.9%
Foreign residents18.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	654 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹³Official
City area	53.27 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶Official
Foreign residents	7,545 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁶Official
Population density	782.7 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹⁵Official
Population	41,692 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	7,105 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
Catholic share	17.1 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
No religion or other	24,264 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
No religion or other, share	58.4 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
Protestant residents	10,163 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
Protestant share	24.5 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official

International community in Dreieich

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	41,535	100.0%
Germany	31,314	75.4%
Turkey	992	2.4%
Poland	856	2.1%
Italy	533	1.3%
Romania	533	1.3%
Afghanistan	423	1.0%
Croatia	382	0.9%
Serbia	365	0.9%
Pakistan	327	0.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	317	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Czech Republic	317	0.8%
Russian Federation	299	0.7%
Morocco	270	0.7%
Bulgaria	240	0.6%
China	232	0.6%
Kazakhstan	217	0.5%
Ukraine	214	0.5%
India	197	0.5%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	189	0.5%
United States	171	0.4%
Eritrea	162	0.4%
Spain	158	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	158	0.4%
Austria	149	0.4%
Not stated	139	0.3%
Ethiopia	127	0.3%
Hungary	117	0.3%
United Kingdom	115	0.3%
France	113	0.3%
Kosovo	106	0.3%
Moldova, Republic of	94	0.2%
Greece	85	0.2%
Viet Nam	81	0.2%
Lithuania	70	0.2%
Brazil	70	0.2%
Thailand	68	0.2%
Jordan	65	0.2%
Switzerland	54	0.1%
Netherlands	50	0.1%
Portugal	50	0.1%
Iraq	49	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	48	0.1%
Somalia	41	0.1%
Tunisia	41	0.1%
Colombia	39	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	36	0.1%
Philippines	36	0.1%
Albania	35	0.1%
Egypt	35	0.1%
Slovakia	34	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	33	0.1%
Lebanon	32	0.1%
Japan	31	0.1%
Belgium	24	0.1%
Slovenia	23	0.1%
South Africa	23	0.1%
Canada	23	0.1%
Argentina	22	0.1%
Ireland	20	0.0%
Sweden	20	0.0%
Kenya	20	0.0%
Peru	20	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	18	0.0%
Chile	17	0.0%
Australia	17	0.0%
Belarus	16	0.0%
Latvia	15	0.0%
Finland	14	0.0%
Indonesia	14	0.0%
Israel	14	0.0%
Algeria	13	0.0%
Senegal	13	0.0%
Georgia	13	0.0%
Singapore	13	0.0%
Mexico	12	0.0%
Denmark	11	0.0%
Nigeria	11	0.0%
Ghana	11	0.0%
Montenegro	10	0.0%
Bangladesh	10	0.0%
Uzbekistan	10	0.0%
Cameroon	9	0.0%
Norway	8	0.0%
Dominican Republic	8	0.0%
Tajikistan	8	0.0%
Sri Lanka	7	0.0%
Nepal	7	0.0%
Sudan	6	0.0%
Cuba	6	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	6	0.0%
Yemen	6	0.0%
Armenia	6	0.0%
Cyprus	5	0.0%
Mauritius	5	0.0%
Guinea	5	0.0%
Chad	5	0.0%
Azerbaijan	5	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	5	0.0%
Turkmenistan	5	0.0%
Estonia	4	0.0%
Togo	4	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4	0.0%
Iceland	3	0.0%
Malta	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Bahamas	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Honduras	3	0.0%
Panama	3	0.0%
Uruguay	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	41,535	100.0%
Germany	33,992	81.8%
Turkey	1,017	2.4%
Italy	726	1.7%
Croatia	601	1.4%
Romania	495	1.2%
Poland	367	0.9%
Afghanistan	338	0.8%
Serbia	300	0.7%
Bulgaria	245	0.6%
China	214	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Pakistan	205	0.5%
Spain	193	0.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	182	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	181	0.4%
Ukraine	170	0.4%
Austria	150	0.4%
Morocco	123	0.3%
India	120	0.3%
Eritrea	115	0.3%
United States	101	0.2%
Uncertain	101	0.2%
France	94	0.2%
Hungary	91	0.2%
Greece	88	0.2%
United Kingdom	78	0.2%
Lithuania	75	0.2%
Kosovo	66	0.2%
Ethiopia	63	0.2%
Russian Federation	61	0.1%
Viet Nam	58	0.1%
Netherlands	50	0.1%
Thailand	47	0.1%
Portugal	45	0.1%
Somalia	41	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	37	0.1%
Jordan	37	0.1%
Iraq	35	0.1%
Albania	30	0.1%
Brazil	30	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	29	0.1%
Sweden	28	0.1%
Czech Republic	28	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	25	0.1%
Japan	24	0.1%
Ireland	23	0.1%
Colombia	22	0.1%
Slovenia	21	0.1%
Tunisia	21	0.1%
Egypt	20	0.0%
Switzerland	19	0.0%
Canada	19	0.0%
Kazakhstan	18	0.0%
Belgium	17	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	17	0.0%
Finland	14	0.0%
Slovakia	14	0.0%
Philippines	13	0.0%
South Africa	12	0.0%
Ghana	10	0.0%
Georgia	9	0.0%
Kenya	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	8	0.0%
Lebanon	8	0.0%
Montenegro	7	0.0%
Norway	7	0.0%
Armenia	7	0.0%
Azerbaijan	7	0.0%
Nigeria	6	0.0%
Senegal	6	0.0%
Chile	6	0.0%
Israel	6	0.0%
Stateless	6	0.0%
Denmark	5	0.0%
Belarus	5	0.0%
Argentina	5	0.0%
Peru	5	0.0%
China (Hong Kong)	5	0.0%
Nepal	5	0.0%
Bangladesh	5	0.0%
Australia	5	0.0%
Cameroon	4	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	4	0.0%
Iceland	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Benin	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Cape Verde	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Guinea	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.0%
Honduras	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Singapore	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)	92.3 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁴Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 3	29.9 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁴Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier	370 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁷Official
Local property-tax multiplier	500 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Dreieich

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.

Aschaffenburg as a Dreieich alternative in the same region

33 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Nearest airport: 42.6 km Aschaffenburg vs 9.9 km Dreieich+330%
Rent: €7.75/m² Aschaffenburg vs €8.75/m² Dreieich−11%
Residents: 73,091 Aschaffenburg vs 41,692 Dreieich+75%
Median gross pay, region: €4,100 Aschaffenburg vs €4,300 Dreieichno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,777 (2023) Aschaffenburg vs 4,194 (2025) Dreieichno percentage

Full comparison More about Aschaffenburg

Ibbenbueren as a Dreieich alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 260 km, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €5.88/m² Ibbenbueren vs €8.75/m² Dreieich−33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,722 Ibbenbueren vs 4,194 Dreieich+36%
Nearest airport: 16.7 km Ibbenbueren vs 9.9 km Dreieich+69%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Ibbenbueren vs €4,300 Dreieichno percentage
Unemployment: 4.6% Ibbenbueren vs 5.1% Dreieich−10%
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Ibbenbueren vs 8.0 µg/m³ Dreieich+13%
Residents: 51,803 Ibbenbueren vs 41,692 Dreieich+24%

Full comparison More about Ibbenbueren

Cities near Dreieich

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

Frankfurt Commuting Zone · 10.2 km away

Rent: 10.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Salary: 5,074 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Offenbach am Main Commuting Zone · 10.3 km away

Rent: 8.76 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Hanau Commuting Zone · 20.2 km away

Rent: 7.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Langen (Hessen) 3.5 km away

Rent: 8.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Neu-Isenburg 4.1 km away

Rent: 9.48 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Dietzenbach 5.8 km away

Rent: 8.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Heusenstamm 9.1 km away

Rent: 8.81 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Moerfelden-Walldorf 9.8 km away

Rent: 8.98 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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

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

Is Dreieich part of Frankfurt?

Dreieich is in the published commuting zone of Frankfurt; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Frankfurt city profile

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How many people live in Dreieich?

The published population was 41,692 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Dreieich?

Average net cold rent is 8.75 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 613 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Dreieich?

What is the unemployment rate in Dreieich?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Dreieich?

The median gross salary is 4,300 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Dreieich a good place to live?

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Is Dreieich part of Frankfurt?

Dreieich is in the published commuting zone of Frankfurt; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Dreieich?

Frankfurt, Offenbach am Main, Hanau, Langen (Hessen), Neu-Isenburg are near Dreieich. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Dreieich?

The official country of birth distribution records 31,314 people (75.4%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Dreieich, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 67ffe2b2e0a9a359f9076fbf4c01aae2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/dreieich/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_dreieich-germany-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_386ba717d742,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Dreieich, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {67ffe2b2e0a9a359f9076fbf4c01aae2},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/dreieich/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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