Living in Eichenzell

In Eichenzell, rents across existing tenancies average €5.63 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.7% (2024).

Residents of Eichenzell numbered 11,852 at the end of 2024. Regional median gross salary figures for Eichenzell showed €3,800 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 9 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population11,852people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,800EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.63EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 3% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.7%country median 5.1% — 27% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,425incidents 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

Lower unemployment than 82% 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 Eichenzell?

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 Eichenzell?

Average net cold rent is 5.63 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): 5.63 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 citiesEichenzell 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 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.63 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Eichenzell a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–75%

Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 49–71%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–73%

Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 338 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.63 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 Eichenzell?

The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Eichenzell is 3.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Eichenzell 3.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,800 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.7 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Eichenzell?

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

Left over each month€2,057of €2,494 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.	€2,494
Rent, 60 m²€5.63/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €338
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	€2,057

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Eichenzell Salary needed to live in Eichenzell

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Eichenzell. 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

Job Search

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesEichenzell 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	4,425 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Eichenzell's nearest airport was FRA, 96 km away and offered 239 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	239 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	96 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FRA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

Eichenzell's monthly mean temperatures were −2.2°C in January and 14.8°C in July. Eichenzell's monthly precipitation totalled 98.9 mm in January and 123.6 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 55.6 hours in January and 212.1 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Eichenzell?

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.

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

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124

106

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

120

174

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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

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Eichenzell is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Eichenzell 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 10 · May 14.1 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19.3 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 4.3 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.3 · Feb -4.1 · Mar -1.7 · Apr 2 · May 5.8 · Jun 8.9 · Jul 11.1 · Aug 11.1 · Sep 7.6 · Oct 3.8 · Nov -0.3 · Dec -3.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.2 · Feb -1.9 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 5.6 · May 9.6 · Jun 12.8 · Jul 14.8 · Aug 14.7 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.2 · Nov 1.9 · Dec -1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 98.9 · Feb 79.5 · Mar 82.1 · Apr 60.7 · May 99.5 · Jun 84.4 · Jul 123.6 · Aug 92.4 · Sep 93.1 · Oct 95.4 · Nov 90.9 · Dec 105.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 55.6 · Feb 78.1 · Mar 119.6 · Apr 173.6 · May 198.5 · Jun 204 · Jul 212.1 · Aug 204.5 · Sep 147.9 · Oct 104 · Nov 56.7 · Dec 45.3 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Saalfeld/Saale ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±0.9 °C, Bærum (Norway) ±0.8 °C, Drammen (Norway) ±0.8 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±3.0 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±3.0 °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 Eichenzell?

The published population was 11,852 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	11,852 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Eichenzell

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	11,689	100.0%
Germany	10,256	87.7%
Kazakhstan	273	2.3%
Poland	149	1.3%
Russian Federation	137	1.2%
Ukraine	93	0.8%
Romania	90	0.8%
Kosovo	68	0.6%
Czech Republic	59	0.5%
Turkey	53	0.5%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	42	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	37	0.3%
Syrian Arab Republic	30	0.3%
France	26	0.2%
Croatia	26	0.2%
Spain	19	0.2%
United States	19	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	18	0.2%
Not stated	16	0.1%
Albania	15	0.1%
Uzbekistan	14	0.1%
Bulgaria	13	0.1%
Austria	13	0.1%
Hungary	13	0.1%
Afghanistan	13	0.1%
Greece	12	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	12	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	11	0.1%
Latvia	10	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	10	0.1%
Slovakia	9	0.1%
Cameroon	9	0.1%
Brazil	8	0.1%
Morocco	7	0.1%
Portugal	6	0.1%
United Kingdom	6	0.1%
Belarus	6	0.1%
Thailand	6	0.1%
Serbia	5	0.0%
South Africa	5	0.0%
Argentina	5	0.0%
Colombia	5	0.0%
Iraq	5	0.0%
Pakistan	5	0.0%
Belgium	4	0.0%
Estonia	4	0.0%
Azerbaijan	4	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	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 source¹¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	11,689	100.0%
Germany	10,997	94.1%
Romania	93	0.8%
Ukraine	80	0.7%
Kosovo	64	0.5%
Poland	52	0.4%
Italy	39	0.3%
Turkey	38	0.3%
Croatia	31	0.3%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	30	0.3%
Syrian Arab Republic	28	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	23	0.2%
Spain	18	0.2%
Albania	17	0.1%
Russian Federation	14	0.1%
United States	13	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	0.1%
Austria	12	0.1%
Afghanistan	12	0.1%
Greece	11	0.1%
Hungary	9	0.1%
Slovakia	8	0.1%
Czech Republic	8	0.1%
Cameroon	8	0.1%
Portugal	6	0.1%
Iraq	5	0.0%
Latvia	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%
Uncertain	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Alternatives for people set on Eichenzell

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.

Böblingen as an Eichenzell alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,800 Eichenzell+29%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.63/m² Eichenzellno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,425 Eichenzell−14%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Oberschleißheim11,857 residents Pritzwalk11,866 residents Unterföhring11,866 residents Lehre11,874 residents Nordstemmen11,876 residents Bad Freienwalde (Oder)11,877 residents

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

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

Is Eichenzell part of Fulda?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁶

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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 Eichenzell?

The published population was 11,852 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Eichenzell?

Average net cold rent is 5.63 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 394 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Eichenzell?

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 Eichenzell?

The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Eichenzell?

The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Eichenzell a good place to live?

Eichenzell 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 Eichenzell part of Fulda?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Eichenzell?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,256 people (87.7%) 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). Eichenzell, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version daf281c0c8affc44ea4dc54f83c1a49e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/eichenzell/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Eichenzell, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {daf281c0c8affc44ea4dc54f83c1a49e},
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}

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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
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

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Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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