Living in Fuerth
In Fuerth, the median gross salary is €4,487 a month (2025), rent averages €7.71 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.6% (2024).
Car density was 491 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2026. The unemployment rate was 5.6% in 2024. Annual PM10 was 13.2 µg/m³ in 2024. Fuerth, a city in Germany, had a population of 132,600 at the end of 2025. For Fuerth, a city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €13.8 per m² per month in May 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 67.1% in 2025.
Pricier rent than 88% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 62% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Fuerth?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Fuerth?
Average net cold rent is 7.71 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): 7.71 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)5
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps12Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M18Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 7.71 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 | 13.8 EUR/m²/month | 1 May 2026 | wohnungsboerse Mietspiegel Fuerth21Commercial estimate · Supplemental context |
Is Fuerth 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 463 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.71 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.
Is rent affordable on a local salary?
A 60 m² flat at the published average rent is about 463 EUR a month, which is 10% of the published median gross salary of 4,487 (2025). Gross, not take-home, and before heating and operating charges.
Work and income
What is the typical salary in Fuerth?
The median gross salary is about 4,487 EUR/month (2025). The regional series (home-region basis, 2024-12) is a separate labelled row in the table.
City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions. the regional series (home-region basis, {period}) is a separate labelled row in the table — shown in the table below.
What is the unemployment rate in Fuerth?
The unemployment rate is 5.6 % (2024). Source: Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average1
Fuerth 5.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 67.06 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official |
| Median gross salary | 4,487 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, Länder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen), Stichtag 31.12.202517Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 4,300 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
| Unemployment rate | 5.6 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average1Official |
What does a salary buy in Fuerth?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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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. | €2,862 |
| Rent, 60 m²€13.80/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · wohnungsboerse Mietspiegel Fuerth · 2026-05-01). Official average for existing leases: €7.71/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15). | − €828 |
| 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 | €1,935 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Fuerth. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Fuerth. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 595.3 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official |
Yes — migrants receive medical care in Fuerth 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Fuerth?
Police recorded 4,641 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte16
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,641 incidents per 100,000country median 9,395 | 31 Dec 2024 | PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte16Official |
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residentsAlternative estimate | 3,955 incidents per 100,000 | 2022 | INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table10Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Fuerth. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For eligible migrants.
BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For migrants needing job-related German.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Fuerth?
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 Nürnberg/Muggenhof)7
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Fuerth 8.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 19 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Nürnberg/Muggenhof)6Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 13.21 µg/m³country median 13.5 | 2024 | Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.13Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Nürnberg/Muggenhof)7Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 3.5 · Feb 5.3 · Mar 10 · Apr 15.4 · May 19.7 · Jun 23.2 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 7.8 · Dec 4.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station N�rnberg19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -2.5 · Feb -2.3 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 3.5 · May 7.8 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 8.8 · Oct 5.1 · Nov 1.5 · Dec -1.3 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station N�rnberg19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 0.7 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 9.7 · May 14.1 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 1.5 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station N�rnberg19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 40 · Feb 32.8 · Mar 39.1 · Apr 32.9 · May 61.3 · Jun 64 · Jul 76.7 · Aug 59.5 · Sep 48.9 · Oct 49.4 · Nov 47.1 · Dec 48.8 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station N�rnberg19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 58.6 · Feb 85.4 · Mar 129.7 · Apr 186.7 · May 218.6 · Jun 228.6 · Jul 239.2 · Aug 225.5 · Sep 165.2 · Oct 113.7 · Nov 57.9 · Dec 44 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station N�rnberg19Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Germany: Hoyerswerda ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Reims (France) ±1.4 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.4 °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 63.4 km² in 2023.
How many people live in Fuerth?
The published population was 132,600 people in 2025. Source: Fuerth 2025 city numbers8
By nationality
National passport80.4%Foreign residents19.6%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 491 cars/1000 residents | 1 Jan 2026 | Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality11Official |
| City area | 63.35 km² | 13 Sept 2023 | Fuerth data and facts PDF9Official |
| Foreign residents | 26,048 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities20Official |
| Population | 132,600 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Fuerth 2025 city numbers8Official |
Population rose 13.7% between 2012 and 2025, from 116,640 to 132,600.
Foreign residents rose 23.1% between 2016 and 2022, from 21,155 to 26,048.
Alternatives for people set on Fuerth
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.
Offenbach as a Fuerth alternative in the same country
Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 972.4 Offenbach vs 595.3 Fuerth+63%
- Rent: €13.00/m² (2024) Offenbach vs €7.71/m² (2022) Fuerthno percentage
- Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Offenbach vs €4,300 Fuerthno percentage
- Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Offenbach vs 8.0 µg/m³ Fuerth+13%
Alternative cities in Germany
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How does Fuerth compare?
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Fuerth in rankings
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; Fuerth's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Fuerth?
The published population was 132,600 people in 2025. Source: Fuerth 2025 city numbers.
How much does it cost to rent in Fuerth?
Average net cold rent is 7.71 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 540 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Fuerth?
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 Nürnberg/Muggenhof).
How safe is Fuerth?
Police recorded 4,641 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte.
What is the typical salary in Fuerth?
The median gross salary is about 4,487 EUR/month (2025). The regional series (home-region basis, 2024-12) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, Länder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen), Stichtag 31.12.2025.
What is the unemployment rate in Fuerth?
The unemployment rate is 5.6 % (2024). Source: Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average.
Is Fuerth a good place to live?
Fuerth 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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- Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
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- Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²) Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-18
- EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Nürnberg/Muggenhof) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
- EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Nürnberg/Muggenhof) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
- Fuerth 2025 city numbers fuerth.de · checked 2026-07-14
- Fuerth data and facts PDF fuerth.de · checked 2026-07-14
- INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table INKAR · inkar.de · checked 2026-07-16
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- Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt · kba.de · checked 2026-07-14
- MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
- Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted. umweltbundesamt.de · checked 2026-07-15
- OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
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- wohnungsboerse Mietspiegel Fuerth wohnungsboerse.net · checked 2026-06-04
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