Living in Heroldsbach

In Heroldsbach, rents across existing tenancies average €7.20 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.2% (2024).

Heroldsbach's population was 5,050 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,300 per month. Annual PM2.5 was 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population5,050people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,300EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent7.2EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 24% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.2%country median 5.1% — 37% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,779incidents 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 · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 81% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 91% 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 Heroldsbach?

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 Heroldsbach?

Average net cold rent is 7.2 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): 7.2 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 citiesHeroldsbach 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 Mbps⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Heroldsbach a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–70%

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

Student55%strong on cost, weak on education · range 44–66%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–72%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 432 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.2 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 Heroldsbach?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Heroldsbach is 3.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Heroldsbach 3.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,300 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.2 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Heroldsbach?

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

Left over each month€2,231of €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€7.20/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €432
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	€2,231

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Heroldsbach. 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 citiesHeroldsbach 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	2,779 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Heroldsbach's nearest airport was NUE, 22 km away and offered 32 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	32 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	22 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	NUE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Heroldsbach's monthly mean temperatures were 0.7°C in January and 19.1°C in July. Heroldsbach's monthly precipitation totalled 46.8 mm in January and 78.8 mm in July. Heroldsbach's average monthly sunshine was 52 hours in January and 230.4 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Heroldsbach?

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 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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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.58WHO 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 Heroldsbach 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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Heroldsbach 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.7 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 10.3 · Apr 15.9 · May 20 · Jun 23.4 · Jul 25.5 · Aug 25.3 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 14.4 · Nov 7.9 · Dec 4.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.6 · Feb -2.6 · Mar -0.1 · Apr 2.8 · May 7.1 · Jun 10.8 · Jul 12.5 · Aug 12 · Sep 8.2 · Oct 4.7 · Nov 1.3 · Dec -1.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.7 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 5 · Apr 9.5 · May 13.9 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19.1 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 9.3 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 1.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 46.8 · Feb 37.2 · Mar 43.2 · Apr 35 · May 60.7 · Jun 61.5 · Jul 78.8 · Aug 59.9 · Sep 55.5 · Oct 49.5 · Nov 51.9 · Dec 54.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 52 · Feb 79.4 · Mar 124.2 · Apr 181.2 · May 209.4 · Jun 220.6 · Jul 230.4 · Aug 218.9 · Sep 159.3 · Oct 102.9 · Nov 48.8 · Dec 39.4 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Hoyerswerda ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±1.6 °C, Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±1.1 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.8 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.8 °C, Rudersdal (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

How many people live in Heroldsbach?

The published population was 5,050 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	5,050 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Heroldsbach

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	5,045	100.0%
Germany	4,638	91.9%
Czech Republic	67	1.3%
Poland	62	1.2%
Romania	37	0.7%
Ukraine	22	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	21	0.4%
Turkey	17	0.3%
Russian Federation	11	0.2%
United States	11	0.2%
Croatia	10	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Mexico	9	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	0.1%
Slovenia	7	0.1%
Kosovo	7	0.1%
Austria	7	0.1%
Hungary	7	0.1%
Serbia	7	0.1%
India	7	0.1%
Kazakhstan	7	0.1%
Brazil	6	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	6	0.1%
France	5	0.1%
Italy	5	0.1%
United Kingdom	5	0.1%
Lebanon	5	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	4	0.1%
Spain	4	0.1%
Ethiopia	4	0.1%
Not stated	4	0.1%
Greece	3	0.1%
Slovakia	3	0.1%
Switzerland	3	0.1%
Algeria	3	0.1%
Chile	3	0.1%
Guatemala	3	0.1%
Colombia	3	0.1%
Peru	3	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.1%
Tajikistan	3	0.1%
Singapore	3	0.1%
Uzbekistan	3	0.1%
Australia	3	0.1%

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	5,045	100.0%
Germany	4,816	95.5%
Czech Republic	28	0.6%
Poland	19	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	19	0.4%
Ukraine	18	0.4%
Romania	16	0.3%
Italy	13	0.3%
Turkey	13	0.3%
Kosovo	8	0.2%
Russian Federation	8	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Ethiopia	7	0.1%
Greece	6	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	6	0.1%
Croatia	5	0.1%
Austria	5	0.1%
Spain	4	0.1%
Brazil	4	0.1%
Denmark	3	0.1%
Netherlands	3	0.1%
Hungary	3	0.1%
United Kingdom	3	0.1%
Serbia	3	0.1%
Mexico	3	0.1%
Peru	3	0.1%
United States	3	0.1%
India	3	0.1%
Lebanon	3	0.1%

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

Alternatives for people set on Heroldsbach

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

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

Is Heroldsbach part of Erlangen?

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

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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 Heroldsbach?

The published population was 5,050 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Heroldsbach?

Average net cold rent is 7.2 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 504 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Heroldsbach?

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 Heroldsbach?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Heroldsbach?

The median gross salary is 4,300 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Heroldsbach a good place to live?

Heroldsbach 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 Heroldsbach part of Erlangen?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Heroldsbach?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,638 people (91.9%) 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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  title = {Heroldsbach, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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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
GISCO Urban Audit 2021 — Functional Urban Areas (URAU_RG_100K_2021_4326_FUA) GISCO Urban Audit 2021 · gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-19
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

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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
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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