Living in Horn-Bad Meinberg

In Horn-Bad Meinberg, rents across existing tenancies average €5.68 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.8% (2022).

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €9.9 per m² per month in June 2026. Horn-Bad Meinberg is in Germany; its population was 17,320 at the end of 2024. In May 2022, the unemployment rate was 6.79%. The regional median gross salary was €3,900 per month at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €28,163 per person per year at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2333 sources

Population17,320people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)3,900EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)

Average net rent5.68EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 2% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate6.79%country median 5.1% — 33% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime4,645incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Higher unemployment than 82% 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 Horn-Bad Meinberg?

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 Horn-Bad Meinberg?

Average net cold rent is 5.68 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): 5.68 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 citiesHorn-Bad Meinberg highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Dortmund€6.00

Horn-Bad Meinberg€5.68

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Leipzig€6.27

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 M¹⁹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.68 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	9.9 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Horn-Bad Meinberg³³Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Horn-Bad Meinberg a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–58%

Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–63%

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

Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–63%

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

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 341 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.68 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 Horn-Bad Meinberg?

The unemployment rate is about 6.8 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 6.79 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²³

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Horn-Bad Meinberg is 6.8%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Horn-Bad Meinberg 6.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	14.61 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	62.88 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas²Official
Disposable income per resident	28,163 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²⁰Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita	36,495 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²⁰Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)	3,900 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)¹Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate	6.79 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²³Official

What does a salary buy in Horn-Bad Meinberg?

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

Left over each month€1,855of €2,548 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

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Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€2,548
Rent, 60 m²€9.90/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Horn-Bad Meinberg · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €5.68/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €594
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	€1,855

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Horn-Bad Meinberg. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	115.8 per 100,000	2024	BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)¹⁰Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Horn-Bad Meinberg 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.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesHorn-Bad Meinberg 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	4,645 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁶Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	8 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁴Official
Nearest airport	PAD	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	38.5 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Horn-Bad Meinberg. 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

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

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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

NO₂25WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

NO₂ across cities in GermanyWhere Horn-Bad Meinberg lands among 226 measured cities

2–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–2525–2626–2728–29

Horn-Bad Meinberg 25.0

annual NO₂, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	25 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Paderborn-Schloss Neuhaus)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.6 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 9.4 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.2 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 23.6 · Aug 23.3 · Sep 19 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 5.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lippspringe²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.6 · Feb -0.6 · Mar 1.5 · Apr 4.2 · May 7.8 · Jun 10.7 · Jul 13.1 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 10 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 0.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lippspringe²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.1 · Feb 2.5 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 9.4 · May 13.2 · Jun 16.2 · Jul 18.2 · Aug 18.1 · Sep 14.3 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 6 · Dec 3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lippspringe²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 87.6 · Feb 64 · Mar 64.8 · Apr 53 · May 64.4 · Jun 70.8 · Jul 90.2 · Aug 85.7 · Sep 77 · Oct 76.6 · Nov 79.6 · Dec 88.6 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lippspringe²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 52.3 · Feb 69.4 · Mar 117.4 · Apr 166.5 · May 192.5 · Jun 191.5 · Jul 198.2 · Aug 187.4 · Sep 141.3 · Oct 102.6 · Nov 51.3 · Dec 41.6 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lippspringe²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	9.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁸Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Heide ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±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 90.2 km² in 2024. Population density was 192.1 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Horn-Bad Meinberg?

The published population was 17,320 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.1%
Foreign residents11.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	643 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹¹Official
City area	90.15 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶Official
Foreign residents	2,058 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²²Official
Population density	192.1 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹³Official
Population	17,320 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	2,307 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
Catholic share	13.2 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
No religion or other	8,274 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
No religion or other, share	47.5 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
Protestant residents	6,848 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official
Protestant share	39.3 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis³Official

International community in Horn-Bad Meinberg

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	17,433	100.0%
Germany	13,793	79.1%
Russian Federation	606	3.5%
Turkey	562	3.2%
Kazakhstan	407	2.3%
Poland	358	2.1%
Ukraine	197	1.1%
Kyrgyzstan	190	1.1%
Bulgaria	183	1.0%
Syrian Arab Republic	119	0.7%
Romania	80	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	68	0.4%
Iraq	68	0.4%
Italy	66	0.4%
United Kingdom	42	0.2%
Lithuania	29	0.2%
Serbia	29	0.2%
Czech Republic	27	0.2%
Greece	26	0.1%
Kosovo	26	0.1%
Tajikistan	25	0.1%
Hungary	24	0.1%
Netherlands	23	0.1%
Austria	23	0.1%
Somalia	21	0.1%
Not stated	21	0.1%
Croatia	20	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	18	0.1%
Latvia	17	0.1%
Morocco	17	0.1%
Lebanon	16	0.1%
Switzerland	15	0.1%
Georgia	15	0.1%
France	14	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	14	0.1%
Brazil	14	0.1%
Azerbaijan	14	0.1%
Uzbekistan	14	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	13	0.1%
Nigeria	13	0.1%
Armenia	12	0.1%
Montenegro	11	0.1%
Eritrea	10	0.1%
Guinea	10	0.1%
Thailand	10	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	0.1%
Spain	9	0.1%
Albania	8	0.0%
Slovenia	8	0.0%
Tunisia	7	0.0%
Colombia	7	0.0%
Viet Nam	7	0.0%
Pakistan	7	0.0%
Philippines	7	0.0%
Denmark	6	0.0%
India	6	0.0%
Finland	5	0.0%
Argentina	5	0.0%
Portugal	4	0.0%
Mongolia	4	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	4	0.0%
China	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Rwanda	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Nepal	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	17,433	100.0%
Germany	15,374	88.2%
Turkey	552	3.2%
Bulgaria	215	1.2%
Ukraine	168	1.0%
Poland	127	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	125	0.7%
Romania	86	0.5%
Italy	83	0.5%
Afghanistan	77	0.4%
Iraq	76	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Greece	40	0.2%
Russian Federation	38	0.2%
Kosovo	29	0.2%
Netherlands	27	0.2%
Lithuania	23	0.1%
United Kingdom	23	0.1%
Croatia	22	0.1%
Nigeria	19	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	18	0.1%
Somalia	18	0.1%
Serbia	17	0.1%
Austria	16	0.1%
Latvia	15	0.1%
Azerbaijan	13	0.1%
Armenia	11	0.1%
Albania	10	0.1%
Slovenia	10	0.1%
Montenegro	10	0.1%
Hungary	10	0.1%
Guinea	10	0.1%
Thailand	9	0.1%
Georgia	8	0.0%
Kazakhstan	8	0.0%
Tajikistan	8	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	0.0%
Lebanon	7	0.0%
Uncertain	7	0.0%
Switzerland	6	0.0%
Czech Republic	6	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	6	0.0%
Stateless	6	0.0%
Morocco	5	0.0%
United States	5	0.0%
Belgium	4	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	4	0.0%
Spain	4	0.0%
Algeria	4	0.0%
Eritrea	4	0.0%
Mongolia	4	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	4	0.0%
Not stated	4	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)	90.2 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁴Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 3	29.8 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁴Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier	450 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁷Official
Local property-tax multiplier	580 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Horn-Bad Meinberg

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.

Steinheim as a Horn-Bad Meinberg alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.

Rent: €4.77/m² Steinheim vs €5.68/m² Horn-Bad Meinberg−16%
Residents: 12,107 Steinheim vs 17,320 Horn-Bad Meinberg−30%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,337 Steinheim vs 4,645 Horn-Bad Meinberg−7%
Unemployment: 7.1% Steinheim vs 6.8% Horn-Bad Meinberg+5%
Median gross pay, region: €3,750 Steinheim vs €3,900 Horn-Bad Meinberg−4%
Nearest airport: 43.3 km Steinheim vs 38.5 km Horn-Bad Meinberg+12%

Full comparison More about Steinheim

Menden Sauerland as a Horn-Bad Meinberg alternative in the same country

95 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 52,255 Menden Sauerland vs 17,320 Horn-Bad Meinberg+202%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,948 Menden Sauerland vs 4,645 Horn-Bad Meinberg+28%
Unemployment: 5.2% Menden Sauerland vs 6.8% Horn-Bad Meinberg−23%
Nearest airport: 16.1 km Menden Sauerland vs 38.5 km Horn-Bad Meinberg−58%
Rent: €5.63/m² Menden Sauerland vs €5.68/m² Horn-Bad Meinbergsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,900 Menden Sauerland vs €3,900 Horn-Bad Meinbergsame level

Full comparison More about Menden Sauerland

Cities near Horn-Bad Meinberg

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

Detmold 8.3 km away

Rent: 6.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Steinheim 9.0 km away

Rent: 4.77 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Nieheim 13.5 km away

Rent: 4.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Schieder-Schwalenberg 14.9 km away

Rent: 4.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Bad Lippspringe 15.2 km away

Rent: 6.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Barntrup 16.2 km away

Rent: 4.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Marienmünster 16.6 km away

Rent: 4.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Lemgo 16.6 km away

Rent: 5.94 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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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; Horn-Bad Meinberg's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Horn-Bad Meinberg?

The published population was 17,320 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Horn-Bad Meinberg?

Average net cold rent is 5.68 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 398 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

What is the unemployment rate in Horn-Bad Meinberg?

The unemployment rate is about 6.8 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Horn-Bad Meinberg?

The median gross salary is 3,900 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

How many foreign residents live in Horn-Bad Meinberg?

2,058 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Horn-Bad Meinberg a good place to live?

Horn-Bad Meinberg 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.

Which cities are near Horn-Bad Meinberg?

Detmold, Steinheim, Nieheim, Schieder-Schwalenberg, Bad Lippspringe are near Horn-Bad Meinberg. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Horn-Bad Meinberg?

The official country of birth distribution records 13,793 people (79.1%) 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). Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 190052fa838ca3d2b7da6c55e3dd820e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/horn-bad-meinberg/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_horn-bad-meinberg-germany-population-rent-salary-jobs_aaf24e0ccc88,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {190052fa838ca3d2b7da6c55e3dd820e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/horn-bad-meinberg/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

[Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/horn-bad-meinberg/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 190052fa838ca3d2b7da6c55e3dd820e; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort) Bundesagentur für Arbeit · statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-07-14
Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV · gigabitgrundbuch.bund.de · checked 2026-07-14
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-08
Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²) Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-18
Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
Destatis Realsteuervergleich destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
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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 municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row. destatis.de · checked 2024-12-31
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
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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VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts VGRdL · statistikportal.de · checked 2026-07-14
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lippspringe WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities Zensus 2022 regional tables · destatis.de · checked 2026-07-26
Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities Zensus 2022 regional tables · destatis.de · checked 2026-07-26
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
miet-check Mietspiegel Horn-Bad Meinberg miet-check.de · checked 2026-06-04

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