Living in Jesteburg

In Jesteburg, rents across existing tenancies average €8.04 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.6% (2024).

Jesteburg numbered 7,758 residents at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €4,300 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 9 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2315 sources

Population7,758people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

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

Average net rent8.04EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 38% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.6%country median 5.1% — 10% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,657incidents 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

Pricier rent than 91% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and dirtier air than 70% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Jesteburg?

Average net cold rent is 8.04 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): 8.04 EUR/m²/month · Destatis⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesJesteburg 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 Mbps⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.04 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis⁴Official

Is Jesteburg a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–63%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student54%strong on cost, weak on education · range 44–64%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–65%

Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 482 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.04 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 Jesteburg?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Jesteburg is 4.6%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Jesteburg 4.6%

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	4.6 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Jesteburg?

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

Left over each month€2,180of €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€8.04/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €482
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	€2,180

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Jesteburg. 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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Healthcare

The availability of hospital beds in Jesteburg was 1,061.4 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2024.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,061 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)³Official

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,061 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesJesteburg 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	4,657 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹¹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Jesteburg's nearest airport was HAM, 36 km away and offered 87 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	87 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	36 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	HAM	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

GermanIn Person

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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

Monthly mean temperature moved from 0.5°C in January to 18.2°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Jesteburg?

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 Agency⁵

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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 Jesteburg 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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Jesteburg 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.46 · Feb 14.41 · Mar 20.39 · Apr 24.81 · May 30.24 · Jun 30.86 · Jul 33.5 · Aug 31.97 · Sep 28.61 · Oct 24.53 · Nov 19.36 · Dec 12.99 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -19.59 · Feb -16.66 · Mar -13.73 · Apr -4.11 · May -0.95 · Jun 3.87 · Jul 8.06 · Aug 6.5 · Sep 3.68 · Oct -3.91 · Nov -7.75 · Dec -16.17 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.53 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 3.91 · Apr 8.55 · May 12.78 · Jun 16.1 · Jul 18.16 · Aug 17.85 · Sep 14.28 · Oct 9.67 · Nov 5.14 · Dec 1.87 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Jesteburg?

The published population was 7,758 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,758 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁴Official

International community in Jesteburg

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	7,826	100.0%
Germany	6,765	86.4%
Poland	179	2.3%
Romania	88	1.1%
Russian Federation	50	0.6%
Serbia	43	0.5%
Bulgaria	40	0.5%
Ukraine	33	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	30	0.4%
Turkey	27	0.3%
Italy	24	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
United States	24	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	22	0.3%
Netherlands	22	0.3%
Kazakhstan	20	0.3%
Kosovo	18	0.2%
Afghanistan	18	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	17	0.2%
Lebanon	16	0.2%
Philippines	16	0.2%
United Kingdom	14	0.2%
Switzerland	13	0.2%
Czech Republic	13	0.2%
Armenia	13	0.2%
Thailand	12	0.2%
Austria	11	0.1%
Viet Nam	11	0.1%
Not stated	11	0.1%
Albania	10	0.1%
France	10	0.1%
Eritrea	10	0.1%
Brazil	10	0.1%
Canada	10	0.1%
India	10	0.1%
Croatia	9	0.1%
Greece	9	0.1%
Denmark	8	0.1%
Latvia	8	0.1%
Pakistan	8	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	7	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	7	0.1%
Algeria	7	0.1%
Rwanda	7	0.1%
Lithuania	6	0.1%
Spain	6	0.1%
Iraq	6	0.1%
Montenegro	5	0.1%
Portugal	5	0.1%
Sudan	5	0.1%
Tunisia	5	0.1%
Colombia	5	0.1%
Belgium	4	0.1%
Slovakia	4	0.1%
Ghana	4	0.1%
Jordan	4	0.1%
Australia	4	0.1%
Finland	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Monaco	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Hungary	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Korea, Democratic People'S Republic of	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Singapore	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,826	100.0%
Germany	7,079	90.5%
Poland	94	1.2%
Romania	86	1.1%
Serbia	51	0.7%
Bulgaria	40	0.5%
Ukraine	34	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	28	0.4%
Netherlands	26	0.3%
Turkey	26	0.3%
Italy	25	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	25	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	21	0.3%
Austria	16	0.2%
Afghanistan	15	0.2%
Eritrea	14	0.2%
Albania	12	0.2%
Croatia	11	0.1%
Philippines	11	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	10	0.1%
Thailand	10	0.1%
Portugal	9	0.1%
Armenia	9	0.1%
Viet Nam	9	0.1%
Greece	8	0.1%
Montenegro	8	0.1%
Brazil	8	0.1%
Latvia	7	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	7	0.1%
Russian Federation	7	0.1%
Rwanda	7	0.1%
Lebanon	7	0.1%
Hungary	6	0.1%
Iraq	6	0.1%
Denmark	5	0.1%
United Kingdom	5	0.1%
Mali	5	0.1%
Sudan	5	0.1%
Colombia	5	0.1%
United States	5	0.1%
Kazakhstan	5	0.1%
Finland	4	0.1%
France	4	0.1%
Algeria	4	0.1%
Palestinian territories	4	0.1%
Australia	4	0.1%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Alternatives for people set on Jesteburg

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 a Jesteburg alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €8.04/m² Jesteburgno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,657 Jesteburg−19%
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,300 Jesteburg+14%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 723.8 Böblingen vs 1,061.4 Jesteburg−32%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Bühlertal7,764 residents Einfeld7,770 residents Oberkochen7,746 residents Bützow7,745 residents Weissach7,745 residents Heuchelheim7,773 residents

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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; Jesteburg's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Jesteburg part of Hamburg?

Jesteburg is in the published commuting zone of Hamburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Hamburg 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 Jesteburg?

The published population was 7,758 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Jesteburg?

Average net cold rent is 8.04 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 563 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Jesteburg?

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 Jesteburg?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Jesteburg?

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

Is Jesteburg a good place to live?

Jesteburg 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 Jesteburg part of Hamburg?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Jesteburg?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,765 people (86.4%) 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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  title = {Jesteburg, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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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
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
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
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03

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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
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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