Living in Kronau

In Kronau, rents across existing tenancies average €7.20 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.8% (2024).

Residents of Kronau numbered 5,969 at the end of 2024. For Kronau, the regional median gross salary was €4,300 per month at the end of 2024. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 10 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population5,969people31 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 rate3.8%country median 5.1% — 25% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,452incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 81% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 80% 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 Kronau?

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 Kronau?

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 · Destatis⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesKronau 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 M¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis⁴Official

Is Kronau a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–65%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student53%strong on cost, weak on education · range 43–63%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–67%

Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 37–61%

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 Kronau?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Kronau is 3.8%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Kronau 3.8%

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	3.8 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Kronau?

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

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kronau. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Kronau. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

At the end of 2024, Kronau offered 393.9 beds per 100,000 residents.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	393.9 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)³Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Kronau 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents393.9 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesKronau 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	3,452 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁰Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Kronau's nearest airport was MHG, 29 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	29 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MHG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Kronau's monthly mean temperatures were 0.1°C in January and 19.9°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Kronau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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

PM2.510WHO 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 Kronau is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Kronau 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.44 · Feb 15.98 · Mar 21.72 · Apr 28.22 · May 29.9 · Jun 35.33 · Jul 37.26 · Aug 38.45 · Sep 32.18 · Oct 26.43 · Nov 20.44 · Dec 14.37 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -19.07 · Feb -17.95 · Mar -19.82 · Apr -5.19 · May -1.02 · Jun 3.5 · Jul 6.77 · Aug 6.6 · Sep -0.1 · Oct -6.9 · Nov -7.97 · Dec -17.64 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.09 · Feb 0.94 · Mar 4.63 · Apr 9.27 · May 13.53 · Jun 17.75 · Jul 19.9 · Aug 19.43 · Sep 14.89 · Oct 10.11 · Nov 4.82 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kronau?

The published population was 5,969 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	5,969 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³Official

International community in Kronau

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	5,960	100.0%
Germany	5,187	87.0%
Romania	111	1.9%
Turkey	85	1.4%
Poland	54	0.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51	0.9%
Russian Federation	38	0.6%
Kazakhstan	29	0.5%
Italy	28	0.5%
Croatia	27	0.5%
Hungary	25	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	22	0.4%
India	20	0.3%
Czech Republic	18	0.3%
United States	18	0.3%
Syrian Arab Republic	18	0.3%
Not stated	18	0.3%
Thailand	15	0.3%
Iraq	13	0.2%
France	12	0.2%
Austria	12	0.2%
Ukraine	12	0.2%
Serbia	11	0.2%
Lebanon	10	0.2%
Philippines	9	0.2%
Bulgaria	7	0.1%
Netherlands	6	0.1%
Viet Nam	6	0.1%
Morocco	5	0.1%
Brazil	5	0.1%
Afghanistan	5	0.1%
Pakistan	5	0.1%
Uzbekistan	5	0.1%
Greece	4	0.1%
Switzerland	4	0.1%
Spain	4	0.1%
Albania	3	0.1%
Finland	3	0.1%
Ireland	3	0.1%
Latvia	3	0.1%
Lithuania	3	0.1%
Portugal	3	0.1%
United Kingdom	3	0.1%
Ethiopia	3	0.1%
Nigeria	3	0.1%
Ghana	3	0.1%
Kenya	3	0.1%
Rwanda	3	0.1%
Togo	3	0.1%
Burundi	3	0.1%
Ecuador	3	0.1%
Kuwait	3	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.1%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.1%
China	3	0.1%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,960	100.0%
Germany	5,382	90.3%
Romania	118	2.0%
Turkey	99	1.7%
Croatia	79	1.3%
Italy	33	0.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	19	0.3%
India	18	0.3%
Kosovo	17	0.3%
Poland	14	0.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	14	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukraine	12	0.2%
Hungary	11	0.2%
Serbia	8	0.1%
Afghanistan	8	0.1%
Thailand	8	0.1%
Bulgaria	7	0.1%
Slovenia	7	0.1%
Netherlands	7	0.1%
Iraq	7	0.1%
Greece	6	0.1%
Spain	6	0.1%
Brazil	6	0.1%
Austria	5	0.1%
Viet Nam	5	0.1%
Togo	4	0.1%
United States	4	0.1%
Finland	3	0.1%
France	3	0.1%
Lithuania	3	0.1%
Sweden	3	0.1%
Russian Federation	3	0.1%
Czech Republic	3	0.1%
Ethiopia	3	0.1%
Ghana	3	0.1%
Morocco	3	0.1%
Niger	3	0.1%
Lebanon	3	0.1%
Pakistan	3	0.1%
Philippines	3	0.1%
China	3	0.1%
Uncertain	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Alternatives for people set on Kronau

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 Kronau 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.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 723.8 Böblingen vs 393.9 Kronau+84%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €7.20/m² Kronauno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,300 Kronau+14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 3,452 Kronau+10%

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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; Kronau's school authority applies it locally.

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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 Kronau?

The published population was 5,969 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Kronau?

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 Kronau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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 Kronau?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Kronau?

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

Is Kronau a good place to live?

Kronau 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.

How many people born in Germany live in Kronau?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,187 people (87.0%) 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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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
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
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23

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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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