Living in Kurl-Husen

Regional median gross salary figures for Kurl-Husen showed €4,000 per month at the end of 2024. An unemployment rate of 11.7% was measured at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1914 sources

Median gross salary (region)4,000EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · BA Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich — Medianentgelt Kreise Wohnort 2024

Average net rent9EUR/m²/month2024Municipality figureOfficial source · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table

Unemployment rate11.7%31 Dec 2024Municipality figureOfficial source · Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average

Recorded crime11,839incidents per 100,000country median 9,397 — 26% aboveOfficial source · Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Higher unemployment than any other German city that publishes it, more recorded crime than 71% 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 Kurl-Husen?

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 Kurl-Husen?

Average net cold rent is 9 EUR/m² per month (2024), 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): 9 EUR/m²/month · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table⁸

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesKurl-Husen 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 Mbps⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9 EUR/m²/month	2024	BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · parent municipality

Is Kurl-Husen a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 38–66%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–68%

Student51%strong on cost, weak on education · range 38–64%

Family36%strong on family, weak on education · range 25–47%

Retirement47%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 34–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 540 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9 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: 2024

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kurl-Husen?

The unemployment rate is 11.7 % (2024). Source: Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average¹

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Kurl-Husen is 11.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Kurl-Husen 11.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,000 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	BA Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich — Medianentgelt Kreise Wohnort 2024²Official · parent municipality
Unemployment rate	11.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average¹Official · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Kurl-Husen?

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

Left over each month€1,963of €2,602 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.	€2,602
Rent, 60 m²€9.00/m² · market price · INKAR · 2024	− €540
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	€1,963

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kurl-Husen. 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

The city's crime rate was 11,838.7 incidents per 100,000 residents at the end of 2023.

How safe is Kurl-Husen?

Police recorded about 11,839 incidents per 100,000 (2023). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)³

Recorded crime across major citiesKurl-Husen highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424

Frankfurt14,600

Berlin13,900

Cologne12,343

Dortmund12,283

Dusseldorf12,172

Kurl-Husen11,839

Leipzig11,129

Essen9,619

Dresden8,853

Stuttgart8,552

Munich6,214

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	11,839 incidents per 100,000country median 9,397	31 Dec 2023	Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)³Official

Mobility and administration

Kurl-Husen's nearest airport was DTM, 4 km away and offered 28 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	28 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	4 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DTM	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

Annual PM2.5 levels for Kurl-Husen stood at 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperatures were 3.1°C in January and 18.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 77 mm in January and 91 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Kurl-Husen?

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 (EEA)⁶

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

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

PM2.59WHO 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 Kurl-Husen 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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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.26 · Feb 16.7 · Mar 20.58 · Apr 25.86 · May 30.57 · Jun 33.88 · Jul 39.18 · Aug 36.94 · Sep 32.01 · Oct 26.64 · Nov 19.4 · Dec 13.65 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · parent municipality
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -14.92 · Feb -17.53 · Mar -9.95 · Apr -5.38 · May -1.59 · Jun 3.54 · Jul 6.56 · Aug 5.42 · Sep 3.32 · Oct -5.01 · Nov -7.27 · Dec -13.93 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.1 · Feb 3.4 · Mar 6 · Apr 10.3 · May 13.3 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 4.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 77 · Feb 68 · Mar 61 · Apr 48 · May 62 · Jun 73 · Jul 91 · Aug 85 · Sep 73 · Oct 72 · Nov 73 · Dec 82 mm	31 Dec 1991	DWD multi-annual station means 1991-2020 (precipitation)⁴Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 50 · Feb 72 · Mar 121 · Apr 173 · May 199 · Jun 199 · Jul 206 · Aug 194 · Sep 144 · Oct 104 · Nov 54 · Dec 40 hours	31 Dec 1991	DWD multi-annual station means 1991-2020 (sunshine)⁵Official · parent municipality

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

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

Is Kurl-Husen part of Dortmund?

Kurl-Husen is in the published commuting zone of Dortmund; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Dortmund city profile

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Common questions

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How much does it cost to rent in Kurl-Husen?

Average net cold rent is 9 EUR/m² per month (2024), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 630 EUR a month before utilities. Source: BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113).

Is the air quality good in Kurl-Husen?

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 (EEA).

How safe is Kurl-Husen?

What is the unemployment rate in Kurl-Husen?

The unemployment rate is 11.7 % (2024). Source: Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average.

What is the typical salary around Kurl-Husen?

The median gross salary is 4,000 EUR/month. Source: BA Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich — Medianentgelt Kreise Wohnort 2024.

Is Kurl-Husen a good place to live?

Kurl-Husen 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 Kurl-Husen part of Dortmund?

Kurl-Husen is in the published commuting zone of Dortmund; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Kurl-Husen, Germany: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f092af6a6d77e7708b2431bd1a6aa018]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/kurl-husen/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Kurl-Husen, Germany: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {f092af6a6d77e7708b2431bd1a6aa018},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/kurl-husen/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average Arbeitslosenquoten · statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-07-26
BA Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich — Medianentgelt Kreise Wohnort 2024 BA Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich · statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-07-29
Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) tigis.bkg.bund.de · checked 2026-08-05
DWD multi-annual station means 1991-2020 (precipitation) opendata.dwd.de · checked 2026-07-26
DWD multi-annual station means 1991-2020 (sunshine) opendata.dwd.de · checked 2026-07-26
European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-06
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
INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table INKAR · inkar.de · checked 2026-07-16
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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