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Living in Kusel

Kusel is in Germany; its population was 5,332 at the end of 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €8 per m² per month in 2024.

Cheaper rent than 76% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Kusel.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Kusel?

Average net cold rent is 5.38 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): 5.38 EUR/m²/month · Destatis7

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Kusel yet.

Net rent across major citiesKusel highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Kusel highlighted€9.94Hamburg€9.72Stuttgart€9.10Augsburg€9.09Mannheim€7.71Berlin€7.20Dresden€6.79Braunschweig€6.72Bielefeld€6.66Duisburg€6.27Leipzig€6.00Dortmund€5.99Halle (Saale)net rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.38 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate8 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 323 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.38 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 Kusel?

The unemployment rate is 4.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Kusel is 4.8%. Of 2,973 cities with data, 1,290 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Germany per band801 cities: 2% to under 4%8012–41290 cities: 4% to under 6%12904–6Kusel 4.8%624 cities: 6% to under 8%6246–8228 cities: 8% to under 10%2288–1024 cities: 10% to under 12%2410–124 cities: 12% to under 14%412–142 cities: 14% to under 16%214–16

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability86.06 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de6Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.3 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas5Official
Median gross salary (regional)4,000 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)2Official · regional context
Unemployment rate4.8 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kusel. 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 Kusel. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital Beds Per 100k4,383 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)4Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Kusel 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 100k4,383 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was SCN, 41.3 km away, with 4 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.3% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport4 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat15Official
Nearest airportSCN13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport41.3 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

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

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Kusel?

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 Agency13

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
Kusel annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit5258.0PM2.515409.0PM1010404.0NO₂µg/m³

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 Kusel is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 444 cities with data, 155 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.
annual PM2.5, µg/m³ · measured cities in Germany per band1 city: 3 µg/m³ to under 4 µg/m³13–410 cities: 4 µg/m³ to under 5 µg/m³104–54 cities: 5 µg/m³ to under 6 µg/m³45–643 cities: 6 µg/m³ to under 7 µg/m³436–7102 cities: 7 µg/m³ to under 8 µg/m³1027–8155 cities: 8 µg/m³ to under 9 µg/m³1558–9Kusel 8.090 cities: 9 µg/m³ to under 10 µg/m³909–1030 cities: 10 µg/m³ to under 11 µg/m³3010–115 cities: 11 µg/m³ to under 12 µg/m³511–122 cities: 12 µg/m³ to under 13 µg/m³212–132 cities: 13 µg/m³ to under 14 µg/m³213–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean4 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Westpfalz-Dunzweiler)11Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Westpfalz-Dunzweiler)12Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the same31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency13Official
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 11.86 · Feb 17.97 · Mar 19.82 · Apr 24.85 · May 30.61 · Jun 35.62 · Jul 38.73 · Aug 37.99 · Sep 32.59 · Oct 25.53 · Nov 19.42 · Dec 13.28 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -19.46 · Feb -18.65 · Mar -13.91 · Apr -5.15 · May -1.68 · Jun 3.84 · Jul 6.31 · Aug 5.56 · Sep 1.28 · Oct -4.9 · Nov -6.13 · Dec -15.34 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official
Average temperature by monthJan -0.05 · Feb 0.81 · Mar 4.19 · Apr 8.77 · May 12.94 · Jun 17.15 · Jul 19.41 · Aug 18.82 · Sep 14.45 · Oct 9.47 · Nov 4.58 · Dec 0.98 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official
Annual mean temperature9.5 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)10Official · land
Annual PM2.5 over time8 published observations, 2014–2024
Annual PM2.5 in Kusel by year, µg/m³7.79.210.812.320142017201920248.0µg/m³

Annual PM2.5 fell 33.3% between 2014 and 2024, from 12.0 to 8.0.

Cities of a similar size in Germany

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Germany cities
Nünchritz5,339 residentsRanstadt5,340 residentsKirchdorf am Inn5,341 residentsWasungen5,342 residentsNorderney5,343 residentsRangendingen5,343 residents

Population and city profile

Population density was 371.1 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Kusel?

The published population was 5,332 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Kusel residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport78.7%Foreign residents21.3%

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area14.37 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)19Official
City area14.37 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)9Official
Foreign residents1,137 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official
Population density371.1 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.19Official
Population5,332 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis9Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents736 people31 Dec 2022Destatis8Official
Catholic share13.8 %31 Dec 2022Destatis8Official
No religion or other2,251 people31 Dec 2022Destatis8Official
No religion or other, share42.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis8Official
Protestant residents2,355 people31 Dec 2022Destatis8Official
Protestant share44.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis8Official

International community in Kusel

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 groupPeopleShare
Total5,341100.0%
Germany3,84672.0%
Syrian Arab Republic2023.8%
Kazakhstan1472.8%
Poland981.8%
Russian Federation921.7%
Ukraine791.5%
Romania631.2%
Pakistan591.1%
Turkey581.1%
Afghanistan521.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Not stated420.8%
Iran, Islamic Republic of390.7%
Eritrea310.6%
Italy300.6%
Serbia300.6%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of290.5%
Somalia290.5%
Kosovo250.5%
Armenia250.5%
China240.4%
Azerbaijan230.4%
United States220.4%
Iraq190.4%
France180.3%
Nigeria180.3%
Georgia180.3%
Thailand120.2%
Egypt110.2%
Latvia80.1%
United Kingdom80.1%
El Salvador80.1%
Lithuania70.1%
Spain70.1%
Czech Republic70.1%
Gambia70.1%
Viet Nam70.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina60.1%
Montenegro60.1%
Hungary60.1%
Algeria60.1%
Ghana60.1%
Sudan60.1%
Croatia50.1%
Moldova, Republic of50.1%
Jordan50.1%
Kyrgyzstan50.1%
Bulgaria40.1%
Slovakia40.1%
Switzerland40.1%
Burkina Faso40.1%
Philippines40.1%
Albania30.1%
Estonia30.1%
Greece30.1%
Netherlands30.1%
Austria30.1%
Portugal30.1%
Ethiopia30.1%
Libya30.1%
Morocco30.1%
Cameroon30.1%
South Africa30.1%
Namibia30.1%
Central African Republic30.1%
Dominican Republic30.1%
Haiti30.1%
Cuba30.1%
Indonesia30.1%
Lebanon30.1%
Palestinian territories30.1%
Taiwan, Province of China30.1%
United Arab Emirates30.1%
Uzbekistan30.1%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total5,341100.0%
Germany4,20578.7%
Syrian Arab Republic2114.0%
Romania711.3%
Ukraine651.2%
Afghanistan601.1%
Pakistan571.1%
Somalia541.0%
Turkey511.0%
Eritrea460.9%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of390.7%
Show 48 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Serbia380.7%
Italy320.6%
Poland300.6%
Russian Federation300.6%
China290.5%
Iran, Islamic Republic of260.5%
Azerbaijan230.4%
Armenia200.4%
Kosovo190.4%
Georgia190.4%
United States180.3%
Nigeria170.3%
Iraq170.3%
Lithuania110.2%
Egypt100.2%
Kazakhstan90.2%
United Kingdom80.1%
El Salvador80.1%
Spain70.1%
Algeria70.1%
Gambia70.1%
Viet Nam70.1%
Ghana60.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina50.1%
Palestinian territories50.1%
Thailand50.1%
France40.1%
Ireland40.1%
Switzerland40.1%
Burkina Faso40.1%
Sudan40.1%
Estonia30.1%
Croatia30.1%
Slovenia30.1%
Latvia30.1%
Montenegro30.1%
Portugal30.1%
Slovakia30.1%
Czech Republic30.1%
Hungary30.1%
Belarus30.1%
Cameroon30.1%
Central African Republic30.1%
Dominican Republic30.1%
Indonesia30.1%
Lebanon30.1%
Taiwan, Province of China30.1%
Uncertain30.1%

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

Is Kusel a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–68%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–72%
Student59%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 48–70%
Family58%strong on family, weak on safety · range 47–69%
Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 50–72%
Foreign residents1,137 people15 May 2022Official source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Population5,332 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.38 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Destatis
Fibre-to-the-building availability86.06 %31 Dec 2025Official source · data.bundesnetzagentur.de
Gigabit broadband availability96.3 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas
Median gross salary (regional)4,000 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier370 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official
Local property-tax multiplier370 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de20Official

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Kusel?

The published population was 5,332 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Kusel?

Average net cold rent is 5.38 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 377 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Kusel?

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 Kusel?

The unemployment rate is 4.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Kusel?

The median gross salary is 4,000 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Kusel?

1,137 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Kusel a good place to live?

Kusel 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 Total live in Kusel?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,341 people (100.0%) 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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  title = {Kusel, Germany: rent, salary, jobs, climate},
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