Living in Lingen

In Lingen, rents across existing tenancies average €6.33 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.4% (2022).

Lingen had 56,498 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. For Lingen, the foreign population count was 5,195 in May 2022. The city covered 176.2 km² in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2320 sources

Population56,498people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)3,850EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Average net rent6.33EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 9% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate5.42%country median 5.1% — 6% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime4,979incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean7.82µg/m³country median 8.0 — 2% belowOfficial source · Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.

Pricier rent than 65% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 68% of German cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €10.9 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Lingen?

Average net cold rent is 6.33 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): 6.33 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesLingen highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Lingen€6.33

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Augsburg€9.10

Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

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 M¹⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.33 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate	10.9 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Lingen²⁰Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Lingen a good place to live?

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–72%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–73%

Student62%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–72%

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

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 51–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 380 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.33 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

The unemployment rate was 5.42% in May 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Lingen?

The unemployment rate is about 5.4 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.42 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities¹⁹

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Lingen is 5.4%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Lingen 5.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	97.36 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,850 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik¹Official
Unemployment rate	5.42 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Lingen?

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

Left over each month€1,768of €2,521 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.	€2,521
Rent, 60 m²€10.90/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Lingen · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €6.33/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €654
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	€1,768

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,119 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Lingen 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 residents1,119 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesLingen 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	4,979 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁴Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	11 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹²Official
Nearest airport	FMO	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹³Official
Distance to nearest airport	50.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

Average high temperatures were 5.1°C in January and 23.6°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 7.82 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.48 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Lingen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.82 µg/m³ · Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹¹

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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163

196

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202

184

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102

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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

PM2.57.8WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1011.4WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂9.5WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Lingen is 7.8 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Lingen 7.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	9.48 µg/m³country median 13.7	2024	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹¹Official
NO₂ — latest reading	9.36 µg/m³	15 Jul 2026	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹¹Official
PM10 — annual mean	11.36 µg/m³country median 13.5	2024	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.82 µg/m³country median 8.0	2024	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.1 · Feb 6 · Mar 9.8 · Apr 14.7 · May 18.7 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 23.6 · Aug 23.2 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 5.6 °C	1991–2020	DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual daily maximum/minimum normals 1991-2020⁶Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 5 · May 8.6 · Jun 11.3 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.9 · Nov 3.8 · Dec 1.1 °C	1991–2020	DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual daily maximum/minimum normals 1991-2020⁷Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 5.8 · Apr 9.8 · May 13.6 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 10.3 · Nov 6.4 · Dec 3.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lingen¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 68.6 · Feb 51.9 · Mar 53.9 · Apr 42.5 · May 58.2 · Jun 67.5 · Jul 82.4 · Aug 73.6 · Sep 71.7 · Oct 66.6 · Nov 65.9 · Dec 68.8 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lingen¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 47.4 · Feb 65.9 · Mar 117.1 · Apr 163.2 · May 195.6 · Jun 195 · Jul 202 · Aug 184.4 · Sep 136.3 · Oct 102 · Nov 53 · Dec 43.9 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lingen¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2014–2024

7.2

10.0

12.8

15.6

7.820142017201920222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 47.9% between 2014 and 2024, from 15.0 to 7.8.

Similar climate. In Germany: Werl ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±0.9 °C, Leuven (Belgium) ±0.5 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.1 °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

How many people live in Lingen?

The published population was 56,498 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	608 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality⁸Official
City area	176.2 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁵Official
Foreign residents	5,195 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities¹⁸Official
Population density	320.7 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹⁰Official
Population	56,498 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁵Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	28,121 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
Catholic share	51 %	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
No religion or other	15,399 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
No religion or other, share	28 %	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
Protestant residents	11,568 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
Protestant share	21 %	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Lingen

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Sankt Augustin56,521 residents Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe56,688 residents Brackel56,815 residents Pulheim56,150 residents Baden-Baden56,881 residents Greifswald56,092 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; Lingen'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 Lingen?

The published population was 56,498 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Lingen?

Average net cold rent is 6.33 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 443 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Lingen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted..

What is the unemployment rate in Lingen?

The unemployment rate is about 5.4 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Lingen?

The median gross salary is 3,850 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

Is Lingen a good place to live?

Lingen 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.

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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
Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV · gigabitgrundbuch.bund.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
DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual daily maximum/minimum normals 1991-2020 opendata.dwd.de · checked 2026-07-26
DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual daily maximum/minimum normals 1991-2020 opendata.dwd.de · checked 2026-07-26
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

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Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted. umweltbundesamt.de · checked 2026-07-15
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
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lingen WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit Zensus 2022 · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-01
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
miet-check Mietspiegel Lingen miet-check.de · checked 2026-06-04

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