Living in Loerrach

In Loerrach, rents across existing tenancies average €8.68 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 7.7% (2022).

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €14.39 per m² per month in June 2026. The population of Loerrach, in Germany, was 51,349 at the end of 2024. Car density was 528 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2336 sources

Population51,349people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,050EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent8.68EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 49% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate7.73%country median 5.1% — 52% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime8,690incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Weil am Rhein)

Pricier rent than 95% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 90% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 61% of German cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Loerrach?

Average net cold rent is 8.68 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): 8.68 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁵

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesLoerrach highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Loerrach€8.68

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 Mbps¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.68 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate	14.39 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Loerrach³⁶Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Loerrach a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–57%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–62%

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

Family48%strong on family, weak on education · range 38–58%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 43–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 521 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.68 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 7.73% in May 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Loerrach?

The unemployment rate is about 7.7 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 7.73 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁶

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Loerrach is 7.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–16

Loerrach 7.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	64.22 %	31 Dec 2025	data.bundesnetzagentur.de³Official
Gigabit broadband availability	96.21 %	31 Dec 2025	data.bundesnetzagentur.de³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	4,050 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	7.73 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Loerrach?

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

Left over each month€1,666of €2,629 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.	€2,629
Rent, 60 m²€14.39/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Loerrach · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €8.68/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €863
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	€1,666

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,198 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Loerrach 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 residents1,198 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesLoerrach 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	8,690 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	66 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁷Official
Nearest airport	BSL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	10.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Weil am Rhein)¹⁰

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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167

186

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235

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107

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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

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1010WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂11WHO 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 Loerrach is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Loerrach 6.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	11 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Weil am Rhein)⁸Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Weil am Rhein)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	6 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Weil am Rhein)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.16 · Feb 15.37 · Mar 20.66 · Apr 25.46 · May 28.8 · Jun 32.74 · Jul 33.66 · Aug 34.26 · Sep 28.03 · Oct 25.29 · Nov 19.91 · Dec 14.23 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -14.58 · Feb -18.98 · Mar -18.11 · Apr -5.92 · May -1.68 · Jun 1.75 · Jul 6.21 · Aug 6.04 · Sep 0.36 · Oct -6.52 · Nov -10.31 · Dec -15.39 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.54 · Feb 0.21 · Mar 4.23 · Apr 8.68 · May 12.73 · Jun 16.89 · Jul 18.48 · Aug 17.95 · Sep 13.83 · Oct 9.55 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 0.37 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 47.8 · Feb 45.2 · Mar 49.5 · Apr 63.5 · May 97.6 · Jun 86.6 · Jul 88.9 · Aug 88.3 · Sep 70.2 · Oct 74.4 · Nov 64.9 · Dec 65 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 64.5 · Feb 85.2 · Mar 134.6 · Apr 167.4 · May 185.6 · Jun 211.9 · Jul 234.9 · Aug 216.5 · Sep 160.1 · Oct 107 · Nov 65.4 · Dec 54.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 39.4 km² in 2024.

How many people live in Loerrach?

The published population was 51,349 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport82%
Foreign residents18%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	528 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹²Official
City area	39.37 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	22.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat¹¹Official
Foreign residents	9,228 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁵Official
Population density	1,304 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)⁶Official
Population	51,349 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁶Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	10,669 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Catholic share	21.5 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other	26,985 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other, share	54.5 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant residents	11,887 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant share	24 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official

International community in Loerrach

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	49,541	100.0%
Germany	35,013	70.7%
Switzerland	1,609	3.2%
Italy	1,518	3.1%
Poland	1,033	2.1%
Kazakhstan	989	2.0%
Turkey	952	1.9%
Russian Federation	911	1.8%
Kosovo	708	1.4%
Romania	674	1.4%
Ukraine	553	1.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Syrian Arab Republic	368	0.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	254	0.5%
Serbia	233	0.5%
Croatia	220	0.4%
France	214	0.4%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	204	0.4%
Czech Republic	180	0.4%
Viet Nam	165	0.3%
India	159	0.3%
Albania	146	0.3%
Hungary	134	0.3%
Brazil	133	0.3%
Kyrgyzstan	129	0.3%
United States	127	0.3%
Austria	126	0.3%
Bulgaria	112	0.2%
United Kingdom	106	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	106	0.2%
China	106	0.2%
Spain	104	0.2%
Afghanistan	103	0.2%
Greece	92	0.2%
Portugal	83	0.2%
Lebanon	72	0.1%
Slovakia	71	0.1%
Tunisia	68	0.1%
Thailand	65	0.1%
Algeria	64	0.1%
Nigeria	63	0.1%
Pakistan	63	0.1%
Iraq	62	0.1%
Gambia	60	0.1%
Argentina	54	0.1%
Eritrea	53	0.1%
Netherlands	51	0.1%
Lithuania	49	0.1%
Morocco	46	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	45	0.1%
Sri Lanka	44	0.1%
Peru	43	0.1%
Philippines	40	0.1%
Cameroon	39	0.1%
Georgia	37	0.1%
Uzbekistan	36	0.1%
Canada	35	0.1%
Slovenia	33	0.1%
Colombia	30	0.1%
Belarus	29	0.1%
Egypt	29	0.1%
Ethiopia	28	0.1%
Australia	28	0.1%
Togo	26	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	25	0.1%
South Africa	24	0.0%
Dominican Republic	24	0.0%
Sweden	23	0.0%
Mexico	23	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	22	0.0%
Japan	22	0.0%
Denmark	21	0.0%
Latvia	19	0.0%
Tajikistan	19	0.0%
Belgium	18	0.0%
Kenya	18	0.0%
Chile	17	0.0%
Israel	15	0.0%
Ecuador	14	0.0%
Finland	13	0.0%
Guinea	13	0.0%
Somalia	13	0.0%
Guatemala	13	0.0%
Cuba	13	0.0%
Azerbaijan	12	0.0%
Indonesia	12	0.0%
Not stated	11	0.0%
Estonia	9	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	9	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	8	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	8	0.0%
Paraguay	8	0.0%
Nepal	8	0.0%
Turkmenistan	8	0.0%
Montenegro	7	0.0%
Ghana	7	0.0%
Madagascar	7	0.0%
Armenia	7	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	7	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	7	0.0%
Ireland	6	0.0%
Namibia	6	0.0%
Jordan	6	0.0%
Singapore	6	0.0%
Angola	5	0.0%
Senegal	5	0.0%
Costa Rica	5	0.0%
Luxembourg	4	0.0%
Malta	4	0.0%
Norway	4	0.0%
Uganda	4	0.0%
Jamaica	4	0.0%
Yemen	4	0.0%
Oman	4	0.0%
Malaysia	4	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Mauritania	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Honduras	3	0.0%
Saint Lucia	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Cambodia	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²²

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	49,541	100.0%
Germany	40,317	81.4%
Italy	2,202	4.4%
Turkey	738	1.5%
Kosovo	611	1.2%
Ukraine	442	0.9%
Romania	395	0.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	376	0.8%
Switzerland	375	0.8%
Croatia	327	0.7%
Russian Federation	199	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	186	0.4%
Poland	167	0.3%
Serbia	164	0.3%
France	149	0.3%
Albania	142	0.3%
India	137	0.3%
Spain	134	0.3%
Bulgaria	129	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	124	0.3%
Greece	116	0.2%
Hungary	105	0.2%
Austria	103	0.2%
Viet Nam	103	0.2%
Afghanistan	101	0.2%
Portugal	93	0.2%
China	71	0.1%
United States	70	0.1%
Netherlands	68	0.1%
Eritrea	67	0.1%
Gambia	67	0.1%
Nigeria	64	0.1%
Brazil	60	0.1%
Pakistan	57	0.1%
Thailand	57	0.1%
Slovakia	53	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	51	0.1%
Iraq	50	0.1%
United Kingdom	46	0.1%
Sri Lanka	45	0.1%
Tunisia	41	0.1%
Algeria	40	0.1%
Uncertain	37	0.1%
Lithuania	34	0.1%
Lebanon	34	0.1%
Kazakhstan	31	0.1%
Czech Republic	26	0.1%
Cameroon	23	0.0%
Philippines	22	0.0%
Morocco	21	0.0%
Canada	21	0.0%
Georgia	19	0.0%
Belgium	18	0.0%
Belarus	16	0.0%
Peru	16	0.0%
Somalia	15	0.0%
Japan	15	0.0%
Latvia	14	0.0%
Sweden	14	0.0%
Colombia	14	0.0%
Guinea	13	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	13	0.0%
Denmark	12	0.0%
Egypt	12	0.0%
Slovenia	11	0.0%
Mexico	11	0.0%
Finland	10	0.0%
Israel	10	0.0%
Ireland	9	0.0%
Luxembourg	9	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	9	0.0%
Togo	9	0.0%
Chile	9	0.0%
Dominican Republic	9	0.0%
Azerbaijan	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	8	0.0%
Kenya	7	0.0%
Australia	7	0.0%
Stateless	7	0.0%
Madagascar	6	0.0%
Montenegro	5	0.0%
Jordan	5	0.0%
Nepal	5	0.0%
Norway	4	0.0%
Angola	4	0.0%
South Africa	4	0.0%
Costa Rica	4	0.0%
Ecuador	4	0.0%
Cuba	4	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Turkmenistan	4	0.0%
Uzbekistan	4	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
United Kingdom/British Overseas Territories	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
China (Hong Kong)	3	0.0%
Mongolia	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Local business-tax multiplier	380 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²⁴Official
Local property-tax multiplier	450 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Loerrach

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.

Weil am Rhein as a Loerrach alternative in the same region

4 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,050 Weil am Rhein vs €4,050 Loerrachno percentage
Residents: 32,236 Weil am Rhein vs 51,349 Loerrach−37%
Nearest airport: 6.8 km Weil am Rhein vs 10.6 km Loerrach−36%
Unemployment: 8.3% Weil am Rhein vs 7.7% Loerrach+7%
Rent: €8.58/m² Weil am Rhein vs €8.68/m² Loerrachsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,690 Weil am Rhein vs 8,690 Loerrachsame level

Full comparison More about Weil am Rhein

Bad Oeynhausen as a Loerrach alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 516 km, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.

Nearest airport: 66.5 km Bad Oeynhausen vs 10.6 km Loerrach+527%
Rent: €5.98/m² Bad Oeynhausen vs €8.68/m² Loerrach−31%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,696 Bad Oeynhausen vs 8,690 Loerrach−46%
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Bad Oeynhausen vs 6.0 µg/m³ Loerrach+33%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,654.1 Bad Oeynhausen vs 1,197.8 Loerrach+38%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Bad Oeynhausen vs €4,050 Loerrach−6%
Unemployment: 7.8% Bad Oeynhausen vs 7.7% Loerrachsame level

Full comparison More about Bad Oeynhausen

Cities near Loerrach

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Weil am Rhein 4.4 km away

Rent: 8.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Huningue France · 6.5 km away

Rent: 13.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Saint-Louis France · 8.0 km away

Rent: 14.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Basel Switzerland · 8.1 km away

Rent: 18.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Alternative cities in Germany

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Loerrach in rankings

#28 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Germany #28 of 30 in German cities with the lowest annual PM2.5 #30 of 30 in Most international cities in Germany

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; Loerrach's school authority applies it locally.

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

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Common questions

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How many people live in Loerrach?

The published population was 51,349 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Loerrach?

Average net cold rent is 8.68 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 608 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Loerrach?

What is the unemployment rate in Loerrach?

The unemployment rate is about 7.7 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Loerrach?

The median gross salary is 4,050 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Loerrach a good place to live?

Loerrach 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.

Which cities are near Loerrach?

Riehen, Weil am Rhein, Huningue, Birsfelden, Saint-Louis are near Loerrach. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Loerrach?

The official country of birth distribution records 35,013 people (70.7%) 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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APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Loerrach, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b47f219088ea9f1cc1c51b6eff63145d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/loerrach/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_loerrach-germany-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_d75df3dc6bbd,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Loerrach, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {b47f219088ea9f1cc1c51b6eff63145d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/loerrach/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

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data.bundesnetzagentur.de data.bundesnetzagentur.de · checked 2026-08-08
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Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
Durchschnittliche Nettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse und Bauperiode, Stadt St.Gallen und Vergleichsstädte, Zeitraum 2021-23 stadt.sg.ch · checked 2026-10-09
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EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Weil am Rhein) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
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