Living in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

In Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, unemployment is 8.2% (2022).

Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz had 41,103 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. For Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the regional median gross salary was €4,100 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2320 sources

Population41,103people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,100EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)

Average net rent11.25EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026Commercial source · miet-check Mietspiegel Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

Unemployment rate8.17%country median 5.1% — 60% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime2,511incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the sameOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 92% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

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 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €11.25 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

Average net cold rent is 11.25 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), 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): 11.25 EUR/m²/month · miet-check Mietspiegel Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz²⁰

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesNeumarkt in der Oberpfalz 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 M¹⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.25 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz²⁰Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–60%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–65%

Student55%strong on cost, weak on education · range 44–66%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 39–61%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 675 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.25 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: June 2026

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 8.17% in May 2022. Regional disposable income was €30,658 per person per year at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

The unemployment rate is about 8.2 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 8.17 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities¹⁹

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz is 8.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 8.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	59.82 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Gigabit broadband availability	91.1 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Disposable income per resident	30,658 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts¹⁶Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita	47,319 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts¹⁶Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)	4,100 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)¹Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate	8.17 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

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

Left over each month€1,882of €2,655 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.	€2,655
Rent, 60 m²€11.25/m² · market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz · 2026-06-04	− €675
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	€1,882

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. 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

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,307 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 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 residents1,307 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesNeumarkt in der Oberpfalz 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	2,511 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	32 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹²Official
Nearest airport	NUE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹³Official
Distance to nearest airport	36.9 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. 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

Is the air quality good in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

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 Agency⁷

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

PM2.58WHO 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 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁷Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.1 · Feb 15.29 · Mar 21.48 · Apr 27.42 · May 29.56 · Jun 35.21 · Jul 36.95 · Aug 38.35 · Sep 31.01 · Oct 25.38 · Nov 19.13 · Dec 13.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.21 · Feb -19.04 · Mar -16.92 · Apr -5.28 · May -2.73 · Jun 2.61 · Jul 6.37 · Aug 5.24 · Sep -0.22 · Oct -6.06 · Nov -9.17 · Dec -17.94 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.51 · Feb -0.53 · Mar 3.55 · Apr 8.63 · May 13.12 · Jun 17.37 · Jul 19.57 · Aug 19.13 · Sep 14.3 · Oct 8.95 · Nov 3.58 · Dec -0.26 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official

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

7.5

9.8

12.2

14.5

8.020142017201920222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 42.9% between 2014 and 2024, from 14.0 to 8.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 79 km² in 2024. Population density was 520.2 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

The published population was 41,103 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88%
Foreign residents12%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	662 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality⁸Official
City area	79.01 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁵Official
Foreign residents	4,949 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities¹⁸Official
Population density	520.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹¹Official
Population	41,103 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁵Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	21,672 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
Catholic share	53.9 %	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
No religion or other	13,051 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
No religion or other, share	32.4 %	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
Protestant residents	5,509 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official
Protestant share	13.7 %	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit¹⁷Official

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)	95.3 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁴Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 3	31.9 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁴Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier	315 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁶Official
Local property-tax multiplier	275 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

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.

Tallinn as a Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz alternative in another country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 8.0 µg/m³ Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz−63%
Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €11.25/m² (2026) Neumarkt in der Oberpfalzno percentage
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 36.9 km Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz−85%
Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €4,100 (2024) Neumarkt in der Oberpfalzno percentage

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Bensheim41,124 residents Coburg41,064 residents Leinfelden-Echterdingen41,185 residents Hückelhoven41,192 residents Wunstorf41,211 residents Völklingen40,952 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; Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz'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 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

The published population was 41,103 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

Average net cold rent is 11.25 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 788 EUR a month before utilities. Source: miet-check Mietspiegel Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz.

Is the air quality good in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

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 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

The unemployment rate is about 8.2 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz?

The median gross salary is 4,100 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz a good place to live?

Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 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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  title = {Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany: population, rent, salary},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort) Bundesagentur für Arbeit · statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-07-14
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 — Kindertagesbetreuung regional Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
Destatis Realsteuervergleich destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
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
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03

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Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row. destatis.de · checked 2024-12-31
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
VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts VGRdL · statistikportal.de · checked 2026-07-14
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 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz miet-check.de · checked 2026-06-04

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