Living in Nordholz

In Nordholz, rent averages €6.11 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.9% (2024).

Nordholz had a population of 16,769 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €3,950 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 levels for Nordholz stood at 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population16,769people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,950EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.11EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 5% aboveOfficial source · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)

Unemployment rate5.9%country median 5.1% — 16% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,818incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

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

Higher unemployment than 68% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% 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 Nordholz?

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 Nordholz?

Average net cold rent is 6.11 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): 6.11 EUR/m²/month · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesNordholz 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 Mbps⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.11 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)³Official

Is Nordholz a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%

Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%

Retirement57%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 367 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.11 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 Nordholz?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Nordholz is 5.9%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Nordholz 5.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,950 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.9 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Nordholz?

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

Left over each month€2,110of €2,575 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.	€2,575
Rent, 60 m²€6.11/m² · official · Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE) · 2022-05-15	− €367
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	€2,110

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Nordholz. 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

Recorded crime across major citiesNordholz 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	4,818 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Nordholz was 4 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	4 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FCN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 2.7°C in January and 18°C in July. Nordholz's monthly precipitation totalled 69.1 mm in January and 84.8 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 47.3 hours in January and 229.8 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Nordholz?

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 Agency⁴

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

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

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5°1°

8°3°

12°6°

16°10°

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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

131

193

233

218

230

211

157

109

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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 Nordholz 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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101

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

Nordholz 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.5 · Feb 4.9 · Mar 7.8 · Apr 12.3 · May 16.1 · Jun 19 · Jul 21.4 · Aug 21.6 · Sep 18.2 · Oct 13.5 · Nov 8.5 · Dec 5.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.7 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 2.5 · Apr 5.8 · May 9.6 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 15.1 · Aug 15.2 · Sep 12.4 · Oct 8.4 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 1.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 2.9 · Mar 5 · Apr 8.8 · May 12.6 · Jun 15.7 · Jul 18 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 15.1 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 6.5 · Dec 3.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 69.1 · Feb 53.1 · Mar 48.4 · Apr 36.8 · May 52.1 · Jun 77.1 · Jul 84.8 · Aug 90.6 · Sep 80.8 · Oct 84.2 · Nov 71.5 · Dec 77.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 47.3 · Feb 71.7 · Mar 131.4 · Apr 192.5 · May 233.1 · Jun 218.1 · Jul 229.8 · Aug 211.3 · Sep 157.3 · Oct 108.8 · Nov 53.6 · Dec 37.3 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Bremerhaven ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Brugge (Belgium) ±1.1 °C, Reims (France) ±2.0 °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 Nordholz?

The published population was 16,769 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	16,769 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Nordholz

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	16,605	100.0%
Germany	15,406	92.8%
Poland	220	1.3%
Russian Federation	113	0.7%
Ukraine	84	0.5%
Kazakhstan	82	0.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	55	0.3%
Afghanistan	42	0.3%
Romania	34	0.2%
Turkey	32	0.2%
Portugal	30	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Netherlands	28	0.2%
United States	24	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	24	0.1%
Italy	19	0.1%
Spain	18	0.1%
United Kingdom	17	0.1%
Serbia	17	0.1%
Thailand	17	0.1%
Not stated	17	0.1%
France	15	0.1%
Switzerland	14	0.1%
Czech Republic	14	0.1%
Greece	13	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	0.1%
Bulgaria	12	0.1%
Austria	12	0.1%
Albania	10	0.1%
Hungary	10	0.1%
Lebanon	10	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	9	0.1%
Slovakia	9	0.1%
Philippines	9	0.1%
Croatia	8	0.0%
Iraq	8	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	8	0.0%
China	8	0.0%
Denmark	7	0.0%
Kosovo	7	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	7	0.0%
Sudan	6	0.0%
Brazil	6	0.0%
Viet Nam	6	0.0%
Belgium	5	0.0%
Nigeria	5	0.0%
South Africa	5	0.0%
Colombia	5	0.0%
Sri Lanka	5	0.0%
Tajikistan	5	0.0%
Belarus	4	0.0%
Morocco	4	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	4	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Uruguay	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Samoa	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	16,605	100.0%
Germany	15,935	96.0%
Poland	80	0.5%
Ukraine	71	0.4%
Afghanistan	61	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	52	0.3%
Netherlands	32	0.2%
Romania	27	0.2%
Portugal	25	0.2%
Turkey	22	0.1%
United States	16	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	13	0.1%
Switzerland	13	0.1%
Greece	11	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	11	0.1%
Uncertain	11	0.1%
Austria	10	0.1%
Spain	10	0.1%
Kazakhstan	10	0.1%
Thailand	10	0.1%
Colombia	9	0.1%
Viet Nam	9	0.1%
Iraq	9	0.1%
Lebanon	9	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0.0%
Montenegro	8	0.0%
United Kingdom	8	0.0%
Serbia	8	0.0%
Russian Federation	7	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	7	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	6	0.0%
Philippines	6	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	6	0.0%
Albania	5	0.0%
Bulgaria	5	0.0%
Croatia	5	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	5	0.0%
Slovakia	5	0.0%
Hungary	4	0.0%
Sudan	4	0.0%
Tajikistan	4	0.0%
China	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Kosovo	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Czech Republic	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Nordholz

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.

Böblingen as a Nordholz alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.11/m² Nordholzno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,950 Nordholz+24%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 4,818 Nordholz−21%

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Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Nordholz, nearest in population first.

All Germany cities

Brackenheim16,774 residents Thale16,788 residents Bad Bentheim16,798 residents Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen16,798 residents Bruckmühl16,735 residents Hövelhof16,809 residents

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

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

Is Nordholz part of Bremerhaven?

Nordholz is in the published commuting zone of Bremerhaven; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Bremerhaven city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁵

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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 Nordholz?

The published population was 16,769 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Nordholz?

Average net cold rent is 6.11 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 428 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE).

Is the air quality good in Nordholz?

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.

What is the unemployment rate in Nordholz?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Nordholz?

The median gross salary is 3,950 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Nordholz a good place to live?

Nordholz 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 Nordholz part of Bremerhaven?

Nordholz is in the published commuting zone of Bremerhaven; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Germany live in Nordholz?

The official country of birth distribution records 15,406 people (92.8%) 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 = {Nordholz, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
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