Living in Raesfeld

In Raesfeld, rents across existing tenancies average €6.14 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.6% (2024).

At the end of 2024, Raesfeld had a population of 11,709. For Raesfeld, the regional median gross salary was €3,850 per month at the end of 2024. Raesfeld recorded annual PM2.5 of 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2018.

Last checked 2026-09-2313 sources

Population11,709people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

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

Average net rent6.14EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 6% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.6%country median 5.1% — 10% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime5,953incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2018Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Less recorded crime than 97% of German cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other German city that publishes it.

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

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 Raesfeld?

Average net cold rent is 6.14 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): 6.14 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesRaesfeld 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 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.14 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Raesfeld a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–68%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–69%

Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–69%

Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 368 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.14 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 Raesfeld?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Raesfeld is 4.6%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Raesfeld 4.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,850 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.6 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Raesfeld?

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

Left over each month€2,054of €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€6.14/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €368
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	€2,054

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

Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesRaesfeld 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	5,953 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Raesfeld's nearest airport was NRN, 52 km away and offered 38 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	38 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	52 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	NRN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

Raesfeld's monthly mean temperatures were 1.7°C in January and 18.6°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Raesfeld?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2018) — 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.

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

PM2.513WHO 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 Raesfeld is 13.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Raesfeld 13.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2018	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.25 · Feb 17.69 · Mar 21.59 · Apr 26.81 · May 29.8 · Jun 33.58 · Jul 36.84 · Aug 33.4 · Sep 30.56 · Oct 26.28 · Nov 19.95 · Dec 14.06 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -15.47 · Feb -17.19 · Mar -10.36 · Apr -4.72 · May 0.12 · Jun 4.39 · Jul 7 · Aug 6.23 · Sep 3.47 · Oct -4.04 · Nov -6.66 · Dec -12.8 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.68 · Feb 2.35 · Mar 5.21 · Apr 9.55 · May 13.36 · Jun 16.72 · Jul 18.6 · Aug 18.17 · Sep 14.74 · Oct 10.48 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 2.71 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Raesfeld?

The published population was 11,709 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	11,709 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Raesfeld

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	11,525	100.0%
Germany	10,691	92.8%
Poland	216	1.9%
Ukraine	88	0.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	57	0.5%
Turkey	41	0.4%
Romania	34	0.3%
Russian Federation	34	0.3%
Greece	26	0.2%
Netherlands	22	0.2%
Croatia	19	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Iran, Islamic Republic of	17	0.1%
Albania	16	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	16	0.1%
Afghanistan	15	0.1%
Kosovo	13	0.1%
Nigeria	13	0.1%
Not stated	13	0.1%
Lebanon	12	0.1%
Austria	11	0.1%
Serbia	11	0.1%
Eritrea	10	0.1%
Iraq	10	0.1%
Pakistan	8	0.1%
Czech Republic	7	0.1%
Kazakhstan	7	0.1%
France	6	0.1%
United States	6	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	6	0.1%
Italy	5	0.0%
Somalia	5	0.0%
Hungary	4	0.0%
Morocco	4	0.0%
Guinea	4	0.0%
Cameroon	4	0.0%
Viet Nam	4	0.0%
India	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Qatar	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	11,525	100.0%
Germany	10,887	94.5%
Poland	90	0.8%
Ukraine	82	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	61	0.5%
Turkey	37	0.3%
Romania	32	0.3%
Netherlands	31	0.3%
Greece	29	0.3%
Serbia	27	0.2%
Kosovo	22	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	20	0.2%
Albania	15	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	15	0.1%
Russian Federation	13	0.1%
Eritrea	13	0.1%
Nigeria	12	0.1%
Uncertain	11	0.1%
Croatia	8	0.1%
Austria	8	0.1%
Portugal	7	0.1%
Iraq	7	0.1%
Italy	6	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	6	0.1%
Hungary	5	0.0%
Somalia	5	0.0%
Lebanon	5	0.0%
Spain	4	0.0%
Ghana	4	0.0%
Morocco	4	0.0%
Cameroon	4	0.0%
United States	4	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Raesfeld

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 Raesfeld 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.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 5,953 Raesfeld−36%
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,850 Raesfeld+27%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.14/m² Raesfeldno percentage

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Raesfeld 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; Raesfeld'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 Raesfeld?

The published population was 11,709 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Raesfeld?

Average net cold rent is 6.14 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 430 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Raesfeld?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2018) — 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 Raesfeld?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Raesfeld?

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

Is Raesfeld a good place to live?

Raesfeld 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 Germany live in Raesfeld?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,691 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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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28

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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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