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Living in Raguhn-Jeßnitz

In Raguhn-Jeßnitz, rents across existing tenancies average €5.21 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 7.3% (2024).

Population density was 89 people per km² in 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €7 per m² per month in 2024. The foreign population count was 119 in May 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 8.74% at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, Raguhn-Jeßnitz had a population of 8,702.

Last checked 2026-09-2332 sources

Population8,702people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,250EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent5.21EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 10% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate7.3%country median 5.1% — 43% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime7,541incidents 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 · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Bitterfeld/Wolfen)

Cheaper rent than 71% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 87% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 76% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

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 Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

Average net cold rent is 5.21 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): 5.21 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)7
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Raguhn-Jeßnitz recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesRaguhn-Jeßnitz highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Raguhn-Jeßnitz highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Raguhn-Jeßnitz€5.21
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Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M21Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.21 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate7 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)13Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Raguhn-Jeßnitz a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–60%
Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–63%
Student58%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 47–69%
Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–64%
Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 313 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.21 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 Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

The unemployment rate is 7.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Raguhn-Jeßnitz is 7.3%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability8.72 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability8.74 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,250 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate7.3 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,250 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,673of €2,192 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.€2,192
Rent, 60 m²€7.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €5.21/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €420
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€1,673
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Raguhn-Jeßnitz. 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 citiesRaguhn-Jeßnitz highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Raguhn-Jeßnitz highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,541 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise17Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was LEJ, 33 km away, with 28 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport28 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat15Official
Nearest airportLEJ13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport33 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

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

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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Bitterfeld/Wolfen)12

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

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 Raguhn-Jeßnitz is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Bitterfeld/Wolfen)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean15 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Bitterfeld/Wolfen)11Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Bitterfeld/Wolfen)12Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature9.2 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Population and city profile

How many people live in Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

The published population was 8,702 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area97.83 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)20Official
City area97.83 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis5Official
Foreign residents119 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23Official
Population density88.95 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.20Official
Population8,702 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents248 people31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Catholic share2.8 %31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
No religion or other7,837 people31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
No religion or other, share88.9 %31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Protestant residents733 people31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Protestant share8.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official

International community in Raguhn-Jeßnitz

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 groupPeopleShare
Total8,818100.0%
Germany8,49896.4%
Poland851.0%
Czech Republic670.8%
Ukraine410.5%
Russian Federation300.3%
Kazakhstan190.2%
Hungary140.2%
Not stated90.1%
Netherlands70.1%
Romania50.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
United Kingdom40.0%
Saudi Arabia40.0%
Albania30.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.0%
Denmark30.0%
Luxembourg30.0%
Austria30.0%
Sweden30.0%
Switzerland30.0%
Morocco30.0%
Dominican Republic30.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of30.0%
Thailand30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total8,818100.0%
Germany8,69698.6%
Ukraine390.4%
Poland240.3%
Hungary90.1%
Romania70.1%
Syrian Arab Republic70.1%
Albania60.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina60.1%
Netherlands40.0%
Slovakia30.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Russian Federation30.0%
Dominican Republic30.0%
Kazakhstan30.0%
Thailand30.0%
Not stated30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier320 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de22Official
Local property-tax multiplier360 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de22Official

Alternatives for people set on Raguhn-Jeßnitz

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.

Oranienbaum-Wörlitz as a Raguhn-Jeßnitz alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,295 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz vs 7,541 Raguhn-Jeßnitz−17%
  • Rent: €4.84/m² Oranienbaum-Wörlitz vs €5.21/m² Raguhn-Jeßnitz−7%
  • Nearest airport: 44.2 km Oranienbaum-Wörlitz vs 33.0 km Raguhn-Jeßnitz+34%
  • Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Oranienbaum-Wörlitz vs 9.0 µg/m³ Raguhn-Jeßnitz+11%
  • Unemployment: 6.9% Oranienbaum-Wörlitz vs 7.3% Raguhn-Jeßnitz−5%
  • Residents: 7,998 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz vs 8,702 Raguhn-Jeßnitz−8%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,300 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz vs €3,250 Raguhn-Jeßnitzsame level
Full comparisonMore about Oranienbaum-Wörlitz

Gummersbach as a Raguhn-Jeßnitz alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 335 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Residents: 51,290 Gummersbach vs 8,702 Raguhn-Jeßnitz+489%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 7,541 Raguhn-Jeßnitz−47%
  • Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €5.21/m² Raguhn-Jeßnitz+14%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,250 Raguhn-Jeßnitz+22%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Gummersbach vs 9.0 µg/m³ Raguhn-Jeßnitz−11%
  • Nearest airport: 35.1 km Gummersbach vs 33.0 km Raguhn-Jeßnitz+6%
Full comparisonMore about Gummersbach

Cities near Raguhn-Jeßnitz

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

Bitterfeld-Wolfen 8.7 km away
Rent
5.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Gräfenhainichen 13.1 km away
Rent
4.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Dessau-Rosslau 13.2 km away
Rent
5.48 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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Heiden8,704 residentsBellheim8,706 residentsHemmoor8,709 residentsKandern8,710 residentsGroßenlüder8,714 residentsSonsbeck8,688 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Raguhn-Jeßnitz 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; Raguhn-Jeßnitz'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 Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

The published population was 8,702 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

Average net cold rent is 5.21 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 365 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Bitterfeld/Wolfen).

What is the unemployment rate in Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

The unemployment rate is 7.3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

The median gross salary is 3,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Raguhn-Jeßnitz a good place to live?

Raguhn-Jeßnitz 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 Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

Wolfen, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Sandersdorf, Sandersdorf-Brehna, Gräfenhainichen are near Raguhn-Jeßnitz. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Raguhn-Jeßnitz?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,498 people (96.4%) 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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