Living in Roßdorf

In Roßdorf, rents across existing tenancies average €8.45 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.1% (2024).

Residents of Roßdorf numbered 13,096 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €4,350 per month at the end of 2024. Roßdorf recorded annual PM2.5 of 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population13,096people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,350EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent8.45EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 45% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate5.1%country median 5.1% — about the sameOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,901incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Pricier rent than 93% 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 Roßdorf?

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 Roßdorf?

Average net cold rent is 8.45 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): 8.45 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 citiesRoßdorf 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 M¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.45 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Roßdorf a good place to live?

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–61%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student53%strong on cost, weak on education · range 42–64%

Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–63%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 507 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.45 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 Roßdorf?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Roßdorf is 5.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Roßdorf 5.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,350 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.1 %country median 5.1% — about the same	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Roßdorf?

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

Left over each month€2,182of €2,788 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.	€2,788
Rent, 60 m²€8.45/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €507
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	€2,182

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Roßdorf. 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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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesRoßdorf 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	2,901 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁰Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Roßdorf's nearest airport was FRA, 24 km away and offered 239 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	239 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	24 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FRA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Roßdorf's monthly mean temperatures were 0.3°C in January and 20.9°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Roßdorf?

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 (EEA)⁴

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 Roßdorf 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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Roßdorf 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.87 · Feb 16.64 · Mar 21.62 · Apr 28.21 · May 32.23 · Jun 38.24 · Jul 39.82 · Aug 39.63 · Sep 33.07 · Oct 26.89 · Nov 21.37 · Dec 14.4 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -19.25 · Feb -17.87 · Mar -11.19 · Apr -4.87 · May -1.14 · Jun 4.8 · Jul 7.12 · Aug 6.44 · Sep 2.46 · Oct -5.35 · Nov -5.51 · Dec -17.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.29 · Feb 1.35 · Mar 5.02 · Apr 9.9 · May 14.31 · Jun 18.62 · Jul 20.91 · Aug 20.27 · Sep 15.6 · Oct 10.29 · Nov 5.06 · Dec 1.33 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Roßdorf?

The published population was 13,096 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	13,096 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³Official

International community in Roßdorf

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	12,918	100.0%
Germany	10,454	80.9%
Poland	271	2.1%
Italy	195	1.5%
Turkey	151	1.2%
Czech Republic	128	1.0%
Romania	104	0.8%
Ukraine	93	0.7%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	89	0.7%
Russian Federation	88	0.7%
Somalia	75	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Syrian Arab Republic	60	0.5%
Kazakhstan	55	0.4%
Hungary	51	0.4%
Afghanistan	49	0.4%
Morocco	48	0.4%
Bulgaria	46	0.4%
United States	46	0.4%
India	45	0.3%
Viet Nam	43	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41	0.3%
Croatia	39	0.3%
Eritrea	39	0.3%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	38	0.3%
Serbia	38	0.3%
Iraq	36	0.3%
Kosovo	35	0.3%
Pakistan	33	0.3%
Austria	29	0.2%
United Kingdom	27	0.2%
China	26	0.2%
Spain	24	0.2%
France	20	0.2%
Not stated	19	0.1%
Cameroon	18	0.1%
Ethiopia	16	0.1%
Greece	15	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	14	0.1%
Sri Lanka	14	0.1%
Thailand	13	0.1%
Albania	12	0.1%
Slovakia	12	0.1%
Nigeria	11	0.1%
Tunisia	11	0.1%
Slovenia	10	0.1%
Lithuania	10	0.1%
Switzerland	10	0.1%
Bangladesh	10	0.1%
Montenegro	9	0.1%
Colombia	9	0.1%
Indonesia	9	0.1%
Portugal	8	0.1%
Brazil	8	0.1%
Cuba	8	0.1%
Netherlands	7	0.1%
South Africa	7	0.1%
Canada	7	0.1%
Mexico	7	0.1%
Finland	6	0.0%
Kenya	6	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	6	0.0%
Australia	6	0.0%
Uzbekistan	5	0.0%
Ireland	4	0.0%
Egypt	4	0.0%
Argentina	4	0.0%
Peru	4	0.0%
Kuwait	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Guinea	3	0.0%
Rwanda	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Uruguay	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Korea, Democratic People'S Republic of	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Timor-Leste	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	12,918	100.0%
Germany	11,096	85.9%
Italy	304	2.4%
Poland	162	1.3%
Turkey	103	0.8%
Somalia	91	0.7%
Ukraine	82	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	71	0.5%
Romania	57	0.4%
Bulgaria	55	0.4%
Croatia	46	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Eritrea	44	0.3%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	43	0.3%
Pakistan	41	0.3%
Afghanistan	40	0.3%
India	37	0.3%
Hungary	35	0.3%
Kosovo	34	0.3%
Iraq	32	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	0.2%
Austria	30	0.2%
Serbia	30	0.2%
China	30	0.2%
United States	27	0.2%
Viet Nam	26	0.2%
Russian Federation	23	0.2%
Morocco	21	0.2%
Spain	20	0.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	19	0.1%
Ethiopia	18	0.1%
Uncertain	18	0.1%
Montenegro	15	0.1%
Netherlands	15	0.1%
Thailand	14	0.1%
Portugal	13	0.1%
France	11	0.1%
Cameroon	11	0.1%
Tunisia	11	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	11	0.1%
Albania	10	0.1%
United Kingdom	10	0.1%
Finland	7	0.1%
Nigeria	7	0.1%
Bangladesh	7	0.1%
Greece	6	0.0%
Mexico	6	0.0%
Indonesia	6	0.0%
Ireland	5	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	5	0.0%
Czech Republic	5	0.0%
Lithuania	4	0.0%
Slovakia	4	0.0%
Switzerland	4	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Guinea	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%
Stateless	3	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Roßdorf

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

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

Is Roßdorf part of Darmstadt?

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

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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 Roßdorf?

The published population was 13,096 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Roßdorf?

Average net cold rent is 8.45 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 592 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Roßdorf?

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 (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Roßdorf?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Roßdorf?

The median gross salary is 4,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Roßdorf a good place to live?

Roßdorf 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 Roßdorf part of Darmstadt?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Roßdorf?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,454 people (80.9%) 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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  year = {2026},
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Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
GISCO Urban Audit 2021 — Functional Urban Areas (URAU_RG_100K_2021_4326_FUA) GISCO Urban Audit 2021 · gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-19
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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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

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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
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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