Living in Schaafheim

In Schaafheim, rents across existing tenancies average €6.89 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.1% (2024).

At the end of 2024, Schaafheim had a population of 9,113. The regional median gross salary reached €4,350 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 7 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2326 sources

Population9,113people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

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

Average net rent6.89EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 19% 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 mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 77% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and cleaner air than 87% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Schaafheim?

Average net cold rent is 6.89 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): 6.89 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 citiesSchaafheim 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 M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.89 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Schaafheim a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–64%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%

Student56%strong on cost, weak on education · range 45–67%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–66%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 413 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.89 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 Schaafheim?

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

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

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658

239

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–16

Schaafheim 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 Schaafheim?

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

Left over each month€2,276of €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€6.89/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €413
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	€2,276

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Schaafheim. 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

Job Search

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSchaafheim 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, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Schaafheim's nearest airport was FRA, 34 km away and offered 239 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	239 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	34 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FRA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Schaafheim. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Schaafheim.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 0.4°C in January to 18.2°C in July. Schaafheim's monthly precipitation totalled 64.7 mm in January and 80.6 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 52.5 hours in January and 231.7 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Schaafheim?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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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2°-2°

4°-1°

8°1°

13°5°

17°8°

21°12°

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18°10°

12°6°

7°2°

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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

127

183

208

218

232

221

163

107

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hours

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

PM2.57WHO 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 Schaafheim is 7.0 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

Schaafheim 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.5 · Feb 3.9 · Mar 8.3 · Apr 13.4 · May 17.4 · Jun 20.8 · Jul 22.9 · Aug 22.8 · Sep 18 · Oct 12.4 · Nov 6.6 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -1.9 · Feb -1.4 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 4.7 · May 8.5 · Jun 11.8 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.6 · Sep 10 · Oct 6 · Nov 2 · Dec -0.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 1.2 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 9 · May 12.9 · Jun 16.2 · Jul 18.2 · Aug 18 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 9 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 1.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 64.7 · Feb 58.6 · Mar 63.2 · Apr 51.7 · May 84.4 · Jun 60.7 · Jul 80.6 · Aug 70.5 · Sep 60.2 · Oct 67.8 · Nov 66.7 · Dec 77.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 52.5 · Feb 80 · Mar 127.4 · Apr 182.7 · May 208.2 · Jun 217.5 · Jul 231.7 · Aug 220.9 · Sep 162.5 · Oct 106.8 · Nov 52.6 · Dec 41 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Bernkastel-Kues ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.7 °C, Koszalin (Poland) ±0.4 °C, Reims (France) ±2.1 °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 Schaafheim?

The published population was 9,113 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	9,113 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Schaafheim

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	9,157	100.0%
Germany	7,655	83.6%
Poland	272	3.0%
Romania	189	2.1%
Turkey	139	1.5%
Czech Republic	71	0.8%
Croatia	60	0.7%
Italy	59	0.6%
Ukraine	59	0.6%
Serbia	54	0.6%
Not stated	46	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	35	0.4%
Russian Federation	35	0.4%
Kazakhstan	35	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	32	0.3%
United States	28	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	0.3%
Pakistan	24	0.3%
Austria	23	0.3%
India	22	0.2%
Afghanistan	21	0.2%
Spain	19	0.2%
Hungary	19	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	15	0.2%
Portugal	15	0.2%
Slovenia	14	0.2%
Bulgaria	12	0.1%
France	12	0.1%
Greece	12	0.1%
Lithuania	12	0.1%
Slovakia	11	0.1%
Thailand	11	0.1%
United Kingdom	9	0.1%
China	9	0.1%
Switzerland	7	0.1%
Armenia	6	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	6	0.1%
Australia	6	0.1%
Sweden	5	0.1%
Eritrea	5	0.1%
Montenegro	4	0.0%
Brazil	4	0.0%
Chile	4	0.0%
Colombia	4	0.0%
Iraq	4	0.0%
Albania	3	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	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	9,157	100.0%
Germany	8,122	88.7%
Poland	189	2.1%
Romania	186	2.0%
Turkey	111	1.2%
Italy	75	0.8%
Croatia	61	0.7%
Ukraine	61	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	31	0.3%
Kosovo	23	0.3%
Austria	22	0.2%

Show 33 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Portugal	22	0.2%
Pakistan	18	0.2%
Hungary	16	0.2%
Afghanistan	15	0.2%
Bulgaria	14	0.2%
Spain	14	0.2%
Greece	13	0.1%
Serbia	13	0.1%
India	13	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	0.1%
United States	12	0.1%
France	10	0.1%
Netherlands	10	0.1%
Slovenia	9	0.1%
Czech Republic	8	0.1%
Lithuania	7	0.1%
Eritrea	7	0.1%
Korea, Republic of	7	0.1%
Russian Federation	6	0.1%
United Kingdom	6	0.1%
Thailand	6	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	4	0.0%
Chile	4	0.0%
Uncertain	4	0.0%
Albania	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Stateless	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 Schaafheim

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.

Stockstadt am Main as a Schaafheim alternative in the same region

7 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Unemployment: 3.8% Stockstadt am Main vs 5.1% Schaafheim−25%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,615 Stockstadt am Main vs 2,901 Schaafheim−10%
Rent: €7.18/m² Stockstadt am Main vs €6.89/m² Schaafheim+4%
Residents: 7,837 Stockstadt am Main vs 9,113 Schaafheim−14%
Median gross pay, region: €4,200 Stockstadt am Main vs €4,350 Schaafheim−3%
Annual PM2.5: 7.0 µg/m³ Stockstadt am Main vs 7.0 µg/m³ Schaafheimsame level

Full comparison More about Stockstadt am Main

Cities near Schaafheim

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

Stockstadt am Main 7.3 km away

Rent: 7.18 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Groß-Umstadt 8.5 km away

Rent: 7.31 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Aschaffenburg 11.4 km away

Rent: 7.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Breuberg 11.7 km away

Rent: 6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Dieburg 12.6 km away

Rent: 8.81 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Obernburg a.Main 13.3 km away

Rent: 6.77 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Seligenstadt 13.6 km away

Rent: 7.92 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Groß-Zimmern 13.8 km away

Rent: 8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities

Reinfeld (Holstein)9,107 residents Adelsdorf9,126 residents Rain9,127 residents Tecklenburg9,098 residents Florstadt9,097 residents Steinbach-Hallenberg9,130 residents

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

The published population was 9,113 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Schaafheim?

Average net cold rent is 6.89 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 482 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Schaafheim?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 Schaafheim?

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

What is the typical salary around Schaafheim?

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

Is Schaafheim a good place to live?

Schaafheim 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 Schaafheim?

Stockstadt am Main, Groß-Umstadt, Aschaffenburg, Breuberg, Dieburg are near Schaafheim. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Schaafheim?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,655 people (83.6%) 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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