Living in Schmelz

In Schmelz, rents across existing tenancies average €5.45 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.9% (2024).

At the end of 2024, Schmelz had a population of 16,981. For Schmelz, the regional median gross salary was €4,050 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 8 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population16,981people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,050EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.45EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 6% belowOfficial source · Destatis

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

Recorded crime5,746incidents 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

Cheaper rent than 63% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 68% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Schmelz?

Average net cold rent is 5.45 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): 5.45 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 citiesSchmelz 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)	5.45 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Schmelz a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–67%

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

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 50–72%

Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–67%

Retirement59%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 327 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.45 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 Schmelz?

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

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

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Schmelz 5.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,050 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 Schmelz?

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

Left over each month€2,203of €2,629 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.	€2,629
Rent, 60 m²€5.45/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €327
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	€2,203

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Schmelz. 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 citiesSchmelz 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	5,746 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Schmelz's nearest airport was SCN, 31 km away and offered 4 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	31 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SCN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

Monthly mean temperatures were 1.1°C in January and 18.5°C in July. Schmelz's monthly precipitation totalled 103.7 mm in January and 78.2 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 49.3 hours in January and 231.5 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Schmelz?

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 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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3°-1°

5°0°

9°2°

14°5°

18°9°

21°12°

24°14°

23°14°

19°10°

13°7°

8°3°

4°0°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

104

122

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

129

186

210

216

232

217

164

100

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM2.58WHO 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 Schmelz 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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101

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

Schmelz 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.4 · Feb 4.9 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 14 · May 18 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23.5 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 18.7 · Oct 13.2 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 4.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb -0.5 · Mar 2.1 · Apr 5.1 · May 8.8 · Jun 11.8 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.8 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 2.7 · Dec -0.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 5.5 · Apr 9.4 · May 13.2 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 5 · Dec 1.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 103.7 · Feb 83.8 · Mar 78.1 · Apr 50.2 · May 75.9 · Jun 71.8 · Jul 78.2 · Aug 73.4 · Sep 72.1 · Oct 86.9 · Nov 94.1 · Dec 122.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 49.3 · Feb 74.6 · Mar 129.1 · Apr 186.3 · May 210.1 · Jun 216.1 · Jul 231.5 · Aug 216.9 · Sep 164.1 · Oct 100.4 · Nov 48.2 · Dec 40.7 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Bad Arolsen ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Reims (France) ±1.6 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.8 °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 Schmelz?

The published population was 16,981 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	16,981 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Schmelz

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	16,875	100.0%
Germany	14,303	84.8%
Turkey	471	2.8%
Poland	300	1.8%
Russian Federation	288	1.7%
Romania	277	1.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	264	1.6%
Kazakhstan	194	1.1%
Ukraine	134	0.8%
Bulgaria	69	0.4%
France	56	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	52	0.3%
Kosovo	38	0.2%
Czech Republic	29	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	25	0.1%
Thailand	25	0.1%
Iraq	22	0.1%
Serbia	20	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	0.1%
Morocco	15	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	14	0.1%
India	14	0.1%
Austria	13	0.1%
Brazil	13	0.1%
Croatia	11	0.1%
Hungary	11	0.1%
Afghanistan	10	0.1%
Luxembourg	9	0.1%
Spain	9	0.1%
Lebanon	9	0.1%
Netherlands	8	0.0%
Portugal	8	0.0%
Viet Nam	8	0.0%
China	7	0.0%
Greece	6	0.0%
South Africa	6	0.0%
Togo	6	0.0%
Dominican Republic	6	0.0%
United States	6	0.0%
Pakistan	6	0.0%
Tajikistan	6	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	6	0.0%
Not stated	6	0.0%
Lithuania	5	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	5	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	5	0.0%
Belgium	4	0.0%
Switzerland	4	0.0%
Tunisia	4	0.0%
Georgia	4	0.0%
Albania	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	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	16,875	100.0%
Germany	15,062	89.3%
Turkey	409	2.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	311	1.8%
Romania	266	1.6%
Poland	177	1.0%
Ukraine	125	0.7%
Bulgaria	82	0.5%
Italy	80	0.5%
France	38	0.2%
Kosovo	30	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Iraq	26	0.2%
Russian Federation	24	0.1%
Serbia	17	0.1%
Netherlands	15	0.1%
Thailand	15	0.1%
Kazakhstan	13	0.1%
Portugal	11	0.1%
Austria	10	0.1%
Czech Republic	10	0.1%
Afghanistan	10	0.1%
Spain	9	0.1%
India	9	0.1%
Croatia	8	0.0%
Greece	8	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	8	0.0%
Morocco	8	0.0%
Brazil	8	0.0%
Pakistan	8	0.0%
Eritrea	7	0.0%
United States	6	0.0%
Lithuania	5	0.0%
Luxembourg	5	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	5	0.0%
Belgium	4	0.0%
Hungary	4	0.0%
China	4	0.0%
Albania	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Uncertain	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 Schmelz

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 Schmelz 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 5,746 Schmelz−34%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.45/m² Schmelzno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,050 Schmelz+21%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

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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 Schmelz?

The published population was 16,981 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Schmelz?

Average net cold rent is 5.45 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 382 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Schmelz?

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.

What is the unemployment rate in Schmelz?

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

What is the typical salary around Schmelz?

The median gross salary is 4,050 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Schmelz a good place to live?

Schmelz 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 Schmelz?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,303 people (84.8%) 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 = {Schmelz, 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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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
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
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
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28

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Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
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