Living in Steinfeld

In Steinfeld, rents across existing tenancies average €5.60 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.8% (2024).

Residents of Steinfeld numbered 10,228 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €3,550 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2316 sources

Population10,228people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,550EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.6EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 4% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate3.8%country median 5.1% — 25% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime4,276incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Lower unemployment than 80% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it.

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

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 Steinfeld?

Average net cold rent is 5.6 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): 5.6 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesSteinfeld highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Dortmund€6.00

Steinfeld€5.60

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Leipzig€6.27

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)³Official

Is Steinfeld a good place to live?

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 53–73%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–75%

Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 49–71%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–73%

Retirement57%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 336 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.6 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 Steinfeld?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Steinfeld is 3.8%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Steinfeld 3.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,550 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.8 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Steinfeld?

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

Left over each month€1,923of €2,358 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.	€2,358
Rent, 60 m²€5.60/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €336
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	€1,923

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Steinfeld. 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 citiesSteinfeld 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	4,276 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁷Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Steinfeld's nearest airport was FMO, 61 km away and offered 11 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	11 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	61 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FMO	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Steinfeld's monthly mean temperatures were 2.2°C in January and 18.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 59.9 mm in January and 68.7 mm in July. Steinfeld's average monthly sunshine was 45.9 hours in January and 210.9 hours in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

5°-1°

6°0°

10°1°

14°4°

18°8°

21°11°

24°13°

23°12°

19°9°

14°6°

9°3°

5°0°

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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

119

179

205

202

211

198

150

109

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.6 · Feb 5.7 · Mar 9.5 · Apr 14.5 · May 18.5 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 19.3 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 8.6 · Dec 5.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.6 · Feb -0.4 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 4.1 · May 7.7 · Jun 10.8 · Jul 12.9 · Aug 12.4 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.9 · Nov 2.7 · Dec 0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.2 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 9.5 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 9.9 · Nov 5.8 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.9 · Feb 48.4 · Mar 47.5 · Apr 38.4 · May 49.3 · Jun 63.1 · Jul 68.7 · Aug 74 · Sep 60.2 · Oct 59.7 · Nov 55.8 · Dec 65.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 45.9 · Feb 71.4 · Mar 118.5 · Apr 179.1 · May 204.9 · Jun 201.9 · Jul 210.9 · Aug 197.8 · Sep 149.7 · Oct 109.2 · Nov 52.8 · Dec 40.9 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Achim ±0.1 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Metz (France) ±0.9 °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 Steinfeld?

The published population was 10,228 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,228 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰Official

International community in Steinfeld

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	10,064	100.0%
Germany	7,577	75.3%
Kazakhstan	580	5.8%
Romania	420	4.2%
Russian Federation	333	3.3%
Poland	273	2.7%
Turkey	133	1.3%
Ukraine	132	1.3%
Syrian Arab Republic	79	0.8%
Bulgaria	70	0.7%
Lithuania	57	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Iraq	56	0.6%
Kosovo	32	0.3%
Lebanon	19	0.2%
Hungary	17	0.2%
Italy	15	0.1%
Netherlands	15	0.1%
United Kingdom	15	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	13	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	10	0.1%
Togo	10	0.1%
Not stated	10	0.1%
France	9	0.1%
Serbia	9	0.1%
Viet Nam	9	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	9	0.1%
Pakistan	9	0.1%
Latvia	8	0.1%
Argentina	8	0.1%
Afghanistan	8	0.1%
Colombia	7	0.1%
Spain	6	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0.0%
Austria	5	0.0%
Belarus	5	0.0%
Angola	5	0.0%
Benin	5	0.0%
Uzbekistan	5	0.0%
Estonia	4	0.0%
Norway	4	0.0%
Slovakia	4	0.0%
Czech Republic	4	0.0%
United States	4	0.0%
Japan	4	0.0%
Jordan	4	0.0%
Tajikistan	4	0.0%
Australia	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	10,064	100.0%
Germany	8,505	84.5%
Romania	451	4.5%
Poland	253	2.5%
Turkey	143	1.4%
Ukraine	126	1.3%
Bulgaria	83	0.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	68	0.7%
Iraq	64	0.6%
Lithuania	61	0.6%
Kosovo	36	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Russian Federation	29	0.3%
Hungary	20	0.2%
Uncertain	19	0.2%
Kazakhstan	18	0.2%
Netherlands	15	0.1%
Spain	11	0.1%
Italy	10	0.1%
Lebanon	10	0.1%
Latvia	9	0.1%
Afghanistan	9	0.1%
France	8	0.1%
Slovakia	8	0.1%
United Kingdom	8	0.1%
Ireland	6	0.1%
Serbia	6	0.1%
Pakistan	6	0.1%
Austria	5	0.0%
Eritrea	5	0.0%
Argentina	5	0.0%
Croatia	4	0.0%
Montenegro	4	0.0%
Norway	4	0.0%
Togo	4	0.0%
United States	4	0.0%
Viet Nam	4	0.0%
Japan	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Czech Republic	3	0.0%
Benin	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Philippines	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 source⁸

Alternatives for people set on Steinfeld

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.

Gummersbach as a Steinfeld alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,550 Steinfeld+11%
Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €5.60/m² Steinfeld+6%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 4,276 Steinfeld−7%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Schleusingen10,225 residents Lollar10,222 residents Beilngries10,218 residents Tangermünde10,212 residents Mörlenbach10,245 residents Hambühren10,208 residents

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

The published population was 10,228 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Steinfeld?

Average net cold rent is 5.6 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 392 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

What is the unemployment rate in Steinfeld?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Steinfeld?

The median gross salary is 3,550 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Steinfeld a good place to live?

Steinfeld 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 Steinfeld?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,577 people (75.3%) 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 — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²) Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-09-18
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
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05

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Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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