Living in Steinfurt

In Steinfurt, rents across existing tenancies average €6.33 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.1% (2022).

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €10.97 per m² per month in June 2026. Steinfurt is in Germany; its population was 34,860 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €3,800 per month at the end of 2024. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.6% in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2334 sources

Population34,860people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)3,800EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)

Average net rent6.33EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 9% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate5.1%country median 5.1% — about the sameOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime5,722incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the sameOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 65% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Steinfurt?

Average net cold rent is 6.33 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): 6.33 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesSteinfurt highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Steinfurt€6.33

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Augsburg€9.10

Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.33 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate	10.97 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Steinfurt³⁴Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Steinfurt a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–66%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–68%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–65%

Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 380 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.33 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

The unemployment rate was 5.1% in May 2022. Regional disposable income was €28,277 per person per year at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Steinfurt?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁴

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

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Steinfurt 5.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	96.2 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Gigabit broadband availability	96.57 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Disposable income per resident	28,277 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²¹Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita	40,106 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²¹Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)	3,800 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)¹Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate	5.1 %country median 5.1% — about the same	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁴Official

What does a salary buy in Steinfurt?

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

Left over each month€1,737of €2,494 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.	€2,494
Rent, 60 m²€10.97/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Steinfurt · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €6.33/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €658
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	€1,737

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Steinfurt. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Steinfurt. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	569.3 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Steinfurt 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents569.3 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSteinfurt 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	5,722 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁷Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	11 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁵Official
Nearest airport	FMO	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	24.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Steinfurt. 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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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Steinfurt?

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 Agency¹⁰

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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10°2°

15°5°

19°8°

22°11°

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20°10°

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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

124

178

207

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148

109

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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 Steinfurt 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

Steinfurt 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³country median 8.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹⁰Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 10.1 · Apr 15 · May 18.9 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 23.7 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 14.5 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 5.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�nster/Osnabr�ck²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0 · Feb 0 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 4.6 · May 8.2 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13.4 · Aug 13 · Sep 9.9 · Oct 6.6 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 0.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�nster/Osnabr�ck²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 9.9 · May 13.7 · Jun 16.6 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.3 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 10.4 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�nster/Osnabr�ck²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 64.5 · Feb 49.2 · Mar 49.6 · Apr 40.5 · May 54.8 · Jun 63.4 · Jul 73.9 · Aug 78.5 · Sep 68.7 · Oct 63.1 · Nov 61.5 · Dec 67.8 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�nster/Osnabr�ck²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 51.6 · Feb 73.3 · Mar 124.2 · Apr 178.4 · May 206.7 · Jun 203.2 · Jul 212.3 · Aug 193.3 · Sep 148.2 · Oct 108.8 · Nov 57.1 · Dec 44.2 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station M�nster/Osnabr�ck²²Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	9.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁹Official · land

Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2014–2024

7.4

10.1

12.9

15.6

8.020142017201920222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 46.7% between 2014 and 2024, from 15.0 to 8.0.

Similar climate. In Germany: Werl ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±0.8 °C, Leuven (Belgium) ±0.7 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.2 °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

The city covered 111.7 km² in 2024. Population density was 312.2 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Steinfurt?

The published population was 34,860 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport89.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	607 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹²Official
City area	111.7 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official
Foreign residents	3,765 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²³Official
Population density	312.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹⁴Official
Population	34,860 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	15,380 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Catholic share	45.3 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other	11,019 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other, share	32.4 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant residents	7,563 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant share	22.3 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official

International community in Steinfurt

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	33,965	100.0%
Germany	28,612	84.2%
Kazakhstan	649	1.9%
Russian Federation	602	1.8%
Turkey	487	1.4%
Poland	393	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	299	0.9%
Ukraine	231	0.7%
Portugal	209	0.6%
Iraq	176	0.5%
Romania	152	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	143	0.4%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	116	0.3%
Serbia	115	0.3%
Bulgaria	98	0.3%
Netherlands	97	0.3%
Italy	82	0.2%
Afghanistan	72	0.2%
Lebanon	69	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	67	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	54	0.2%
Sri Lanka	49	0.1%
Morocco	46	0.1%
Montenegro	43	0.1%
Cameroon	42	0.1%
Viet Nam	41	0.1%
Spain	38	0.1%
United Kingdom	38	0.1%
Pakistan	38	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	37	0.1%
Latvia	37	0.1%
Nigeria	35	0.1%
Not stated	34	0.1%
Albania	32	0.1%
Czech Republic	32	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	32	0.1%
Uzbekistan	32	0.1%
Eritrea	31	0.1%
Austria	29	0.1%
United States	25	0.1%
France	23	0.1%
Croatia	22	0.1%
China	22	0.1%
Greece	20	0.1%
Brazil	20	0.1%
Jordan	20	0.1%
Belgium	19	0.1%
India	19	0.1%
Tajikistan	19	0.1%
Thailand	19	0.1%
Hungary	17	0.1%
Switzerland	16	0.0%
Tunisia	15	0.0%
Philippines	15	0.0%
Lithuania	14	0.0%
Guinea	13	0.0%
Colombia	12	0.0%
Bangladesh	12	0.0%
Belarus	11	0.0%
Egypt	11	0.0%
Georgia	11	0.0%
Indonesia	11	0.0%
Finland	10	0.0%
Ghana	10	0.0%
Chile	8	0.0%
Canada	8	0.0%
Azerbaijan	8	0.0%
Israel	8	0.0%
Algeria	7	0.0%
Paraguay	6	0.0%
Peru	6	0.0%
Yemen	6	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	6	0.0%
Slovakia	5	0.0%
Congo	5	0.0%
Madagascar	5	0.0%
Japan	5	0.0%
Ireland	4	0.0%
Iceland	4	0.0%
Kenya	4	0.0%
Libya	4	0.0%
South Africa	4	0.0%
Somalia	4	0.0%
Argentina	4	0.0%
El Salvador	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Cyprus	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
Suriname	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Singapore	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	33,965	100.0%
Germany	30,199	88.9%
Turkey	510	1.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	325	1.0%
Portugal	265	0.8%
Kosovo	209	0.6%
Ukraine	201	0.6%
Iraq	173	0.5%
Serbia	161	0.5%
Romania	159	0.5%
Poland	153	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	137	0.4%
Netherlands	117	0.3%
Bulgaria	114	0.3%
Italy	97	0.3%
Russian Federation	89	0.3%
Afghanistan	86	0.3%
Montenegro	51	0.2%
Latvia	50	0.1%
Spain	50	0.1%
Albania	43	0.1%
Eritrea	42	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	36	0.1%
Morocco	36	0.1%
Cameroon	35	0.1%
Kazakhstan	32	0.1%
Lebanon	30	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	28	0.1%
United Kingdom	25	0.1%
Nigeria	24	0.1%
Pakistan	23	0.1%
Croatia	22	0.1%
Uncertain	22	0.1%
China	21	0.1%
Brazil	18	0.1%
Thailand	16	0.0%
Hungary	15	0.0%
Guinea	15	0.0%
United States	15	0.0%
Jordan	15	0.0%
Greece	14	0.0%
India	14	0.0%
Sri Lanka	13	0.0%
Stateless	13	0.0%
Belgium	12	0.0%
Ghana	12	0.0%
Azerbaijan	11	0.0%
Finland	10	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	10	0.0%
Austria	10	0.0%
France	9	0.0%
Switzerland	9	0.0%
Tunisia	9	0.0%
Belarus	8	0.0%
Georgia	8	0.0%
Lithuania	7	0.0%
Algeria	7	0.0%
Colombia	7	0.0%
Kenya	6	0.0%
Viet Nam	6	0.0%
Indonesia	6	0.0%
Bangladesh	6	0.0%
Tajikistan	6	0.0%
Chile	5	0.0%
Ireland	4	0.0%
Czech Republic	4	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	4	0.0%
Madagascar	4	0.0%
Mali	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Israel	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Slovakia	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Japan	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
New Zealand	3	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)	100.2 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 3	43.4 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier	450 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official
Local property-tax multiplier	642 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Steinfurt

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.

Emsdetten as a Steinfurt alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 4.0% Emsdetten vs 5.1% Steinfurt−21%
Nearest airport: 11.4 km Emsdetten vs 24.1 km Steinfurt−53%
Rent: €6.09/m² Emsdetten vs €6.33/m² Steinfurt−4%
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Emsdetten vs 8.0 µg/m³ Steinfurt+13%
Residents: 36,159 Emsdetten vs 34,860 Steinfurt+4%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Emsdetten vs €3,800 Steinfurtsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,722 Emsdetten vs 5,722 Steinfurtsame level

Full comparison More about Emsdetten

Menden Sauerland as a Steinfurt alternative in the same country

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

Rent: €5.63/m² Menden Sauerland vs €6.33/m² Steinfurt−11%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 371.8 Menden Sauerland vs 569.3 Steinfurt−35%
Residents: 52,255 Menden Sauerland vs 34,860 Steinfurt+50%
Nearest airport: 16.1 km Menden Sauerland vs 24.1 km Steinfurt−33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,948 Menden Sauerland vs 5,722 Steinfurt+4%
Median gross pay, region: €3,900 Menden Sauerland vs €3,800 Steinfurtsame level
Unemployment: 5.2% Menden Sauerland vs 5.1% Steinfurtsame level

Full comparison More about Menden Sauerland

Tallinn as a Steinfurt alternative in another country

A move, not a commute, at 1350 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 8.0 µg/m³ Steinfurt−63%
Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €6.33/m² (2022) Steinfurtno percentage
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 24.1 km Steinfurt−77%
Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €3,800 (2024) Steinfurtno percentage

Full comparison More about Tallinn

Cities near Steinfurt

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

Horstmar 8.0 km away

Rent: 5.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Laer 10.8 km away

Rent: 5.95 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Ochtrup 11.7 km away

Rent: 5.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Nordwalde 12.5 km away

Rent: 6.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Emsdetten 13.7 km away

Rent: 6.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Altenberge 14.6 km away

Rent: 6.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Rheine 16.2 km away

Rent: 5.97 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Billerbeck 19.3 km away

Rent: 6.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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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; Steinfurt's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Steinfurt part of Münster?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹¹

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How many people live in Steinfurt?

The published population was 34,860 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Steinfurt?

Average net cold rent is 6.33 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 443 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Steinfurt?

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 Steinfurt?

The unemployment rate is about 5.1 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Steinfurt?

The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Steinfurt a good place to live?

Steinfurt 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 Steinfurt part of Münster?

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

Which cities are near Steinfurt?

Horstmar, Laer, Ochtrup, Nordwalde, Emsdetten are near Steinfurt. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Steinfurt?

The official country of birth distribution records 28,612 people (84.2%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Steinfurt, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 87e32d0bcf623518f3a349ba2e75c781]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/steinfurt/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_steinfurt-germany-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_d87ec9765650,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Steinfurt, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {87e32d0bcf623518f3a349ba2e75c781},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/steinfurt/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

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