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Living in Tessin

In Tessin, rents across existing tenancies average €5.95 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6% (2024).

A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €9 per m² per month in 2024. Tessin had a population of 4,139 at the end of 2024. In May 2022, the foreign population was 77.

Last checked 2026-09-2332 sources

Population4,139people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,450EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent5.95EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 2% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate6%country median 5.1% — 18% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime4,434incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Rostock Am Strande)

Higher unemployment than 70% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and dirtier air than 70% of German cities that publish it.

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Tessin.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Tessin?

Average net cold rent is 5.95 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): 5.95 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Tessin recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesTessin highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Tessin highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Tessin€5.95
Show the other 6 cities
Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M22Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.95 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate9 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)14Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Tessin 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 worker51%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–61%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–65%
Student56%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 45–67%
Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%
Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 357 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.95 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 Tessin?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Tessin is 6.0%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability78.8 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability78.8 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,450 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate6 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Tessin?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,450 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,664of €2,303 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.€2,303
Rent, 60 m²€9.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €5.95/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €540
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€1,664
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Tessin Salary needed to live in Tessin

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Tessin. 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 Tessin. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesTessin highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Tessin highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,434 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise18Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was RLG, 17.4 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 78.8% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport5 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat16Official
Nearest airportRLG13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv17Official
Distance to nearest airport17.4 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv17Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Tessin?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Rostock Am Strande)12

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

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 Tessin is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean19 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Rostock Am Strande)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean18 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Rostock Am Strande)11Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Rostock Am Strande)12Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.8 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Population and city profile

The city covered 24.5 km² in 2024. Population density was 168.9 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Tessin?

The published population was 4,139 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area24.51 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.8Official
Foreign residents77 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities24Official
Population density168.9 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.8Official
Population4,139 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents149 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share3.7 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other3,268 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share81.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents617 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share15.3 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Tessin

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 groupPeopleShare
Total4,032100.0%
Germany3,83295.0%
Poland671.7%
Russian Federation270.7%
Czech Republic200.5%
Not stated190.5%
Ukraine160.4%
Armenia130.3%
Syrian Arab Republic50.1%
Belgium30.1%
Denmark30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Norway30.1%
Switzerland30.1%
Spain30.1%
Turkey30.1%
United Kingdom30.1%
Serbia30.1%
United States30.1%
Afghanistan30.1%
Uzbekistan30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source21

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total4,032100.0%
Germany3,95998.2%
Armenia160.4%
Russian Federation150.4%
Ukraine150.4%
Turkey60.1%
Syrian Arab Republic50.1%
Belgium30.1%
Poland30.1%
Switzerland30.1%
United Kingdom30.1%
Show 3 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Serbia30.1%
Afghanistan30.1%
Uzbekistan30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier300 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de23Official
Local property-tax multiplier360 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de23Official

Alternatives for people set on Tessin

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.

Laage as a Tessin alternative in the same region

13 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Nearest airport: 4.7 km Laage vs 17.4 km Tessin−73%
  • Rent: €5.34/m² Laage vs €5.95/m² Tessin−10%
  • Residents: 6,253 Laage vs 4,139 Tessin+51%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Laage vs 9.0 µg/m³ Tessin−11%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,450 Laage vs €3,450 Tessinsame level
  • Unemployment: 6.0% Laage vs 6.0% Tessinsame level
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,434 Laage vs 4,434 Tessinsame level
Full comparisonMore about Laage

Gummersbach as a Tessin alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 470 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 51,290 Gummersbach vs 4,139 Tessin+1139%
  • Nearest airport: 35.1 km Gummersbach vs 17.4 km Tessin+102%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,450 Tessin+14%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 4,434 Tessin−10%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Gummersbach vs 9.0 µg/m³ Tessin−11%
  • Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €5.95/m² Tessinsame level
Full comparisonMore about Gummersbach

Cities near Tessin

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

Rostock Commuting Zone · 22.7 km away
Rent
6.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Salary
3,789 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31
Laage 13.3 km away
Rent
5.34 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Bad Sülze 15.4 km away
Rent
5.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Marlow 15.6 km away
Rent
5.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Gnoien 17.2 km away
Rent
5.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Tribsees 19.4 km away
Rent
5.01 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Ribnitz-Damgarten 24.7 km away
Rent
5.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities
Selbitz4,141 residentsDahlen4,144 residentsNiederfischbach4,129 residentsHornberg4,154 residentsGräfenberg4,160 residentsWyk auf Föhr4,113 residents

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

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

Is Tessin part of Rostock?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source13

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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 Tessin?

The published population was 4,139 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Tessin?

Average net cold rent is 5.95 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 417 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Tessin?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Rostock Am Strande).

What is the unemployment rate in Tessin?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Tessin?

The median gross salary is 3,450 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Tessin a good place to live?

Tessin 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 Tessin part of Rostock?

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

Which cities are near Tessin?

Rostock, Laage, Bad Sülze, Marlow, Gnoien are near Tessin. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Tessin?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,832 people (95.0%) 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). Tessin, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f08e7e7c028f4f77a25eb401428ee13d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/tessin/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Tessin, 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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