Living in Wabern

In Wabern, rents across existing tenancies average €5.31 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.4% (2024).

At the end of 2024, Wabern had a population of 7,262. The regional median gross salary was €3,950 per month at the end of 2024. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 6 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population7,262people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,950EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.31EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 9% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.4%country median 5.1% — 14% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,508incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Cheaper rent than 68% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 65% 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 Wabern?

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 Wabern?

Average net cold rent is 5.31 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): 5.31 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 citiesWabern 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)	5.31 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Wabern a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–71%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–73%

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

Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–71%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 319 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.31 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 Wabern?

The unemployment rate is 4.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wabern is 4.4%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Wabern 4.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,950 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.4 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Wabern?

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

Left over each month€2,158of €2,575 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.	€2,575
Rent, 60 m²€5.31/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €319
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	€2,158

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wabern. 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 citiesWabern 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	3,508 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Wabern's nearest airport was KSF, 36 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	36 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KSF	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

Monthly mean temperature moved from 1.3°C in January to 18.5°C in July. Wabern's monthly precipitation totalled 53.8 mm in January and 74.4 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 45.3 hours in January and 204.2 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Wabern?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 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 (EEA)⁴

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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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

120

170

197

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144

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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

PM2.56WHO 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 Wabern is 6.0 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

Wabern 6.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.1 · Feb 4.5 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 14.4 · May 18.6 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 23.6 · Aug 23.6 · Sep 18.8 · Oct 13.3 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 3.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -1.6 · Feb -1.4 · Mar 1.2 · Apr 4.4 · May 8.4 · Jun 11.1 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13 · Sep 9.5 · Oct 5.9 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -0.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.3 · Feb 2 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 9.5 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.7 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 14.1 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 5.6 · Dec 2.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 53.8 · Feb 46.6 · Mar 51.6 · Apr 39.7 · May 69.1 · Jun 67.6 · Jul 74.4 · Aug 60.1 · Sep 56.2 · Oct 58.4 · Nov 61.3 · Dec 68.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 45.3 · Feb 66.8 · Mar 119.8 · Apr 169.5 · May 196.8 · Jun 201.4 · Jul 204.2 · Aug 192.4 · Sep 144.1 · Oct 98.9 · Nov 38.9 · Dec 35.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Berlin ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.9 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.9 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.9 °C, Metz (France) ±1.2 °C, Reims (France) ±1.6 °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 Wabern?

The published population was 7,262 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,262 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Wabern

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	7,364	100.0%
Germany	6,354	86.3%
Kazakhstan	186	2.5%
Poland	143	1.9%
Russian Federation	121	1.6%
Ukraine	66	0.9%
Romania	49	0.7%
Pakistan	49	0.7%
Czech Republic	39	0.5%
Not stated	29	0.4%
Afghanistan	28	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Syrian Arab Republic	25	0.3%
Latvia	20	0.3%
Hungary	18	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	15	0.2%
Turkey	14	0.2%
Thailand	14	0.2%
Austria	10	0.1%
Serbia	9	0.1%
Eritrea	9	0.1%
Somalia	9	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	9	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	8	0.1%
Spain	8	0.1%
Italy	7	0.1%
Bulgaria	6	0.1%
Ethiopia	6	0.1%
Palestinian territories	6	0.1%
Philippines	6	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	5	0.1%
Kosovo	5	0.1%
Slovakia	5	0.1%
Nigeria	5	0.1%
Yemen	5	0.1%
Uzbekistan	5	0.1%
Albania	4	0.1%
Chile	4	0.1%
Colombia	4	0.1%
Sri Lanka	4	0.1%
Lebanon	4	0.1%
Tajikistan	4	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Greece	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
India	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	7,364	100.0%
Germany	6,877	93.4%
Ukraine	67	0.9%
Poland	63	0.9%
Afghanistan	34	0.5%
Romania	33	0.4%
Pakistan	31	0.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	30	0.4%
Hungary	17	0.2%
Latvia	16	0.2%
Russian Federation	14	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Somalia	14	0.2%
Turkey	11	0.1%
Serbia	11	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	11	0.1%
Eritrea	10	0.1%
Ethiopia	9	0.1%
Thailand	9	0.1%
Bulgaria	7	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0.1%
Italy	6	0.1%
Austria	6	0.1%
Chile	6	0.1%
Spain	5	0.1%
Nigeria	5	0.1%
Yemen	5	0.1%
Albania	4	0.1%
Croatia	4	0.1%
Kosovo	4	0.1%
Slovakia	4	0.1%
Mexico	4	0.1%
United States	4	0.1%
Sri Lanka	4	0.1%
Belgium	3	0.0%
France	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	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 Wabern

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.

Heidenheim an der Brenz as a Wabern alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €7.33/m² Heidenheim an der Brenz vs €5.31/m² Wabernno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,200 Heidenheim an der Brenz vs €3,950 Wabern+6%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,709 Heidenheim an der Brenz vs 3,508 Wabern+6%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities

Alfdorf7,260 residents Hinte7,269 residents Pockau-Lengefeld7,273 residents Hardegsen7,250 residents Geisenhausen7,278 residents Pulsnitz7,246 residents

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

The published population was 7,262 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Wabern?

Average net cold rent is 5.31 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 372 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Wabern?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 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 (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Wabern?

The unemployment rate is 4.4 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Wabern?

The median gross salary is 3,950 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Wabern a good place to live?

Wabern 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 Wabern?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,354 people (86.3%) 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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  title = {Wabern, 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 (EEA) 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
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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