Living in Wald-Michelbach

In Wald-Michelbach, rents across existing tenancies average €5.57 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.5% (2024).

Wald-Michelbach's population was 10,455 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €4,300 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2326 sources

Population10,455people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,300EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.57EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 4% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.5%country median 5.1% — 12% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,766incidents 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 · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 62% 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 Wald-Michelbach?

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 Wald-Michelbach?

Average net cold rent is 5.57 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): 5.57 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 citiesWald-Michelbach 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)	5.57 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Wald-Michelbach a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–70%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

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

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

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

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 334 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.57 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 Wald-Michelbach?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wald-Michelbach is 4.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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1,332

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2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–16

Wald-Michelbach 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,300 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.5 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Wald-Michelbach?

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

Left over each month€2,329of €2,762 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.	€2,762
Rent, 60 m²€5.57/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €334
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	€2,329

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wald-Michelbach. 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 citiesWald-Michelbach 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	2,766 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Wald-Michelbach's nearest airport was MHG, 25 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	25 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MHG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Wald-Michelbach. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 2.4°C in January and 20.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 41.9 mm in January and 71.2 mm in July. Wald-Michelbach's average monthly sunshine was 56 hours in January and 235.6 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Wald-Michelbach?

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: 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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5°-1°

7°0°

12°2°

17°5°

21°9°

24°13°

27°15°

26°14°

22°11°

16°7°

9°3°

6°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

136

191

217

226

236

224

170

108

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

PM2.59WHO 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 Wald-Michelbach is 9.0 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

Wald-Michelbach 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.3 · Feb 7.3 · Mar 12.2 · Apr 17.2 · May 21 · Jun 24.5 · Jul 26.7 · Aug 26.5 · Sep 21.6 · Oct 15.5 · Nov 9.3 · Dec 5.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -0.5 · Mar 2.1 · Apr 5.1 · May 9.2 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.4 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 2.8 · Dec 0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.4 · Feb 3.3 · Mar 7.1 · Apr 11.3 · May 15.3 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 20.7 · Aug 20.3 · Sep 15.8 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 6.2 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 41.9 · Feb 40.6 · Mar 42.3 · Apr 40.5 · May 67.6 · Jun 63.8 · Jul 71.2 · Aug 61.7 · Sep 50 · Oct 53 · Nov 52.9 · Dec 55 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 56 · Feb 82.1 · Mar 135.9 · Apr 190.8 · May 216.9 · Jun 225.6 · Jul 235.6 · Aug 224.2 · Sep 169.7 · Oct 108.1 · Nov 56.1 · Dec 44.1 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Ginsheim-Gustavsburg ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Mulhouse (France) ±0.3 °C, Metz (France) ±0.7 °C, Nancy (France) ±0.5 °C, Petržalka (Slovakia) ±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

How many people live in Wald-Michelbach?

The published population was 10,455 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,455 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Wald-Michelbach

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	10,505	100.0%
Germany	8,736	83.2%
Bulgaria	265	2.5%
Turkey	233	2.2%
Poland	151	1.4%
Romania	117	1.1%
Kazakhstan	75	0.7%
Czech Republic	74	0.7%
Russian Federation	70	0.7%
Ukraine	69	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	61	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	50	0.5%
Hungary	36	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	34	0.3%
Not stated	34	0.3%
Italy	33	0.3%
Kosovo	30	0.3%
Austria	30	0.3%
Serbia	21	0.2%
Croatia	20	0.2%
Slovakia	19	0.2%
Spain	19	0.2%
Slovenia	16	0.2%
Greece	16	0.2%
United States	16	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	14	0.1%
Portugal	13	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	13	0.1%
Pakistan	13	0.1%
United Kingdom	11	0.1%
France	9	0.1%
South Africa	9	0.1%
Senegal	9	0.1%
Somalia	9	0.1%
Iraq	9	0.1%
India	8	0.1%
Uzbekistan	8	0.1%
Latvia	7	0.1%
Netherlands	7	0.1%
Switzerland	7	0.1%
Cameroon	7	0.1%
Brazil	7	0.1%
Lithuania	6	0.1%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	6	0.1%
Viet Nam	5	0.0%
Kuwait	5	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	5	0.0%
Albania	4	0.0%
Belgium	4	0.0%
Finland	4	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	4	0.0%
Dominican Republic	4	0.0%
Tajikistan	4	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Mauritania	3	0.0%
Cape Verde	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Thailand	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	10,505	100.0%
Germany	9,044	86.1%
Bulgaria	302	2.9%
Turkey	297	2.8%
Romania	129	1.2%
Poland	76	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	69	0.7%
Afghanistan	57	0.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	55	0.5%
Ukraine	54	0.5%
Hungary	33	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Croatia	32	0.3%
Italy	31	0.3%
Spain	22	0.2%
Slovakia	20	0.2%
Uncertain	20	0.2%
Russian Federation	19	0.2%
Austria	17	0.2%
Serbia	15	0.1%
United States	14	0.1%
Czech Republic	12	0.1%
Portugal	11	0.1%
Somalia	11	0.1%
Pakistan	11	0.1%
India	10	0.1%
Latvia	9	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.1%
South Africa	9	0.1%
Lithuania	8	0.1%
United Kingdom	8	0.1%
Iraq	8	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Kazakhstan	8	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Slovenia	5	0.0%
Switzerland	5	0.0%
Albania	4	0.0%
Brazil	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Greece	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Kosovo	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Mauritania	3	0.0%
Cape Verde	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	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 Wald-Michelbach

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Wald-Michelbach from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Wald-Michelbach

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

Mörlenbach 7.0 km away

Rent: 6.27 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Oberzent 10.3 km away

Rent: 5.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Weinheim 11.3 km away

Rent: 7.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Hemsbach 12.3 km away

Rent: 7.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Lindenfels 12.9 km away

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

Hirschberg an der Bergstraße 14.2 km away

Rent: 7.65 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Hirschhorn (Neckar) 15.0 km away

Rent: 6.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Heppenheim (Bergstraße) 15.0 km away

Rent: 8.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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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).

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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 Wald-Michelbach?

The published population was 10,455 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Wald-Michelbach?

Average net cold rent is 5.57 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 390 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Wald-Michelbach?

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: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Wald-Michelbach?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Wald-Michelbach?

The median gross salary is 4,300 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Wald-Michelbach a good place to live?

Wald-Michelbach 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.

Which cities are near Wald-Michelbach?

Mörlenbach, Oberzent, Weinheim, Hemsbach, Lindenfels are near Wald-Michelbach. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Wald-Michelbach?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,736 people (83.2%) 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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  title = {Wald-Michelbach, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
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}

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OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
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