Living in Waldstetten

In Waldstetten, rents across existing tenancies average €6.69 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.6% (2024).

Residents of Waldstetten numbered 7,067 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,500 per month.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population7,067people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,500EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.69EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 15% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.6%country median 5.1% — 29% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,552incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean7.03µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)

Pricier rent than 74% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 84% 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 Waldstetten?

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 Waldstetten?

Average net cold rent is 6.69 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): 6.69 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 citiesWaldstetten 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 Mbps⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.69 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Waldstetten a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–74%

Student56%strong on cost, weak on education · range 45–67%

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

Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 41–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 401 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.69 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 Waldstetten?

The unemployment rate is 3.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Waldstetten is 3.6%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Waldstetten 3.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,500 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.6 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Waldstetten?

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

Left over each month€2,367of €2,867 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.	€2,867
Rent, 60 m²€6.69/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €401
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	€2,367

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Waldstetten. 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 citiesWaldstetten 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	3,552 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁷Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Waldstetten's nearest airport was STR, 45 km away and offered 80 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	80 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	45 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	STR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

Monthly mean temperatures were −0.7°C in January and 17.1°C in July. Waldstetten's monthly precipitation totalled 75.7 mm in January and 127.1 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 63.6 hours in January and 241.3 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Waldstetten?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.03 µg/m³ · UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)¹²

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

109

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127

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

133

181

207

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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

PM2.57WHO 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 Waldstetten is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Waldstetten 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.03 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.7 · Feb 2.8 · Mar 7.2 · Apr 12.2 · May 16.2 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 21.7 · Aug 21.7 · Sep 16.8 · Oct 11.7 · Nov 5.8 · Dec 2.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.1 · Feb -2.7 · Mar 0.3 · Apr 3.8 · May 7.7 · Jun 11.1 · Jul 13 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 9.4 · Oct 5.5 · Nov 0.9 · Dec -2.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 7.8 · May 11.8 · Jun 15.2 · Jul 17.1 · Aug 17 · Sep 12.7 · Oct 8.3 · Nov 3.2 · Dec 0.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 75.7 · Feb 61.4 · Mar 79 · Apr 62.6 · May 108.8 · Jun 100.4 · Jul 127.1 · Aug 97.8 · Sep 82 · Oct 85.3 · Nov 83.3 · Dec 85.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 63.6 · Feb 84.8 · Mar 132.6 · Apr 181.3 · May 207.1 · Jun 224.1 · Jul 241.3 · Aug 227.2 · Sep 163 · Oct 107.2 · Nov 59.6 · Dec 52.9 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Heide ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.1 °C, Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.9 °C, Winterthur (Switzerland) ±1.3 °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 Waldstetten?

The published population was 7,067 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,067 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁰Official

International community in Waldstetten

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	7,056	100.0%
Germany	6,371	90.3%
Romania	83	1.2%
Czech Republic	63	0.9%
Turkey	62	0.9%
Ukraine	41	0.6%
Italy	37	0.5%
Poland	36	0.5%
Hungary	32	0.5%
Russian Federation	27	0.4%
Kazakhstan	26	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Croatia	19	0.3%
France	16	0.2%
Greece	15	0.2%
Spain	14	0.2%
Austria	13	0.2%
Not stated	13	0.2%
Slovakia	12	0.2%
Serbia	11	0.2%
Brazil	11	0.2%
United States	10	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.1%
Pakistan	9	0.1%
Kosovo	8	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	8	0.1%
Portugal	6	0.1%
Afghanistan	6	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	5	0.1%
Switzerland	5	0.1%
Uzbekistan	5	0.1%
United Kingdom	4	0.1%
Gambia	4	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	4	0.1%
Philippines	4	0.1%
Thailand	4	0.1%
Albania	3	0.0%
Bulgaria	3	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Iraq	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	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	7,056	100.0%
Germany	6,632	94.0%
Turkey	59	0.8%
Romania	53	0.8%
Italy	50	0.7%
Ukraine	39	0.6%
Croatia	17	0.2%
Hungary	17	0.2%
Greece	16	0.2%
Spain	14	0.2%
Kosovo	12	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Austria	8	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	8	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Netherlands	7	0.1%
Poland	7	0.1%
Portugal	7	0.1%
Afghanistan	7	0.1%
Pakistan	7	0.1%
Bulgaria	6	0.1%
Czech Republic	6	0.1%
Nigeria	6	0.1%
Brazil	6	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0.1%
Slovakia	5	0.1%
United States	5	0.1%
Uncertain	4	0.1%
Albania	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Russian Federation	3	0.0%
Serbia	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%
China	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 Waldstetten

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.

Böblingen as a Waldstetten 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: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.69/m² Waldstettenno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,500 Waldstetten+9%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 3,552 Waldstetten+7%

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

The published population was 7,067 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Waldstetten?

Average net cold rent is 6.69 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 468 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Waldstetten?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW).

What is the unemployment rate in Waldstetten?

The unemployment rate is 3.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Waldstetten?

The median gross salary is 4,500 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Waldstetten a good place to live?

Waldstetten 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 Waldstetten?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,371 people (90.3%) 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 = {Waldstetten, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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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
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
UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW) UBA Air Data API · umweltbundesamt.de · checked 2026-09-23
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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