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Living in Wallenfels

Wallenfels is a city in Germany. The city covered 45.7 km² in 2024. Population density was 53.3 people per km² in 2024. There were 127 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €8 per m² per month in 2024. The foreign population count was 77 in May 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 83.2% at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, Wallenfels had a population of 2,432.

Cheaper rent than any other German city that publishes it and lower unemployment than 80% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Wallenfels.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Wallenfels?

Average net cold rent is 4.08 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): 4.08 EUR/m²/month · Destatis6

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Wallenfels yet.

Net rent across major citiesWallenfels highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Wallenfels highlighted€9.94Hamburg€9.72Stuttgart€9.10Augsburg€9.09Mannheim€7.71Berlin€7.20Dresden€6.79Braunschweig€6.72Bielefeld€6.66Duisburg€6.27Leipzig€6.00Dortmund€5.99Halle (Saale)net rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.08 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Destatis6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate8 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 245 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.08 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 Wallenfels?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wallenfels is 3.8%. Of 3,107 cities with data, 1,343 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Germany per band822 cities: 2% to under 4%8222–4Wallenfels 3.8%1343 cities: 4% to under 6%13434–6668 cities: 6% to under 8%6686–8242 cities: 8% to under 10%2428–1026 cities: 10% to under 12%2610–124 cities: 12% to under 14%412–142 cities: 14% to under 16%214–16

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability83.19 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de5Official
Gigabit broadband availability83.19 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,500 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)2Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.8 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik3Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wallenfels. 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

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Wallenfels. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents127 per 100,0002024BBSR INKAR — physicians per 100,000 residents (indicator 8102)1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wallenfels 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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Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was ERF, 86.9 km away, with 6 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport6 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat12Official
Nearest airportERF13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official
Distance to nearest airport86.9 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official

Language courses and integration

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

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 Wallenfels.

Climate and air quality

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Wallenfels average monthly sunshine, hours05511016522051731061692042092042071481034442JFMAMJJASONDhours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Wallenfels annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit154011.0PM10104013.0NO₂µg/m³

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in GermanyWhere Wallenfels lands among 212 measured cities
annual PM10, µg/m³ · measured cities in Germany per band37–818–979–101410–112111–12Wallenfels 11.03612–134613–144514–152115–161216–17417–18218–19

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean13 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Kulmbach/Konrad-Adenauer-Straße)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean11 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Kulmbach/Konrad-Adenauer-Straße)11Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -1.6 · Feb -0.5 · Mar 2.4 · Apr 6.9 · May 11.5 · Jun 14.5 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 12.1 · Oct 7.5 · Nov 2 · Dec -1.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Sonneberg-Neufang17Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 51 · Feb 73.4 · Mar 105.8 · Apr 168.6 · May 203.6 · Jun 208.9 · Jul 204.1 · Aug 207.2 · Sep 148.2 · Oct 103.3 · Nov 43.9 · Dec 41.5 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Sonneberg-Neufang17Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature8.4 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Cities of a similar size in Germany

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Germany cities
Krempe2,435 residentsJöhstadt2,413 residentsGolßen2,458 residentsBad Tennstedt2,399 residentsZiesar2,389 residentsWegeleben2,378 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in Wallenfels?

The published population was 2,432 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Wallenfels residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport96.8%Foreign residents 3.2%

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area45.65 km²31 Dec 2024Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)16Official
City area45.65 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.16Official
Foreign residents77 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities19Official
Population density53.27 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.16Official
Population2,432 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis8Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents1,912 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Catholic share76.8 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other328 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
No religion or other, share13.2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant residents247 people31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official
Protestant share9.9 %31 Dec 2022Destatis7Official

International community in Wallenfels

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
Total2,488100.0%
Germany2,37195.3%
Poland220.9%
Ukraine170.7%
Czech Republic130.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina110.4%
Romania110.4%
Russian Federation100.4%
Iraq70.3%
United Kingdom40.2%
Kazakhstan40.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Syrian Arab Republic40.2%
Italy30.1%
Netherlands30.1%
Austria30.1%
Serbia30.1%
Paraguay30.1%
United States30.1%
India30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total2,488100.0%
Germany2,40996.8%
Poland190.8%
Ukraine160.6%
Romania80.3%
Iraq70.3%
United Kingdom40.2%
Syrian Arab Republic40.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.1%
Croatia30.1%
Italy30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Czech Republic30.1%
Paraguay30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Is Wallenfels 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–61%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–68%
Student52%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 40–64%
Family58%strong on family, weak on safety · range 46–70%
Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–66%
Foreign residents77 people15 May 2022Official source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Population2,432 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.08 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Destatis
Fibre-to-the-building availability83.19 %31 Dec 2025Official source · data.bundesnetzagentur.de
Gigabit broadband availability83.19 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas
Median gross salary (regional)3,500 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier331 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de18Official
Local property-tax multiplier360 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de18Official

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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 Wallenfels?

The published population was 2,432 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Wallenfels?

Average net cold rent is 4.08 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 286 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Wallenfels?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Wallenfels?

The median gross salary is 3,500 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Wallenfels?

77 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Wallenfels a good place to live?

Wallenfels 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 Total live in Wallenfels?

The official country of birth distribution records 2,488 people (100.0%) 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, September 14). Wallenfels, Germany: rent, salary, jobs, air quality, taxes [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; version approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wallenfels/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Wallenfels, Germany: rent, salary, jobs, air quality, taxes},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-14},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-14. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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