Living in Wegscheid

In Wegscheid, rents across existing tenancies average €5.20 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.5% (2024).

The population of Wegscheid totalled 5,394 at the end of 2024. For Wegscheid, the regional median gross salary was €3,750 per month at the end of 2024. Wegscheid recorded annual PM2.5 of 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2315 sources

Population5,394people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,750EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.2EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 10% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.5%country median 5.1% — 31% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,980incidents 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 (EEA)

Cheaper rent than 71% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 85% 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 Wegscheid?

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 Wegscheid.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Wegscheid?

Average net cold rent is 5.2 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): 5.2 EUR/m²/month · Destatis⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesWegscheid 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 Mbps⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis⁴Official

Is Wegscheid a good place to live?

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Remote worker65%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 56–74%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–77%

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 51–71%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 54–74%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 312 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.2 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 Wegscheid?

The unemployment rate is 3.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wegscheid is 3.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Wegscheid 3.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,750 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.5 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Wegscheid?

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

Left over each month€2,056of €2,467 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.	€2,467
Rent, 60 m²€5.20/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €312
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	€2,056

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

The availability of hospital beds in Wegscheid was 928.3 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2024.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	928.3 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)³Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wegscheid through valid health insurance.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents928.3 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesWegscheid 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	2,980 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹¹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Wegscheid's nearest airport was MUC, 150 km away and offered 191 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	191 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	150 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MUC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −2.8°C in January and 18.6°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Wegscheid?

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 (EEA)⁵

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

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 Wegscheid 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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Wegscheid 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 11.2 · Feb 14.19 · Mar 20.31 · Apr 25.91 · May 28.4 · Jun 31.33 · Jul 33.93 · Aug 34.63 · Sep 33 · Oct 23.8 · Nov 18.82 · Dec 13.64 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -25.41 · Feb -20.06 · Mar -17.57 · Apr -5.92 · May -2.61 · Jun 1.68 · Jul 6.33 · Aug 5.89 · Sep -0.57 · Oct -6.26 · Nov -11.69 · Dec -19.28 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.76 · Feb -1.42 · Mar 2.87 · Apr 8.26 · May 12.76 · Jun 16.79 · Jul 18.63 · Aug 18.32 · Sep 13.36 · Oct 8.36 · Nov 3.1 · Dec -1.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Wegscheid?

The published population was 5,394 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	5,394 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹⁴Official

International community in Wegscheid

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	5,326	100.0%
Germany	4,843	90.9%
Austria	160	3.0%
Croatia	48	0.9%
Czech Republic	46	0.9%
Hungary	46	0.9%
Ukraine	22	0.4%
Poland	18	0.3%
Not stated	16	0.3%
Romania	15	0.3%
Afghanistan	12	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
United States	11	0.2%
Russian Federation	9	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0.1%
Slovenia	6	0.1%
Kazakhstan	6	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	4	0.1%
Belgium	3	0.1%
Bulgaria	3	0.1%
Latvia	3	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.1%
Slovakia	3	0.1%
Switzerland	3	0.1%
Turkey	3	0.1%
Serbia	3	0.1%
Ghana	3	0.1%
Kenya	3	0.1%
Egypt	3	0.1%
Peru	3	0.1%
Uruguay	3	0.1%
Azerbaijan	3	0.1%
Pakistan	3	0.1%
Tajikistan	3	0.1%
Thailand	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,326	100.0%
Germany	4,973	93.4%
Austria	112	2.1%
Croatia	54	1.0%
Hungary	47	0.9%
Czech Republic	22	0.4%
Ukraine	17	0.3%
Romania	15	0.3%
Afghanistan	12	0.2%
Poland	6	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	6	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	4	0.1%
Slovenia	4	0.1%
Serbia	4	0.1%
Nigeria	4	0.1%
United States	4	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.1%
France	3	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.1%
Kosovo	3	0.1%
Slovakia	3	0.1%
Switzerland	3	0.1%
Turkey	3	0.1%
United Kingdom	3	0.1%
Ghana	3	0.1%
Kenya	3	0.1%
Peru	3	0.1%
Azerbaijan	3	0.1%
Pakistan	3	0.1%
Thailand	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Alternatives for people set on Wegscheid

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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; Wegscheid's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Wegscheid part of Passau?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁸

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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 Wegscheid?

The published population was 5,394 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Wegscheid?

Average net cold rent is 5.2 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 364 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Wegscheid?

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 (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Wegscheid?

The unemployment rate is 3.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Wegscheid?

The median gross salary is 3,750 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Wegscheid a good place to live?

Wegscheid 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 Wegscheid part of Passau?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Wegscheid?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,843 people (90.9%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Wegscheid, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {d7fb5460a2a022c74fce7763779d520e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wegscheid/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
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
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03

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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
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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