Living in Keila linn

In Keila linn, unemployment is 2.3% (2025).

Keila linn had 11,024 residents at the start of 2025 and is a city in Estonia. The nearest airport was TLL, 26 km away, with 28 listed destinations in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-0724 sources

Population11,024people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence

Median gross salary (region)1,554EUR/month26 Aug 2026Official source · andmed.stat.ee

Unemployment rate2.29%country median 2.9% — 22% belowOfficial source · Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share

Recorded crime2,030incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Crimes per 10 000 people in counties

PM2.5, annual mean3µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")

Which Estonia-wide rules apply when you move to Keila linn?

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 EstoniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Keila linn.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Keila linn. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€28

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesKeila linn highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Tallinn€7.33

Tartu linn€6.42

Pärnu€2.24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	27.9 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telia Estonia 100 Mbps internet²²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	20.32 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Estonia 16GB plan²³Official · national market
Dwellings	4,556 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹¹Official
Housing vacancy rate	14.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹²Official

Is Keila linn a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on housing · range 39–61%

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

Student58%strong on legal route, weak on housing · range 48–68%

Family64%strong on family, weak on housing · range 53–75%

Retirement51%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 37–65%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 2.29% at the end of 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Keila linn?

The unemployment rate is about 2.3 % (2025).

Unemployment rate: 2.29 % · Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share²¹

Unemployment across cities in EstoniaUnemployment in Keila linn is 2.3%. Of 47 cities with data, 35 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

0–22–44–66–88–1010–1216–18

Keila linn 2.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	1,554 EUR/month	26 Aug 2026	andmed.stat.ee¹Official
Unemployment rate	2.29 %country median 2.9%	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share²¹Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Keila linn. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Eesti Töötukassa — Public employment service

Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund

Job Search

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	78.73 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹⁴Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 7 to 17, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: eesti keel teise keelena (Estonian as a second language remedial teaching + individual-curriculum support measures). How to enrol a child (hm.ee).

A country-wide rule for Estonia; Keila linn's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Keila linn?

Police recorded 2,030 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Crimes per 10 000 people in counties²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,030 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Crimes per 10 000 people in counties²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	28 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁹Official
Nearest airport	TLL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	26 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

2026 free Estonian language courses with named regional locations — State Language Course

Integration Foundation and named language schools

For permanent residents, returnees.

EstonianIn Person, OnlineFree

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Estonian language courses for newcomers and residents — State Language Course

Integration Foundation

For newly arrived residents, permanent residents, returnees.

EstonianIn Person, OnlineFree

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Keila linn.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Keila linn?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")⁵

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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3°-4°

10°1°

15°5°

19°10°

22°13°

21°12°

16°8°

10°4°

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1°-3°

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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

148

217

306

294

312

256

162

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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

PM2.53WHO 5 · EU 25

PM109WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂7WHO 10 · EU 40

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")³Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")⁴Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	3 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe")⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average January temperature	-4.5 °C	28 Aug 2026	Keskkonnaagentuur (KAUR) / ilmateenistus.ee⁷Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -1 · Mar 2.8 · Apr 9.5 · May 15.4 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 21 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TALLINN-HARKU²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.5 · Feb -6.2 · Mar -3.7 · Apr 0.7 · May 5.2 · Jun 9.8 · Jul 13.1 · Aug 12.3 · Sep 8.4 · Oct 3.7 · Nov -0.2 · Dec -3.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TALLINN-HARKU²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.9 · Feb -3.6 · Mar -0.6 · Apr 4.8 · May 10.2 · Jun 14.5 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 12 · Oct 6.5 · Nov 2 · Dec -0.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TALLINN-HARKU²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 56.1 · Feb 40.1 · Mar 36.8 · Apr 35.1 · May 36.8 · Jun 68.1 · Jul 82 · Aug 84.9 · Sep 58.2 · Oct 77.8 · Nov 65.5 · Dec 58.6 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TALLINN-HARKU²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 29.7 · Feb 58.8 · Mar 148.4 · Apr 217.3 · May 306 · Jun 294.3 · Jul 312.1 · Aug 255.6 · Sep 162.3 · Oct 88.3 · Nov 29.1 · Dec 20.7 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TALLINN-HARKU²⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Estonia: Pärnu ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.0 °C, Espoo (Finland) ±0.6 °C, Turku (Finland) ±0.6 °C, Vantaa (Finland) ±0.8 °C, Haninge (Sweden) ±0.9 °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 Keila linn?

The published population was 11,024 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence¹⁹

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 1,076 is not 15.7% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	11 km²	27 Aug 2026	Maa- ja Ruumiamet (Land and Spatial Development Board)⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	15.69 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Estonia¹³Official
Foreign residents	1,076 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Estonia RV068 — population by citizenship and place of residence²⁰Official
Population density	998.7 people/km²	27 Aug 2026	Statistics Estonia¹⁵Official
Population	11,024 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence¹⁹Official

International community in Keila linn

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census; total age group and total sex · 2021 Census (31 December 2021)

Published group	People	Share
Country of birth total	10,499	100.0%
Estonia	9,449	90.0%
Russian Federation	526	5.0%
Ukraine	264	2.5%
Other foreign country	73	0.7%
Belarus	58	0.6%
Finland	27	0.3%
Kazakhstan	24	0.2%
Latvia	16	0.2%
Germany	15	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Lithuania	13	0.1%
Georgia	11	0.1%
Azerbaidjan	11	0.1%
United Kingdom	6	0.1%
Uzbekistan	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Citizenship

Population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census; total age group and total sex · 2021 Census (31 December 2021)

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship total	10,499	100.0%
Estonian citizenship	9,747	92.8%
Citizenship of another country	304	2.9%
Citizenship undetermined	232	2.2%
Russian citizenship	214	2.0%
Citizenship unknown	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census; total age group and total sex · 2021 Census (31 December 2021)

Published group	People	Share
Ethnic nationalities total	10,499	100.0%
Estonian	8,935	85.1%
Russian	1,025	9.8%
Ukrainian	264	2.5%
Other ethnic nationalities	84	0.8%
Belarusian	58	0.6%
Finn	40	0.4%
Ethnic nationality unknown	28	0.3%
Lithuanian	18	0.2%
German	12	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Armenian	11	0.1%
Pole	9	0.1%
Latvian	8	0.1%
Tatar	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

Alternatives for people set on Keila linn

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.

Tartu linn as a Keila linn alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k and foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Empty flats: 25.4% Tartu linn vs 14.4% Keila linn+76%
Median gross pay, region: €1,924 Tartu linn vs €1,554 Keila linn+24%
Nearest airport: 8.3 km Tartu linn vs 26.0 km Keila linn−68%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,370 Tartu linn vs 2,030 Keila linnno percentage
Foreign residents: 11.0% (2026) Tartu linn vs 15.7% (2021) Keila linnno percentage

Full comparison More about Tartu linn

Alternative cities in Estonia

Other cities in Estonia to compare with Keila linn, nearest in population first.

All Estonia cities

Keila10,986 residents Rakvere vald11,070 residents Võru vald11,200 residents Tapa vald10,787 residents Paide linn10,471 residents Jõhvi10,448 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Keila linn when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

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.

Is Keila linn part of Tallinn?

Keila linn is in the published commuting zone of Tallinn; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Tallinn city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁶

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Keila linn?

The published population was 11,024 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence.

Is the air quality good in Keila linn?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Õismäe").

How safe is Keila linn?

Police recorded 2,030 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Crimes per 10 000 people in counties.

What is the unemployment rate in Keila linn?

The unemployment rate is about 2.3 % (2025). Source: Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share.

What is the typical salary around Keila linn?

The median gross salary is 1,554 EUR/month. Source: andmed.stat.ee.

How many foreign residents live in Keila linn?

1,076 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Estonia RV068 — population by citizenship and place of residence.

Is Keila linn a good place to live?

Keila linn 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 Keila linn part of Tallinn?

Keila linn is in the published commuting zone of Tallinn; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Country of birth total live in Keila linn?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,499 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census (31 December 2021). This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Keila linn, Estonia: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 482630cc0192a19c06ee698fa4584575]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ee/keila-linn/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_keila-linn-estonia-population-salary-cost-of-living_bb975a7bf1c2,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Keila linn, Estonia: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {482630cc0192a19c06ee698fa4584575},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ee/keila-linn/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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