Living in Tartu vald

In Tartu vald, the median gross salary is €1,611 a month (2026) and unemployment is 3% (2025).

At the start of 2025, the foreign population was 395. The nearest airport was TKD, 579 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026. Tartu vald is in Estonia; its population was 13,256 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Population13,256people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence

Median gross salary1,611EUR/month4 Aug 2026Official source · Statistics Estonia

Unemployment rate3.03%country median 2.9% — 4% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share

Recorded crime2,370incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Crimes per 10 000 people in counties

PM2.5, annual mean5µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu")

Which Estonia-wide rules apply when you move to Tartu vald?

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 Tartu vald.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Tartu vald. 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 citiesTartu vald 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 internet¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	20.32 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Estonia 16GB plan¹⁸Official · national market

Is Tartu vald 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 worker46%strong on work, weak on housing · range 35–57%

Skilled employee57%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 47–67%

Student49%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 37–61%

Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 48–72%

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

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 3.03% at the end of 2025.

What is the typical salary in Tartu vald?

The median gross salary is 1,611 EUR/month (2026). The regional series (home-region basis, 2026Q1) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 1,611 EUR/month · Statistics Estonia⁹
Median gross salary (regional): 1,611 EUR/month · 2026-08-26 · andmed.stat.ee⁹

What is the unemployment rate in Tartu vald?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (2025).

Unemployment rate: 3.03 % · Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in EstoniaUnemployment in Tartu vald is 3.0%. Of 47 cities with data, 35 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

0–22–44–66–88–1010–1216–18

Tartu vald 3.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	1,611 EUR/month	4 Aug 2026	Statistics Estonia⁹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,611 EUR/month	26 Aug 2026	andmed.stat.ee⁹Official
Unemployment rate	3.03 %country median 2.9%	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share¹⁶Official

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Tartu vald?

Police recorded 2,370 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 counties¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,370 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Crimes per 10 000 people in counties¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁷Official
Nearest airport	TKD	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	579 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

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 Tartu vald.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Tartu vald?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu")⁴

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

PM2.55WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1012WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂8WHO 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	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu")²Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu")³Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	5 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu")⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average January temperature	-5.5 °C	28 Aug 2026	Keskkonnaagentuur (KAUR) / ilmateenistus.ee⁵Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Tartu vald?

The published population was 13,256 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence¹⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	705 km²	27 Aug 2026	Maa- ja Ruumiamet (Land and Spatial Development Board)⁶Official
Foreign residents	395 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Estonia RV068 — population by citizenship and place of residence¹⁵Official
Population density	18.5 people/km²	27 Aug 2026	Statistics Estonia¹⁰Official
Population	13,256 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence¹⁴Official

International community in Tartu vald

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	11,728	100.0%
Estonia	11,258	96.0%
Russian Federation	223	1.9%
Ukraine	68	0.6%
Other foreign country	57	0.5%
Finland	49	0.4%
Kazakhstan	13	0.1%
Germany	13	0.1%
Belarus	12	0.1%
Latvia	12	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Lithuania	11	0.1%
United Kingdom	6	0.1%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Country of birth unknown	3	0.0%

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

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	11,728	100.0%
Estonian citizenship	11,457	97.7%
Citizenship of another country	134	1.1%
Citizenship undetermined	86	0.7%
Russian citizenship	50	0.4%
Citizenship unknown	3	0.0%

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

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	11,728	100.0%
Estonian	10,957	93.4%
Russian	521	4.4%
Ukrainian	79	0.7%
Other ethnic nationalities	54	0.5%
Finn	46	0.4%
German	14	0.1%
Ethnic nationality unknown	13	0.1%
Lithuanian	11	0.1%
Latvian	10	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belarusian	9	0.1%
Pole	7	0.1%
Jew	3	0.0%
Armenian	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Alternatives for people set on Tartu vald

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 Tartu vald alternative in the same country

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

Nearest airport: 8.3 km Tartu linn vs 579.0 km Tartu vald−99%
Median gross pay, city: €1,924 Tartu linn vs €1,611 Tartu vald+19%
Median gross pay, region: €1,924 Tartu linn vs €1,611 Tartu vald+19%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,370 Tartu linn vs 2,370 Tartu valdno percentage

Full comparison More about Tartu linn

Alternative cities in Estonia

Other cities in Estonia to compare with Tartu vald, nearest in population first.

All Estonia cities

Rapla vald13,373 residents Saaremaa vald13,390 residents Põlva vald13,049 residents Haapsalu13,033 residents Jõgeva vald12,849 residents Lääne-Harju vald13,754 residents

How does Tartu vald compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Tartu vald 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.

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; Tartu vald's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Tartu vald?

The published population was 13,256 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence.

Is the air quality good in Tartu vald?

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

How safe is Tartu vald?

Police recorded 2,370 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 typical salary in Tartu vald?

The median gross salary is 1,611 EUR/month (2026). The regional series (home-region basis, 2026Q1) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Estonia.

What is the unemployment rate in Tartu vald?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (2025). Source: Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share.

What is the typical salary around Tartu vald?

The median gross salary is 1,611 EUR/month. Source: andmed.stat.ee.

Is Tartu vald a good place to live?

Tartu vald 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 Country of birth total live in Tartu vald?

The official country of birth distribution records 11,728 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). Tartu vald, Estonia: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 461e7f98545388136c68232bc9918d9f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ee/tartu-vald/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_tartu-vald-estonia-population-salary-cost-of-living_652664ac6e5f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Tartu vald, Estonia: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {461e7f98545388136c68232bc9918d9f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ee/tartu-vald/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Crimes per 10 000 people in counties statistika.justdigi.ee · checked 2026-10-05
EEA air quality statistics — EE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — EE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — EE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Tartu") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
Keskkonnaagentuur (KAUR) / ilmateenistus.ee ilmateenistus.ee · checked 2026-06-12
Maa- ja Ruumiamet (Land and Spatial Development Board) geoportaal.maaamet.ee · checked 2026-06-12
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
Statistics Estonia andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-08-04
Statistics Estonia andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-06-12

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Statistics Estonia (Statistical database) ancestry or ethnicity distribution andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-08-28
Statistics Estonia (Statistical database) citizenship distribution andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-08-28
Statistics Estonia (Statistical database) country of birth distribution andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-08-28
Statistics Estonia RV0240 — population by place of residence Statistics Estonia RV0240 · andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-07-26
Statistics Estonia RV068 — population by citizenship and place of residence Statistics Estonia RV068 · andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-07-26
Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 — registered unemployment share Statistics Estonia TT065 + RV0240 · andmed.stat.ee · checked 2026-07-26
Telia Estonia 100 Mbps internet telia.ee · checked 2026-09-15
Telia Estonia 16GB plan telia.ee · checked 2026-09-15

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