Living in Kangasniemi

In Kangasniemi, unemployment is 11.9% (2024).

The population of Kangasniemi totalled 4,952 at the end of 2025. The regional median gross salary reached €3,348 per month at the end of 2024. An unemployment rate of 11.9% was measured at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Population4,952people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland

Median gross salary (region)3,348EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland

Unemployment rate11.9%country median 10.6% — 12% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime5,089incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 44% belowOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

Higher unemployment than 65% of Finnish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of Finnish cities that publish it.

Which Finland-wide rules apply when you move to Kangasniemi?

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Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in FinlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Kangasniemi.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€25

Net rent across major citiesKangasniemi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Järvenpää€16.41

Kerava€15.72

Porvoo€13.87

Riihimäki€13.02

Rauma€10.94

Kouvola€10.83

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Kajaani€12.27

Kokkola€12.19

Kotka€12.17

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	DNA fixed broadband²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Finland mobile plan¹⁸Official · national market
Dwellings	2,715 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official

Is Kangasniemi a good place to live?

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–61%

Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on housing · range 45–63%

Student45%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 37–53%

Family54%strong on safety, weak on housing · range 45–63%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–70%

Work and income

Kangasniemi's average monthly gross earnings totalled €3,644 per month at the end of 2024. The employment figure in Kangasniemi was 1,793 at the end of 2024. The employment rate of 74.6% was recorded at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Kangasniemi?

The unemployment rate is 11.9 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland¹²

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Kangasniemi is 11.9%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–20

Kangasniemi 11.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,644 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official · regional context
People in employment	1,793 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official
Employment rate	74.6 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official
GDP per capita	38,404 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	Statistics Finland¹¹Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)	3,348 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	11.9 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹²Official

Public employment offices in Kangasniemi

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Verified locally

Kangasniemi — Verified local office

Otto Mannisen tie 1-3, 51200 KANGASNIEMI, 51200

+358151942200 · tyollisyyspalvelut@mikkeli.fi

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Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	70.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: suomi/ruotsi toisena kielenä (S2) + valmistava opetus (preparatory education) + mother-tongue subsidies. How to enrol a child (oph.fi).

A country-wide rule for Finland; Kangasniemi's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Kangasniemi?

Police recorded about 5,089 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting¹

Recorded crime across major citiesKangasniemi highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vantaa13,982

Helsinki12,307

Turku11,977

Kouvola10,948

Tampere10,243

Lahti9,882

Jyväskylä9,685

Vaasa9,184

Kuopio9,025

Joensuu9,008

Oulu8,794

Espoo7,549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,089 incidents per 100,000country median 9,016	31 Dec 2025	13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting¹Official

Mobility and administration

Kangasniemi's nearest airport was JYV, 68 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	68 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	JYV	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Municipal integration services and integration training — Integration course

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Finnish, SwedishIn Person, Online

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Climate and air quality

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 5.39 · Feb 5.03 · Mar 11.7 · Apr 19.01 · May 28.36 · Jun 28.47 · Jul 30.82 · Aug 29.32 · Sep 21.71 · Oct 15 · Nov 9.59 · Dec 7.48 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center³Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -41.41 · Feb -36.44 · Mar -24.34 · Apr -12.17 · May -2.82 · Jun 0.77 · Jul 5.97 · Aug 4.51 · Sep -0.85 · Oct -14.17 · Nov -30.32 · Dec -35.99 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center³Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -10.24 · Feb -9.34 · Mar -4.67 · Apr 2.76 · May 10.04 · Jun 14.53 · Jul 17.85 · Aug 15.84 · Sep 10.58 · Oct 3.44 · Nov -2.2 · Dec -6.75 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center³Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 53.1 · Feb 41.5 · Mar 36.2 · Apr 35.8 · May 44.4 · Jun 69.3 · Jul 78.7 · Aug 64.2 · Sep 53.8 · Oct 64.1 · Nov 59.2 · Dec 58.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city had 2,715 households at the end of 2024.

How many people live in Kangasniemi?

The published population was 4,952 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland⁸

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	3.2 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁷Official
Population	4,952 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Population covered by crime statistics	4,952 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)¹⁷Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	24.1 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹³Official

International community in Kangasniemi

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

Country of birth

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	4,952	100.0%
Finland	4,750	95.9%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	202	4.1%
EUROPE	145	2.9%
Former Soviet Union	66	1.3%
ASIA	44	0.9%
Ukraine	23	0.5%
Philippines	21	0.4%
Russia	15	0.3%
Sweden	10	0.2%
AMERICA	6	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
AFRICA	2	0.0%
OCEANIA	2	0.0%

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

Citizenship

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	4,952	100.0%
Finland	4,795	96.8%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	157	3.2%
EUROPE	112	2.3%
Ukraine	61	1.2%
ASIA	38	0.8%
Philippines	22	0.4%
Russia	21	0.4%
AMERICA	5	0.1%
OCEANIA	1	0.0%

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

Language spoken at home

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
Total	4,952	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	4,761	96.1%
Finnish	4,749	95.9%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	191	3.9%
Russian	59	1.2%
Ukrainian	47	0.9%
Swedish	12	0.2%
Tagalog	10	0.2%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	24 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official
Households	2,715 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official
Residents with a migration background	3.8 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Kangasniemi

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.

Porvoo as a Kangasniemi alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 185 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 51,863 Porvoo vs 4,952 Kangasniemi+947%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,106 Porvoo vs 5,089 Kangasniemi+59%
Foreign residents: 6.5% Porvoo vs 3.2% Kangasniemi+103%
Median gross pay, region: €3,967 Porvoo vs €3,348 Kangasniemi+18%
Unemployment: 10.1% Porvoo vs 11.9% Kangasniemi−15%

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Alternative cities in Finland

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

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Common questions

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How many people live in Kangasniemi?

The published population was 4,952 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

How safe is Kangasniemi?

What is the unemployment rate in Kangasniemi?

The unemployment rate is 11.9 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Kangasniemi?

The median gross salary is 3,348 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Kangasniemi a good place to live?

Kangasniemi 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 Finland live in Kangasniemi?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,750 people (95.9%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Kangasniemi, Finland: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c10db66066ba0c6d2e65656966ed474d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fi/kangasniemi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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DNA fixed broadband dna.fi · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Statistics Finland pxweb2.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-07
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Statistics Finland citizenship distribution pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-28
Statistics Finland country of birth distribution pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-28
Statistics Finland language spoken at home distribution pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-28
Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population) statfin.stat.fi · checked 2026-09-05
Telia Finland mobile plan telia.fi · checked 2026-09-15

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