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Living in Kannus

In Kannus, unemployment is 9.4% (2024).

Kannus's population was 5,246 at the end of 2025. For Kannus, the regional median gross salary was €3,434 per month at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 9.4% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population5,246people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland
Median gross salary (region)3,434EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland
Unemployment rate9.4%country median 10.6% — 11% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland
Recorded crime6,862incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 24% belowOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

Lower unemployment than 64% of Finnish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 74% of Finnish cities that publish it.

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

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 FinlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Kannus.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Kannus recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€25
Net rent across major citiesKannus highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Kannus highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.9 EUR/month30 Sept 2026DNA fixed broadband2Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB24.93 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia Finland mobile plan17Official · national market
Dwellings2,427 dwellings31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official

Is Kannus a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–63%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on housing · range 46–64%
Student45%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 37–53%
Family52%strong on safety, weak on housing · range 43–61%
Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–68%

Work and income

The average monthly gross earnings figure was €3,749 per month at the end of 2024. Kannus had 2,123 at the end of 2024. Kannus's employment rate reached 77.6% at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Kannus?

The unemployment rate is 9.4 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland11

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Kannus is 9.4%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,749 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official · regional context
People in employment2,123 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland9Official
Employment rate77.6 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official
GDP per capita45,676 EUR/year31 Dec 2023Statistics Finland10Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)3,434 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official · regional context
Unemployment rate9.4 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland11Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Job Market Finland — Public employment service

Finnish public employment services

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with high school education or higher72.2 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official

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; Kannus's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Kannus?

Police recorded about 6,862 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 citiesKannus highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Kannus highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,862 incidents per 100,000country median 9,01631 Dec 202513ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting1Official

Mobility and administration

Kannus's nearest airport was KOK, 42 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport2 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights4Official
Distance to the nearest major airport42 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)KOK3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official

Language courses and integration

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

Municipalities and employment services in Finland

For immigrants needing an integration plan.

Finnish, SwedishIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Kannus.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -4.3 · Feb -4.2 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 6.9 · May 13.7 · Jun 18.4 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 19.3 · Sep 13.6 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 1.1 · Dec -2.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -11.4 · Feb -12.3 · Mar -8.8 · Apr -2.6 · May 2.1 · Jun 7.1 · Jul 10.5 · Aug 8.8 · Sep 4.7 · Oct 0.5 · Nov -3.7 · Dec -8.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -7.2 · Feb -7.7 · Mar -3.9 · Apr 2 · May 8.3 · Jun 13.3 · Jul 16 · Aug 14 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 3.3 · Nov -1.1 · Dec -4.6 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 47 · Feb 37.1 · Mar 32.9 · Apr 32.9 · May 52.5 · Jun 62.4 · Jul 83.8 · Aug 76.2 · Sep 59.6 · Oct 64.8 · Nov 56.2 · Dec 56.6 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO3Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Finland: Jyväskylä ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±3.1 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±3.7 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±3.2 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±3.0 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±3.9 °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

At the end of 2024, Kannus had 2,427 households.

How many people live in Kannus?

The published population was 5,246 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland7

MetricValuePeriodSource
Foreign-resident share2.4 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland6Official
Population5,246 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland7Official
Population covered by crime statistics5,246 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)16Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share16.4 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland12Official

International community in Kannus

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 groupPeopleShare
TOTAL5,246100.0%
Finland5,04396.1%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL2033.9%
EUROPE1292.5%
ASIA470.9%
Sweden440.8%
Vietnam280.5%
Ukraine210.4%
Former Soviet Union210.4%
Thailand120.2%
AFRICA110.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Unknown110.2%
Estonia100.2%
AMERICA40.1%
OCEANIA10.0%

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

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL5,246100.0%
Finland5,11897.6%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL1282.4%
EUROPE711.4%
ASIA460.9%
Ukraine300.6%
Vietnam270.5%
Thailand140.3%
Estonia130.2%
AFRICA100.2%
AMERICA10.0%

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

Language spoken at home

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total5,246100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL5,09497.1%
Finnish5,07396.7%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL1522.9%
Ukrainian350.7%
Vietnamese280.5%
Swedish210.4%
Estonian180.3%
Thai150.3%
Russian130.2%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher21.6 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland6Official
Households2,427 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland9Official
Residents with a migration background3.1 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland12Official

Alternatives for people set on Kannus

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 Kannus alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 400 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Residents: 51,863 Porvoo vs 5,246 Kannus+889%
  • Foreign residents: 6.5% Porvoo vs 2.4% Kannus+171%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,967 Porvoo vs €3,434 Kannus+16%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,106 Porvoo vs 6,862 Kannus+18%
  • Unemployment: 10.1% Porvoo vs 9.4% Kannus+7%
Full comparisonMore about Porvoo

Alternative cities in Finland

Other cities in Finland to compare with Kannus, nearest in population first.

All Finland cities
Ähtäri5,121 residentsIngå5,391 residentsMalax5,392 residentsKangasniemi4,952 residentsJuva5,569 residentsViitasaari5,695 residents

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

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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 Kannus?

The published population was 5,246 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

How safe is Kannus?

Police recorded about 6,862 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 reporting.

What is the unemployment rate in Kannus?

The unemployment rate is 9.4 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Kannus?

The median gross salary is 3,434 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Kannus a good place to live?

Kannus 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 Kannus?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,043 people (96.1%) 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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