Living in Keminmaa

In Keminmaa, unemployment is 8.6% (2024).

Residents of Keminmaa numbered 7,576 at the end of 2025. For Keminmaa, the regional median gross salary was €3,467 per month at the end of 2024. Keminmaa had an unemployment rate of 8.6% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population7,576people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland

Median gross salary (region)3,467EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland

Unemployment rate8.6%country median 10.6% — 19% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime9,504incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 5% aboveOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

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

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 Keminmaa.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2024, the dwelling count totalled 3,643.

No city-level rent figure is published for Keminmaa. 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 citiesKeminmaa 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 plan¹⁶Official · national market
Dwellings	3,643 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official

Is Keminmaa a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–66%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–71%

Student56%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 48–64%

Family59%strong on family, weak on housing · range 50–68%

Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–67%

Work and income

At the end of 2024, average monthly gross earnings stood at €3,769 per month. Employment totaled 3,176 in Keminmaa at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Keminmaa?

The unemployment rate is 8.6 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Keminmaa is 8.6%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

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Keminmaa 8.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,769 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official · regional context
People in employment	3,176 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Employment rate	78.8 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official
GDP per capita	44,870 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	Statistics Finland⁹Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)	3,467 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	8.6 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Keminmaa. 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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	79.4 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official

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; Keminmaa's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Keminmaa?

Police recorded about 9,504 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 citiesKeminmaa 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	9,504 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

Keminmaa's nearest airport was KEM, 3 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	3 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KEM	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Keminmaa. 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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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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-6°-14°

-1°-10°

4°-4°

11°2°

17°7°

21°11°

18°9°

13°5°

5°-1°

0°-6°

-3°-10°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan -5.7 · Feb -5.7 · Mar -0.9 · Apr 4.4 · May 11.4 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 20.6 · Aug 18 · Sep 12.6 · Oct 5.2 · Nov 0.3 · Dec -3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -14.1 · Feb -14.4 · Mar -10.3 · Apr -3.9 · May 1.5 · Jun 7.3 · Jul 11 · Aug 9.1 · Sep 4.7 · Oct -1 · Nov -5.5 · Dec -10.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -9.6 · Feb -9.7 · Mar -5.4 · Apr 0.4 · May 6.8 · Jun 12.8 · Jul 16 · Aug 13.9 · Sep 8.8 · Oct 2.4 · Nov -2.6 · Dec -6.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 52.1 · Feb 43 · Mar 37.1 · Apr 32.5 · May 44.8 · Jun 50.7 · Jul 63.2 · Aug 60.8 · Sep 61.9 · Oct 61.2 · Nov 66.8 · Dec 58.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Finland: Oulu ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±4.3 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±4.8 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±4.9 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±4.2 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±4.4 °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

The city had 3,643 households at the end of 2024.

How many people live in Keminmaa?

The published population was 7,576 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	1.1 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁵Official
Population	7,576 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁶Official
Population covered by crime statistics	7,576 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)¹⁵Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	24.9 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

International community in Keminmaa

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	7,576	100.0%
Finland	7,339	96.9%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	237	3.1%
EUROPE	177	2.3%
Sweden	112	1.5%
ASIA	37	0.5%
Philippines	14	0.2%
Thailand	11	0.1%
Russia	10	0.1%
AMERICA	8	0.1%
AFRICA	7	0.1%

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

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	7,576	100.0%
Finland	7,496	98.9%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	80	1.1%
EUROPE	41	0.5%
ASIA	29	0.4%
Philippines	14	0.2%
AFRICA	6	0.1%
AMERICA	4	0.1%

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

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	7,576	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	7,462	98.5%
Finnish	7,448	98.3%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	114	1.5%
Russian	15	0.2%
Swedish	13	0.2%
English	11	0.1%
Other language	10	0.1%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	31.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁵Official
Households	3,643 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Residents with a migration background	1.6 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Keminmaa

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 Keminmaa alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 6.5% Porvoo vs 1.1% Keminmaa+491%
Residents: 51,863 Porvoo vs 7,576 Keminmaa+585%
Unemployment: 10.1% Porvoo vs 8.6% Keminmaa+17%
Median gross pay, region: €3,967 Porvoo vs €3,467 Keminmaa+14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,106 Porvoo vs 9,504 Keminmaa−15%

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Alternative cities in Finland

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Loppi7,574 residents Laihia7,534 residents Hanko7,620 residents Mynämäki7,424 residents Nykarleby7,391 residents Nurmijärven kirkonkylä7,805 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Keminmaa 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 Keminmaa?

The published population was 7,576 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

How safe is Keminmaa?

What is the unemployment rate in Keminmaa?

The unemployment rate is 8.6 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Keminmaa?

The median gross salary is 3,467 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Keminmaa a good place to live?

Keminmaa 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 Keminmaa?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,339 people (96.9%) 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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