Living in Raahe

In Raahe, unemployment is 13.1% (2024).

Raahe covered 1,013.8 km² and had a population density of 23.3 people per km² at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1919 sources

Population23,571people31 Dec 2024Official source · Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.

Median gross salary (region)3,526EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · pxweb2.stat.fi

Unemployment rate13.1%country median 10.6% — 24% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime6,606incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 27% belowOfficial source · statfin.stat.fi

PM2.5, annual mean2.98µg/m³country median 4.9 — 39% belowOfficial source · cdn.who.int

Higher unemployment than 79% of Finnish cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 76% of Finnish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 97% of Finnish cities that publish it.

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

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 Raahe.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Raahe. 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 citiesRaahe 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 plan¹⁷Official · national market
Dwellings	11,522 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official

Is Raahe 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 worker61%strong on work, weak on housing · range 51–71%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on housing · range 50–68%

Student48%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 40–56%

Family48%strong on family, weak on housing · range 39–57%

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 50–72%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Raahe?

The unemployment rate is 13.1 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Raahe is 13.1%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

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

Raahe 13.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	8,690 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official
Employment rate	72.1 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,526 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	pxweb2.stat.fi⁶Official
Unemployment rate	13.1 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Raahe. 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

Job SearchRegistration

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	73.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official

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; Raahe's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Raahe?

Police recorded about 6,606 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: statfin.stat.fi⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesRaahe highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vantaa13,982

Helsinki12,307

Turku11,977

Kouvola10,948

Tampere10,243

Lahti9,882

Jyväskylä9,685

Kuopio9,025

Joensuu9,008

Oulu8,794

Espoo7,549

Raahe6,606

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,606 incidents per 100,000country median 9,016	31 Dec 2024	statfin.stat.fi⁷Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was OUL, 49.6 km away, with 3 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	3 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁴Official
Nearest airport	OUL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	49.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Raahe?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3 µg/m³ (2017) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 2.98 µg/m³ · cdn.who.int¹

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

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20°14°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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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

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

PM2.5 across cities in FinlandAnnual PM2.5 in Raahe is 3.0 µg/m³. Of 39 cities with data, 16 have annual PM2.5 of 5 to under 6 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–8

Raahe 3.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	2.98 µg/m³country median 4.9	31 Dec 2017	cdn.who.int¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan -3.7 · Feb -4.1 · Mar -0.8 · Apr 4.4 · May 10.4 · Jun 16 · Jul 19.7 · Aug 18.1 · Sep 13.2 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 1.9 · Dec -1.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -9.4 · Feb -10.1 · Mar -7 · Apr -1.5 · May 3.7 · Jun 9.6 · Jul 13.5 · Aug 12.2 · Sep 7.9 · Oct 2.7 · Nov -2 · Dec -6.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -6.2 · Feb -6.8 · Mar -3.7 · Apr 1.1 · May 6.8 · Jun 12.5 · Jul 16.2 · Aug 15 · Sep 10.5 · Oct 4.5 · Nov -0.1 · Dec -3.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 36.4 · Feb 29.7 · Mar 28.2 · Apr 24.4 · May 42.4 · Jun 52.5 · Jul 76.5 · Aug 69.5 · Sep 53.1 · Oct 53.6 · Nov 47.1 · Dec 41.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Finland: Kuopio ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±3.0 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±3.3 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±2.9 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±2.5 °C, Linköping (Sweden) ±3.4 °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

How many people live in Raahe?

The published population was 23,571 people in 2024. Source: Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.¹⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	1,014 km²	1 Jan 2024	www.maanmittauslaitos.fi¹⁹Official
Foreign-resident share	3.4 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Foreign residents	728 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁵Official
Population density	23.3 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)¹⁵Official
Population	23,571 people	31 Dec 2024	Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.¹⁵Official
Population covered by crime statistics	23,413 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)¹⁶Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	27.2 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

International community in Raahe

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	23,413	100.0%
Finland	22,176	94.7%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	1,237	5.3%
EUROPE	838	3.6%
ASIA	278	1.2%
Former Soviet Union	244	1.0%
Sweden	187	0.8%
Ukraine	117	0.5%
Russia	98	0.4%
AFRICA	60	0.3%
Vietnam	55	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Thailand	52	0.2%
Philippines	48	0.2%
Unknown	39	0.2%
Iraq	36	0.2%
Afghanistan	31	0.1%
Poland	29	0.1%
Hungary	23	0.1%
Turkey	23	0.1%
Estonia	21	0.1%
Ethiopia	19	0.1%
AMERICA	19	0.1%
Former Yugoslavia	18	0.1%
China	16	0.1%
India	16	0.1%
Germany	10	0.0%
Somalia	10	0.0%
OCEANIA	3	0.0%

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	23,413	100.0%
Finland	22,616	96.6%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	797	3.4%
EUROPE	548	2.3%
Ukraine	193	0.8%
ASIA	179	0.8%
Russia	142	0.6%
AFRICA	51	0.2%
Philippines	47	0.2%
Iraq	31	0.1%
Afghanistan	27	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Sweden	26	0.1%
Estonia	25	0.1%
Hungary	25	0.1%
Thailand	24	0.1%
Former Serbia and Montenegro	24	0.1%
Poland	23	0.1%
Turkey	21	0.1%
Ethiopia	18	0.1%
China	15	0.1%
India	15	0.1%
AMERICA	13	0.1%
Lithuania	11	0.0%
Slovakia	11	0.0%
OCEANIA	3	0.0%

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	23,413	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	22,281	95.2%
Finnish	22,262	95.1%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	1,132	4.8%
Russian	329	1.4%
Ukrainian	173	0.7%
Other language	92	0.4%
Albanian	56	0.2%
Thai	52	0.2%
English	45	0.2%
Tagalog	34	0.1%

Show 13 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Kurdish	33	0.1%
Persian, Farsi	29	0.1%
Polish	29	0.1%
Turkish	28	0.1%
Hungarian	26	0.1%
Estonian	25	0.1%
Amharic	18	0.1%
Swedish	18	0.1%
Chinese	17	0.1%
Arabic	16	0.1%
Spanish; Castilian	11	0.0%
Slovak	11	0.0%
Somali	10	0.0%

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	23.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Households	11,522 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official
Residents with a migration background	4.9 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Raahe

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.

Vaasa as a Raahe alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k and foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 70,361 Vaasa vs 23,571 Raahe+199%
Unemployment: 8.8% Vaasa vs 13.1% Raahe−33%
Nearest airport: 8.9 km Vaasa vs 49.6 km Raahe−82%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 9,184 Vaasa vs 6,606 Raaheno percentage
Foreign residents: 8.5% (2024) Vaasa vs 3.4% (2025) Raaheno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,475 Vaasa vs €3,526 Raahesame level

Full comparison More about Vaasa

Alternative cities in Finland

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

All Finland cities

Sastamala23,332 residents Sibbo23,006 residents Hollola22,849 residents Imatra24,724 residents Lempäälä24,854 residents Raisio25,738 residents

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Raahe in rankings

#1 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Finland #8 of 30 in Safest cities in Finland by recorded crime #12 of 30 in Cities with the lowest annual PM2.5 #14 of 30 in Cities meeting the WHO PM2.5 annual guideline #24 of 30 in Least densely populated cities

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Raahe 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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Common questions

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

How many people live in Raahe?

The published population was 23,571 people in 2024. Source: Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year..

Is the air quality good in Raahe?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3 µg/m³ (2017) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: cdn.who.int.

How safe is Raahe?

Police recorded about 6,606 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: statfin.stat.fi.

What is the unemployment rate in Raahe?

The unemployment rate is 13.1 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Raahe?

The median gross salary is 3,526 EUR/month. Source: pxweb2.stat.fi.

How many foreign residents live in Raahe?

728 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra).

Is Raahe a good place to live?

Raahe 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 Raahe?

The official country of birth distribution records 22,176 people (94.7%) 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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cdn.who.int cdn.who.int · checked 2026-08-26
DNA fixed broadband dna.fi · checked 2026-09-15
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
pxweb2.stat.fi pxweb2.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-27
statfin.stat.fi statfin.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-26
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Statistics Finland pxweb2.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-07
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 official municipality key figures (11ra) pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-07-14
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
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-02
www.maanmittauslaitos.fi maanmittauslaitos.fi · checked 2026-07-14

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