Living in Ylivieska

In Ylivieska, unemployment is 10.3% (2024).

At the end of 2025, Ylivieska had a population of 15,274. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €3,526 per month. Ylivieska's unemployment stood at 10.3% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0717 sources

Population15,274people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland

Median gross salary (region)3,526EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland

Unemployment rate10.3%country median 10.6% — 3% belowOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime8,858incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 2% belowOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

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

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 Ylivieska.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Ylivieska. 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 citiesYlivieska 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	7,246 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁶Official

Is Ylivieska a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–68%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–70%

Student54%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 46–62%

Family53%strong on family, weak on housing · range 44–62%

Retirement54%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 42–66%

Work and income

Average monthly gross earnings for Ylivieska reached €3,893 per month at the end of 2024. Ylivieska's employment count was 6,394 at the end of 2024. The employment rate of 77.2% was recorded at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Ylivieska?

The unemployment rate is 10.3 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland¹¹

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Ylivieska is 10.3%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

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

Ylivieska 10.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,893 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official · regional context
People in employment	6,394 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official
Employment rate	77.2 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁶Official
GDP per capita	42,484 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)	3,526 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	10.3 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹¹Official

Public employment offices in Ylivieska

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Ylivieska — Verified local office

Vierimaantie 3, 84100 YLIVIESKA, 84100

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Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	76.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics 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; Ylivieska's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Ylivieska?

Police recorded about 8,858 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 citiesYlivieska 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	8,858 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

Ylivieska's nearest airport was KOK, 80 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	80 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KOK	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Municipal integration services and integration training — Integration course

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 4.18 · Feb 4.11 · Mar 9.88 · Apr 18.25 · May 25.89 · Jun 28.41 · Jul 31.03 · Aug 27.76 · Sep 22.59 · Oct 16.98 · Nov 9.78 · Dec 6.08 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center³Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -32.89 · Feb -31.45 · Mar -21.83 · Apr -12.89 · May -4.01 · Jun -1.16 · Jul 5.65 · Aug 3.79 · Sep -0.98 · Oct -10.44 · Nov -22.26 · Dec -25.01 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center³Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -8.31 · Feb -8.49 · Mar -4.68 · Apr 1.76 · May 7.93 · Jun 12.75 · Jul 16.32 · Aug 14.7 · Sep 9.97 · Oct 3.47 · Nov -1.19 · Dec -5.09 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center³Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

The city had 7,246 households at the end of 2024.

How many people live in Ylivieska?

The published population was 15,274 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	2 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁶Official
Population	15,274 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁷Official
Population covered by crime statistics	15,274 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	19.7 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹²Official

International community in Ylivieska

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	15,274	100.0%
Finland	14,807	96.9%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	467	3.1%
EUROPE	307	2.0%
ASIA	107	0.7%
Sweden	97	0.6%
Former Soviet Union	90	0.6%
Thailand	30	0.2%
Ukraine	30	0.2%
AFRICA	25	0.2%
Russia	22	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Turkey	21	0.1%
China	17	0.1%
AMERICA	14	0.1%
Unknown	12	0.1%
Hungary	11	0.1%
Iraq	11	0.1%
Philippines	11	0.1%
OCEANIA	2	0.0%

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 group	People	Share
TOTAL	15,274	100.0%
Finland	14,974	98.0%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	300	2.0%
EUROPE	185	1.2%
ASIA	87	0.6%
Ukraine	62	0.4%
Russia	47	0.3%
Thailand	26	0.2%
Turkey	24	0.2%
AFRICA	15	0.1%
China	13	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Sweden	11	0.1%
AMERICA	11	0.1%

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 group	People	Share
Total	15,274	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	14,882	97.4%
Finnish	14,847	97.2%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	392	2.6%
Russian	95	0.6%
Ukrainian	62	0.4%
Swedish	34	0.2%
Thai	30	0.2%
Turkish	26	0.2%
Arabic	23	0.2%
English	18	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Chinese	17	0.1%
Hungarian	12	0.1%
Spanish; Castilian	10	0.1%
Estonian	10	0.1%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	27.4 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁶Official
Households	7,246 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁹Official
Residents with a migration background	2.7 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Ylivieska

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 Ylivieska alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 6.5% Porvoo vs 2.0% Ylivieska+225%
Residents: 51,863 Porvoo vs 15,274 Ylivieska+240%
Median gross pay, region: €3,967 Porvoo vs €3,526 Ylivieska+13%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,106 Porvoo vs 8,858 Ylivieska−8%
Unemployment: 10.1% Porvoo vs 10.3% Ylivieskasame level

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Alternative cities in Finland

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Loimaa15,124 residents Kontiolahti15,071 residents Kauhava15,050 residents Orimattila15,575 residents Kuusamo14,876 residents Uusikaupunki14,783 residents

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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 Ylivieska?

The published population was 15,274 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

How safe is Ylivieska?

What is the unemployment rate in Ylivieska?

The unemployment rate is 10.3 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Ylivieska?

The median gross salary is 3,526 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Ylivieska a good place to live?

Ylivieska 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 Ylivieska?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,807 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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Statistics Finland language spoken at home distribution pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-08-28
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Telia Finland mobile plan telia.fi · checked 2026-09-15

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