Living in Bácsalmás

In Bácsalmás, unemployment is 5.7% (2022).

The population of Bácsalmás totalled 6,137 at the end of 2022. Bácsalmás had an unemployment rate of 5.69% at the end of 2022. Bácsalmás's foreign population totalled 80 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0717 sources

Population6,137people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,525EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions

Average net rent3.2EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate5.69%country median 4.6% — 23% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,970incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

Which Hungary-wide rules apply when you move to Bácsalmás?

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 HungaryNational rates and thresholds that apply in Bácsalmás.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The vacancy rate was 13.9% at the end of 2022. Bácsalmás counted 3,109 dwellings at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€26

Mobile plan, 10 GB€18

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	26.04 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom home internet¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹³Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	13.9 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	3,109 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.2 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	169.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context

Is Bácsalmás a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–64%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 43–61%

Student48%strong on cost, weak on work · range 38–58%

Family45%strong on safety, weak on education · range 34–56%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Bácsalmás?

The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.69 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Bácsalmás is 5.7%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Bácsalmás 5.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,525 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions⁹Official · county
Unemployment rate	5.69 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Bácsalmás?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€436of €672 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€672
Rent, 60 m²€3.20/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €192
Internet€26 · official · Telekom home internet · 2026-09-30	− €26
Mobile plan€18 · official · Telekom Domino Next · 2026-09-30	− €18
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€436

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Public employment service

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

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National Employment Service — Public employment service

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Safety

How safe is Bácsalmás?

Police recorded about 1,970 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,970 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Bácsalmás was 86 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	86 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PEV	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Care and integration support for persons granted international or national protection — Newcomer Adaptation

National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing — Refugee Affairs Directorate

For persons granted international protection, persons granted national protection.

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Climate and air quality

Bácsalmás's monthly mean temperatures were −0.6°C in January and 24.2°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.79 · Feb 18.27 · Mar 23.42 · Apr 30.13 · May 34.62 · Jun 38.48 · Jul 40.8 · Aug 40.97 · Sep 36.85 · Oct 30.19 · Nov 23.21 · Dec 18.26 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -24.61 · Feb -17.6 · Mar -15.48 · Apr -4.24 · May 1.57 · Jun 5.09 · Jul 9.79 · Aug 9.21 · Sep 3.94 · Oct -4.31 · Nov -6.67 · Dec -19.02 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.58 · Feb 1.44 · Mar 6.36 · Apr 12.15 · May 17.37 · Jun 21.72 · Jul 24.22 · Aug 24.07 · Sep 18.29 · Oct 12.28 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 0.67 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Bácsalmás?

The published population was 6,137 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	80 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	6,137 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

Bácsalmás had 14.18% of residents with other or no religious affiliation at the end of 2022.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	14.18 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Bácsalmás

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

Citizenship

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship	6,137	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	6,057	98.7%
Foreign national	80	1.3%
Non-EU foreign national	54	0.9%
EU foreign national	26	0.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Language spoken at home

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Language spoken with family members or friends	6,137	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	5,319	86.7%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	796	13.0%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	139	2.3%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	127	2.1%
German language spoken with family members or friends	56	0.9%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	32	0.5%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	31	0.5%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	30	0.5%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	14	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Ethnic groups	6,137	100.0%
Hungarian	5,243	85.4%
No answer to ethnic groups	779	12.7%
Domestic ethnic groups	356	5.8%
Gipsy (Romani)	123	2.0%
German	120	2.0%
Croatian	101	1.6%
Other ethnic groups	33	0.5%
Serbian	13	0.2%
Romanian	4	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukrainian	4	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	12.05 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Bácsalmás

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.

Mélykút as a Bácsalmás alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 5.0% Mélykút vs 5.7% Bácsalmás−12%
Residents: 4,667 Mélykút vs 6,137 Bácsalmás−24%
Rent: €3.20/m² Mélykút vs €3.20/m² Bácsalmássame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,970 Mélykút vs 1,970 Bácsalmássame level

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Békéscsaba as a Bácsalmás alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 148 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,164 Békéscsaba vs 6,137 Bácsalmás+799%
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 5.7% Bácsalmás−24%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,970 Bácsalmásno percentage
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.20/m² Bácsalmássame level

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Cities near Bácsalmás

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Hungary

Other cities in Hungary to compare with Bácsalmás, nearest in population first.

All Hungary cities

Encs6,141 residents Fegyvernek6,145 residents Aszód6,148 residents Tápiószecső6,159 residents Téglás6,163 residents Tiszalök6,107 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bácsalmás under the national coverage rules.

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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Hungarian as a second language (második idegen nyelvként) support programmes. How to enrol a child (kormany.hu).

A country-wide rule for Hungary; Bácsalmás's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Bácsalmás?

The published population was 6,137 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Bácsalmás?

What is the unemployment rate in Bácsalmás?

The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Bácsalmás?

80 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Bácsalmás a good place to live?

Bácsalmás 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.

Which cities are near Bácsalmás?

Mélykút, Jánoshalma are near Bácsalmás. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Citizenship citizenship group in Bácsalmás?

The official citizenship distribution records 6,137 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2022 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region ksh.gov.hu · checked 2026-10-05
Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu · checked 2026-08-07
Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu · checked 2026-08-07
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Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu · checked 2026-08-07
Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) language spoken at home distribution nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu · checked 2026-08-28
Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu · checked 2026-08-04
KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 · ksh.hu · checked 2026-09-24
Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei ksh.hu · checked 2026-10-06

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NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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Telekom Domino Next mobilvasarlasapp.telekom.hu · checked 2026-09-15
Telekom home internet telekom.hu · checked 2026-09-15
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
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