Living in Baja

In Baja, unemployment is 4.8% (2022).

At the end of 2022, Baja had a population of 33,140. The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.76% at the end of 2022. Baja was home to 268 foreign residents at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0717 sources

Population33,140people31 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 rate4.76%country median 4.6% — 3% 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 Baja?

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 Baja.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 13.5%. The city had 17,242 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)	13.5 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	17,242 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.2 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	169.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Baja 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–66%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–66%

Student52%strong on cost, weak on work · range 42–62%

Family51%strong on family, weak on cost · range 40–62%

Retirement54%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Baja?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.76 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Baja is 4.8%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Baja 4.8%

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 regions¹⁰Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.76 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Baja?

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

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Baja Salary needed to live in Baja

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

National Employment Service — Public employment service

National Employment Service of Hungary

Job Search

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

Safety

How safe is Baja?

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

Baja's nearest major airport was 59 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	59 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 Baja. 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.

HungarianIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Baja.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −0.1°C in January and 21.8°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 32.1 mm in January and 63.6 mm in July.

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

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12°0°

19°5°

24°10°

27°13°

29°14°

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18°6°

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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 4 · Feb 6.8 · Mar 12.5 · Apr 18.9 · May 23.7 · Jun 27.3 · Jul 29.4 · Aug 29.4 · Sep 23.6 · Oct 17.9 · Nov 10.7 · Dec 4.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.5 · Feb -2.8 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 4.6 · May 9.5 · Jun 13.1 · Jul 14.5 · Aug 14.2 · Sep 10.1 · Oct 5.6 · Nov 1.7 · Dec -2.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.1 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 11.5 · May 16.3 · Jun 20 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 21.4 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 11 · Nov 5.7 · Dec 0.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 32.1 · Feb 37.3 · Mar 33.7 · Apr 39.6 · May 65.5 · Jun 76.3 · Jul 63.6 · Aug 57.2 · Sep 63.6 · Oct 54.6 · Nov 46.5 · Dec 47.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Arad (Romania) ±0.6 °C, Timișoara (Romania) ±0.9 °C, Craiova (Romania) ±1.1 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.8 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±2.0 °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 Baja?

The published population was 33,140 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	268 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	33,140 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

At the end of 2022, 14.53% of residents in Baja claimed no religious belief or other religious positions.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	14.53 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Baja

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	33,140	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	32,872	99.2%
Foreign national	268	0.8%
Non-EU foreign national	145	0.4%
EU foreign national	123	0.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

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	33,140	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	28,030	84.6%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	4,978	15.0%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	886	2.7%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	778	2.3%
German language spoken with family members or friends	403	1.2%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	168	0.5%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	73	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	72	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	61	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	19	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	12	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	11	0.0%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Slovenian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

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
Belong to ethnic groups	33,140	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	28,925	87.3%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	4,110	12.4%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	2,274	6.9%
Belong to German ethnic group	1,036	3.1%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	932	2.8%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	579	1.7%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	440	1.3%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	135	0.4%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	35	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	32	0.1%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	22	0.1%
Belong to Armenian ethnic group	15	0.0%
Belong to Polish ethnic group	14	0.0%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	12	0.0%
Belong to Greek ethnic group	11	0.0%
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group	8	0.0%
Belong to Slovenian ethnic group	8	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	21.87 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Baja

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.

Békéscsaba as a Baja alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 172 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 33,140 Baja+66%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,970 Bajano percentage
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 4.8% Baja−10%
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.20/m² Bajasame level

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Cities near Baja

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Gödöllő32,625 residents Mosonmagyaróvár33,935 residents Vác34,449 residents Salgótarján31,312 residents Ózd31,022 residents Cegléd36,200 residents

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Baja in rankings

#28 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Baja 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; Baja's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Baja part of Pécs?

Baja is near Pécs, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 57.6 km away by straight-line distance. Pécs city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²

Common questions

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

How many people live in Baja?

The published population was 33,140 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Baja?

What is the unemployment rate in Baja?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Baja?

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

Is Baja a good place to live?

Baja 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.

Is Baja part of Pécs?

Baja is near Pécs, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 57.6 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Baja?

Bátaszék is near Baja. 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 Baja?

The official citizenship distribution records 33,140 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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