Living in Balassagyarmat

In Balassagyarmat, unemployment is 4.9% (2022).

Balassagyarmat numbered 14,185 residents at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, unemployment in Balassagyarmat reached 4.88%. At the end of 2022, the foreign population in Balassagyarmat numbered 152.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population14,185people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,369EUR/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 rent2.66EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate4.88%country median 4.6% — 5% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime2,339incidents 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 Balassagyarmat?

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 Balassagyarmat.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

A vacancy rate of 9.35% was recorded at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, the dwelling count totalled 6,746.

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 internet¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁵Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	9.35 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	6,746 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.66 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	141.1 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context

Is Balassagyarmat a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–65%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–65%

Student50%strong on cost, weak on work · range 40–60%

Family48%strong on family, weak on cost · range 37–59%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Balassagyarmat?

The unemployment rate is about 4.9 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.88 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Balassagyarmat is 4.9%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Balassagyarmat 4.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,369 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	4.88 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Balassagyarmat?

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

Left over each month€468of €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€2.66/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €159
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	€468

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Balassagyarmat. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Balassagyarmat?

Police recorded about 2,339 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	2,339 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Balassagyarmat's nearest airport was BUD, 72 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	72 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Balassagyarmat's monthly mean temperatures were −2.6°C in January and 21.9°C in July. Balassagyarmat's monthly precipitation totalled 27.2 mm in January and 74.1 mm in July.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.05 · Feb 15.8 · Mar 21.37 · Apr 29.16 · May 31.41 · Jun 35.83 · Jul 39.71 · Aug 37.97 · Sep 33.47 · Oct 27.5 · Nov 20.12 · Dec 12.49 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.84 · Feb -18.58 · Mar -15.94 · Apr -5.32 · May -0.43 · Jun 3.07 · Jul 7.02 · Aug 6.9 · Sep 1.92 · Oct -5.84 · Nov -13.06 · Dec -16.98 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.59 · Feb -0.59 · Mar 4.38 · Apr 10.76 · May 15.68 · Jun 19.68 · Jul 21.9 · Aug 21.54 · Sep 16.07 · Oct 9.97 · Nov 4.33 · Dec -1.23 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 27.2 · Feb 29.3 · Mar 30.7 · Apr 32.7 · May 63.3 · Jun 66.9 · Jul 74.1 · Aug 62.9 · Sep 46.8 · Oct 42.5 · Nov 42.3 · Dec 33.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Balassagyarmat?

The published population was 14,185 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	152 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	14,185 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	7.82 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Balassagyarmat

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	14,185	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	14,033	98.9%
Foreign national	152	1.1%
EU foreign national	93	0.7%
Non-EU foreign national	59	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	14,185	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	12,709	89.6%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	1,442	10.2%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	398	2.8%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	112	0.8%
German language spoken with family members or friends	44	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	22	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	21	0.1%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	20	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Croatian 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 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	14,185	100.0%
Hungarian	12,695	89.5%
No answer to ethnic groups	1,413	10.0%
Domestic ethnic groups	266	1.9%
Gipsy (Romani)	186	1.3%
Slovakian	36	0.3%
Other ethnic groups	32	0.2%
German	16	0.1%
Ukrainian	9	0.1%
Romanian	6	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Croatian	4	0.0%

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	19.06 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Balassagyarmat

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.

Érd as a Balassagyarmat alternative in the same country

82 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 71,253 Érd vs 14,185 Balassagyarmat+402%
Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €2.66/m² Balassagyarmatno percentage
Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 4.9% Balassagyarmat−25%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 2,339 Balassagyarmatno percentage

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Cities near Balassagyarmat

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Berettyóújfalu14,301 residents Sárvár14,314 residents Tiszaújváros14,362 residents Tapolca14,367 residents Hajdúsámson14,000 residents Pilisvörösvár14,468 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Balassagyarmat 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; Balassagyarmat'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 Balassagyarmat?

The published population was 14,185 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Balassagyarmat?

What is the unemployment rate in Balassagyarmat?

The unemployment rate is about 4.9 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Balassagyarmat?

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

Is Balassagyarmat a good place to live?

Balassagyarmat 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 Balassagyarmat?

Veľký Krtíš, Szécsény, Šahy are near Balassagyarmat. 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 Balassagyarmat?

The official citizenship distribution records 14,185 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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