Living in Kaba

In Kaba, unemployment is 6.9% (2022).

At the end of 2022, Kaba had a population of 5,308. Kaba registered an unemployment rate of 6.86% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 9 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0721 sources

Population5,308people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,560EUR/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 rent3.22EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate6.86%country median 4.6% — 48% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,213incidents 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 Kaba?

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 Kaba.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The vacancy rate was 7.2% at the end of 2022. The number of dwellings in Kaba reached 2,334 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 internet¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁵Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	7.2 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	2,334 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.22 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 Kaba a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–63%

Skilled employee49%strong on work, weak on education · range 40–58%

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

Family43%strong on safety, weak on education · range 32–54%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kaba?

The unemployment rate is about 6.9 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 6.86 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Kaba is 6.9%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Kaba 6.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,560 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	6.86 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Kaba?

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

Left over each month€435of €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€3.22/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €193
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	€435

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kaba. 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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Safety

How safe is Kaba?

Police recorded about 1,213 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	1,213 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Kaba's nearest airport was DEB, 29 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	29 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DEB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kaba. 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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Climate and air quality

Kaba's monthly mean temperatures were −1.7°C in January and 23.5°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.47 · Feb 17.67 · Mar 22.83 · Apr 31.4 · May 33.55 · Jun 38.26 · Jul 41.22 · Aug 39.97 · Sep 36.08 · Oct 28.45 · Nov 23.82 · Dec 14.97 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -23.99 · Feb -19.52 · Mar -12.8 · Apr -4.39 · May 0.12 · Jun 4.97 · Jul 9.59 · Aug 8.48 · Sep 3.16 · Oct -6.15 · Nov -6.67 · Dec -16.03 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.67 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 5.7 · Apr 11.95 · May 17.18 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 23.54 · Aug 23.39 · Sep 17.71 · Oct 11.49 · Nov 5.61 · Dec -0.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kaba?

The published population was 5,308 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	9 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	5,308 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	32.78 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Kaba

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	5,308	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	5,299	99.8%
Foreign national	9	0.2%
EU foreign national	7	0.1%

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	5,308	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	4,876	91.9%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	430	8.1%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	94	1.8%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	67	1.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	63	1.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	60	1.1%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	3	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	3	0.1%

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
Ethnic groups	5,308	100.0%
Hungarian	4,859	91.5%
No answer to ethnic groups	408	7.7%
Domestic ethnic groups	183	3.4%
Gipsy (Romani)	168	3.2%
Romanian	5	0.1%
Other ethnic groups	4	0.1%
Slovenian	3	0.1%

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	8.89 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Kaba

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.

Püspökladány as a Kaba alternative in the same region

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

Residents: 13,369 Püspökladány vs 5,308 Kaba+152%
Unemployment: 4.5% Püspökladány vs 6.9% Kaba−35%
Rent: €3.22/m² Püspökladány vs €3.22/m² Kabasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,213 Püspökladány vs 1,213 Kabasame level

Full comparison More about Püspökladány

Békéscsaba as a Kaba alternative in the same country

76 km away, 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 5,308 Kaba+939%
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 6.9% Kaba−37%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,213 Kabano percentage
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.22/m² Kabasame level

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Cities near Kaba

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Lőrinci5,300 residents Nagyhalász5,296 residents Bugyi5,277 residents Mezőkovácsháza5,341 residents Tótkomlós5,344 residents Tát5,248 residents

How does Kaba compare?

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

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

Is Kaba part of Debrecen?

Kaba belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Debrecen; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 32.6 km away by straight-line distance. Debrecen city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source²

Common questions

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

How many people live in Kaba?

The published population was 5,308 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Kaba?

What is the unemployment rate in Kaba?

The unemployment rate is about 6.9 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Kaba?

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

Is Kaba a good place to live?

Kaba 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 Kaba part of Debrecen?

Kaba belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Debrecen; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 32.6 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Kaba?

Nádudvar, Püspökladány, Hajdúszoboszló, Derecske are near Kaba. 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 Kaba?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,308 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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