Living in Kazincbarcika

In Kazincbarcika, unemployment is 6% (2022).

Kazincbarcika's population was 24,371 at the end of 2022. Kazincbarcika had an unemployment rate of 6.03% at the end of 2022. A foreign population count of 99 was recorded at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0726 sources

Population24,371people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,436EUR/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 rate6.03%country median 4.6% — 30% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,877incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

PM2.5, annual mean18µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Kazincbarcika.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, Kazincbarcika recorded a vacancy rate of 12.1%. The city had 13,036 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 internet¹⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁸Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	12.1 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official
Dwellings	13,036 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.66 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹³Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	141.1 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹³Official · regional context

Is Kazincbarcika a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–62%

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

Family47%strong on safety, weak on education · range 36–58%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kazincbarcika?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 6.03 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Kazincbarcika is 6.0%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Kazincbarcika 6.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,436 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 regions¹²Official · county
Unemployment rate	6.03 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Kazincbarcika?

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 Kazincbarcika. 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 Kazincbarcika?

Police recorded about 1,877 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	1,877 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Kazincbarcika's nearest airport was DEB, 112 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	112 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DEB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 18 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperature moved from −3.8°C in January to 20.9°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Kazincbarcika?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 18 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.518WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	18 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.02 · Feb 16.26 · Mar 21.62 · Apr 27.59 · May 29.8 · Jun 33.95 · Jul 37.93 · Aug 36.75 · Sep 33.52 · Oct 25.73 · Nov 20.26 · Dec 10.17 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.29 · Feb -20.42 · Mar -17.77 · Apr -5.38 · May -2.36 · Jun 3.93 · Jul 6.16 · Aug 5.84 · Sep 1.24 · Oct -6.08 · Nov -12.6 · Dec -17.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.83 · Feb -1.71 · Mar 3.39 · Apr 9.92 · May 14.9 · Jun 18.77 · Jul 20.86 · Aug 20.58 · Sep 15.22 · Oct 9.07 · Nov 3.56 · Dec -2.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 28 · Feb 35.3 · Mar 31.3 · Apr 47.4 · May 67 · Jun 85 · Jul 91.1 · Aug 64.6 · Sep 53.8 · Oct 56.8 · Nov 44.6 · Dec 39 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kazincbarcika?

The published population was 24,371 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	99 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Population	24,371 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	19.33 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁹Official

International community in Kazincbarcika

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	24,371	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	24,272	99.6%
Foreign national	99	0.4%
Non-EU foreign national	51	0.2%
EU foreign national	47	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

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	24,371	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	21,015	86.2%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	3,304	13.6%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	619	2.5%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	123	0.5%
German language spoken with family members or friends	71	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	20	0.1%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	18	0.1%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.0%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) 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 source¹⁰

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	24,371	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	21,591	88.6%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	2,739	11.2%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	645	2.6%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	453	1.9%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	190	0.8%
Belong to German ethnic group	120	0.5%
Belong to Polish ethnic group	54	0.2%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	28	0.1%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	20	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group	20	0.1%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	14	0.1%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	13	0.1%
Belong to Greek ethnic group	7	0.0%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	5	0.0%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	4	0.0%
Belong to Slovenian ethnic group	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	16.43 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Kazincbarcika

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.

Edelény as a Kazincbarcika alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 0 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 9,271 Edelény vs 24,371 Kazincbarcika−62%
Unemployment: 5.9% Edelény vs 6.0% Kazincbarcikasame level
Rent: €2.66/m² Edelény vs €2.66/m² Kazincbarcikasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,877 Edelény vs 1,877 Kazincbarcikasame level
Annual PM2.5: 18.0 µg/m³ Edelény vs 18.0 µg/m³ Kazincbarcikasame level

Full comparison More about Edelény

Érd as a Kazincbarcika alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 161 km, better on 2 of 3 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 24,371 Kazincbarcika+192%
Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 6.0% Kazincbarcika−40%
Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €2.66/m² Kazincbarcikano percentage
Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Érd vs 18.0 µg/m³ Kazincbarcika−28%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 1,877 Kazincbarcikano percentage

Full comparison More about Érd

Cities near Kazincbarcika

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Gyál23,949 residents Siófok23,742 residents Szentes25,079 residents Dunaharaszti23,579 residents Tata23,323 residents Hajdúszoboszló23,174 residents

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Kazincbarcika in rankings

#28 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Hungary

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

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

Is Kazincbarcika part of Miskolc?

Kazincbarcika belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Miskolc; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 20.0 km away by straight-line distance. Miskolc city profile

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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 Kazincbarcika?

The published population was 24,371 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

Is the air quality good in Kazincbarcika?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 18 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Kazincbarcika?

What is the unemployment rate in Kazincbarcika?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Kazincbarcika?

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

Is Kazincbarcika a good place to live?

Kazincbarcika 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 Kazincbarcika part of Miskolc?

Kazincbarcika belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Miskolc; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 20.0 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Kazincbarcika?

Miskolc, Sajószentpéter, Edelény, Putnok, Felsőzsolca are near Kazincbarcika. 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 Kazincbarcika?

The official citizenship distribution records 24,371 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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