Living in Kecskemét

In Kecskemét, unemployment is 4% (2022).

Kecskemét had a population of 108,120 at the end of 2022. Kecskemét had an unemployment rate of 3.98% at the end of 2022. Kecskemét had a foreign population of 1,570 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0421 sources

Population108,120people31 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 rate3.98%country median 4.6% — 14% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime567.6incidents 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 Kecskemét?

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 Kecskemét.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 14.81%. The number of dwellings in Kecskemét reached 54,802 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 internet¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁴Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	14.81 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	54,802 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 Kecskemét a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–67%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–71%

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

Family54%strong on family, weak on cost · range 43–65%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kecskemét?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 3.98 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Kecskemét is 4.0%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Kecskemét 4.0%

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	3.98 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Kecskemét?

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 Kecskemét. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Kecskemét?

Police recorded about 568 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 567.6 incidents per 100,000 · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	567.6 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Kecskemét's nearest airport was BUD, 67 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	67 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.3°C in January to 22.2°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 28.7 mm in January and 62.4 mm in July.

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

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3°-3°

6°-2°

12°1°

18°6°

23°11°

26°14°

28°16°

29°15°

23°11°

17°6°

10°2°

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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 3.3 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 11.8 · Apr 18.1 · May 22.8 · Jun 26.2 · Jul 28.4 · Aug 28.6 · Sep 22.8 · Oct 16.9 · Nov 9.9 · Dec 3.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.3 · Feb -2.5 · Mar 1.3 · Apr 6.2 · May 10.6 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 15.7 · Aug 15.4 · Sep 11 · Oct 6.3 · Nov 2 · Dec -2.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.3 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 6.2 · Apr 11.8 · May 16.5 · Jun 20.4 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 21.7 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 11.1 · Nov 5.6 · Dec 0.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 28.7 · Feb 33.2 · Mar 26.1 · Apr 34.3 · May 60.4 · Jun 71.8 · Jul 62.4 · Aug 45.5 · Sep 50.4 · Oct 43.7 · Nov 42.5 · Dec 40.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Arad (Romania) ±0.5 °C, Iași (Romania) ±0.8 °C, Timișoara (Romania) ±0.8 °C, Buzău (Romania) ±0.9 °C, Craiova (Romania) ±0.8 °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 Kecskemét?

The published population was 108,120 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	1.45 %	1 Oct 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Foreign residents	1,570 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	108,120 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	13.94 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Kecskemét

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	108,120	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	106,550	98.5%
Foreign national	1,570	1.5%
Non-EU foreign national	833	0.8%
EU foreign national	736	0.7%

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	108,120	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	90,178	83.4%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	17,507	16.2%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	3,399	3.1%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	1,202	1.1%
German language spoken with family members or friends	611	0.6%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	154	0.1%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	143	0.1%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	122	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	105	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	83	0.1%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	33	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	32	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	19	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	15	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	13	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.0%
Slovenian 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
Ethnic groups	108,120	100.0%
Hungarian	90,359	83.6%
No answer to ethnic groups	16,959	15.7%
Domestic ethnic groups	1,834	1.7%
Gipsy (Romani)	694	0.6%
German	421	0.4%
Other ethnic groups	417	0.4%
Ukrainian	156	0.1%
Serbian	143	0.1%
Romanian	118	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Croatian	107	0.1%
Slovakian	63	0.1%
Bulgarian	51	0.0%
Polish	42	0.0%
Armenian	32	0.0%
Greek	21	0.0%
Ruthenian	20	0.0%
Slovenian	3	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	24 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Kecskemét

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.

Kerekegyháza as a Kecskemét alternative in the same region

17 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: 6,458 Kerekegyháza vs 108,120 Kecskemét−94%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,970 Kerekegyháza vs 568 Kecskemétno percentage
Unemployment: 3.5% Kerekegyháza vs 4.0% Kecskemét−13%
Rent: €3.20/m² Kerekegyháza vs €3.20/m² Kecskemétsame level

Full comparison More about Kerekegyháza

Győr as a Kecskemét alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 178 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 2.6% Győr vs 1.5% Kecskemét+78%
Rent: €5.25/m² Győr vs €3.20/m² Kecskemétno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 410 Győr vs 568 Kecskemét−28%
Unemployment: 3.2% Győr vs 4.0% Kecskemét−19%
Residents: 127,599 Győr vs 108,120 Kecskemét+18%

Full comparison More about Győr

Cities near Kecskemét

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Nyíregyháza116,282 residents Székesfehérvár95,045 residents Győr127,599 residents Pécs139,412 residents Miskolc141,440 residents Szombathely78,190 residents

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Kecskemét in rankings

#8 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

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

The published population was 108,120 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Kecskemét?

Police recorded about 568 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 region.

What is the unemployment rate in Kecskemét?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Kecskemét?

1,570 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Kecskemét a good place to live?

Kecskemét 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 Kecskemét?

Nagykőrös, Kerekegyháza, Lajosmizse, Tiszaalpár are near Kecskemét. 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 Kecskemét?

The official citizenship distribution records 108,120 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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