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Living in Nagyhalász

In Nagyhalász, unemployment is 9.2% (2022).

Nagyhalász had a population of 5,296 at the end of 2022. An unemployment rate of 9.22% was measured at the end of 2022. Nagyhalász's foreign population totalled 13 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0724 sources

Population5,296people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Average gross salary1,316EUR/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 rate9.22%country median 4.6% — 99% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database
Recorded crime1,838incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region
PM2.5, annual mean15µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

Nagyhalász's housing vacancy rate stood at 2.87% at the end of 2022. Nagyhalász counted 1,948 dwellings at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Nagyhalász recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€26
Mobile plan, 10 GB€18
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited26.04 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom home internet18Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB17.81 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom Domino Next17Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)2.87 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)5Official
Dwellings1,948 dwellings31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)3.22 EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei12Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)169.3 EUR/month31 Oct 2018Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei12Official · regional context

Is Nagyhalász 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 39–61%
Skilled employee47%strong on work, weak on education · range 38–56%
Student49%strong on cost, weak on work · range 39–59%
Family42%strong on safety, weak on education · range 31–53%
Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–72%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Nagyhalász?

The unemployment rate is about 9.2 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 9.22 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database10
Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Nagyhalász is 9.2%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,316 EUR/month31 Dec 2025KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions11Official · county
Unemployment rate9.22 %country median 4.6%31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database10Official

What does a salary buy in Nagyhalász?

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

Hungary median gross pay: €1,005 (2022-12-31).
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
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Nagyhalász Salary needed to live in Nagyhalász

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Nagyhalász. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Nagyhalász?

Police recorded about 1,838 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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents1,838 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 202511.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region1Official · county

Mobility and administration

Nagyhalász's nearest airport was DEB, 72 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport2 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights15Official
Distance to the nearest major airport72 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)DEB3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Nagyhalász. 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
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Nagyhalász.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 in the air was 15 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Nagyhalász's monthly mean temperatures were −2.4°C in January and 22.9°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Nagyhalász?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 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 (EEA)2

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean15 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency (EEA)2Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.15 · Feb 17.47 · Mar 23.12 · Apr 30.52 · May 32.94 · Jun 37.54 · Jul 40.55 · Aug 38.82 · Sep 36.44 · Oct 28.09 · Nov 23.81 · Dec 14.55 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -24.12 · Feb -20.03 · Mar -13.82 · Apr -3.99 · May -0.64 · Jun 6.67 · Jul 9.11 · Aug 8.34 · Sep 2.74 · Oct -6.83 · Nov -7.51 · Dec -16.64 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan -2.36 · Feb -0.04 · Mar 5.31 · Apr 11.77 · May 16.86 · Jun 20.76 · Jul 22.93 · Aug 22.87 · Sep 17.33 · Oct 11.03 · Nov 5.2 · Dec -0.71 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by monthJan 26.5 · Feb 30.9 · Mar 27.9 · Apr 39.9 · May 58.7 · Jun 63.5 · Jul 67.9 · Aug 46 · Sep 50.8 · Oct 44.2 · Nov 41.2 · Dec 48.5 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO14Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Nagyhalász?

The published population was 5,296 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Foreign residents13 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)4Official
Population5,296 people31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database10Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share9.52 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)8Official

International community in Nagyhalász

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 groupPeopleShare
Citizenship5,296100.0%
Citizen of Hungary5,28399.8%
Foreign national130.2%
Non-EU foreign national100.2%
EU foreign national30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

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 groupPeopleShare
Language spoken with family members or friends5,296100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends4,76690.0%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends5039.5%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups2795.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends2564.8%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends2264.3%
Other language spoken with family members or friends651.2%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends300.6%
German language spoken with family members or friends70.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends60.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Ethnic groups5,296100.0%
Hungarian4,66488.1%
No answer to ethnic groups4568.6%
Domestic ethnic groups4338.2%
Gipsy (Romani)4167.9%
Other ethnic groups60.1%
Croatian40.1%
Romanian40.1%
Greek30.1%
Ukrainian30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher8.01 %31 Dec 2022Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)7Official

Alternatives for people set on Nagyhalász

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.

Ibrány as a Nagyhalász alternative in the same region

3 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 6.2% Ibrány vs 9.2% Nagyhalász−33%
  • Residents: 6,323 Ibrány vs 5,296 Nagyhalász+19%
  • Rent: €3.22/m² Ibrány vs €3.22/m² Nagyhalászsame level
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,838 Ibrány vs 1,838 Nagyhalászsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 15.0 µg/m³ Ibrány vs 15.0 µg/m³ Nagyhalászsame level

Békéscsaba as a Nagyhalász alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 169 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 5,296 Nagyhalász+942%
  • Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 9.2% Nagyhalász−53%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,838 Nagyhalászno percentage
  • Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.22/m² Nagyhalászsame level

Cities near Nagyhalász

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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How does Nagyhalász compare?

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

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

Is Nagyhalász part of Nyíregyháza?

Nagyhalász is in the published commuting zone of Nyíregyháza; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Nyíregyháza city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3

Common questions

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

How many people live in Nagyhalász?

The published population was 5,296 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

Is the air quality good in Nagyhalász?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 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 (EEA).

How safe is Nagyhalász?

Police recorded about 1,838 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 Nagyhalász?

The unemployment rate is about 9.2 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Nagyhalász?

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

Is Nagyhalász a good place to live?

Nagyhalász 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 Nagyhalász part of Nyíregyháza?

Nagyhalász is in the published commuting zone of Nyíregyháza; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Nagyhalász?

Nyíregyháza, Ibrány, Kemecse, Nyírtelek, Rakamaz are near Nagyhalász. 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 Nagyhalász?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,296 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nagyhalász, Hungary: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e163dd951f8d93ec48d2fb4b7be333e8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/hu/nagyhalasz/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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