Living in Nagykőrös

In Nagykőrös, unemployment is 5% (2022).

Residents of Nagykőrös numbered 23,116 at the end of 2022. The city faced an unemployment rate of 5.02% at the end of 2022. A foreign population count of 131 was recorded at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0723 sources

Population23,116people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,624EUR/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 rent2.93EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018District figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate5.02%country median 4.6% — 8% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,557incidents 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 Nagykőrös?

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 Nagykőrös.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Nagykőrös had a vacancy rate of 12.05% at the end of 2022. The city had 10,735 dwellings at the end of 2022.

How much does it cost to rent in Nagykőrös?

Average net cold rent is about 2.93 EUR/m² per month (2018-10), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 2.93 EUR/m²/month · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹

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 internet¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁶Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	12.05 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	10,735 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.93 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · county
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	175.6 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · county

Is Nagykőrös a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–63%

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

Family46%strong on safety, weak on education · range 35–57%

Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 176 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 2.93 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2018-10

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Nagykőrös?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.02 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Nagykőrös is 5.0%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Nagykőrös 5.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,624 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	5.02 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Nagykőrös?

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

Left over each month€452of €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€2.93/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €176
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	€452

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Nagykőrös. 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 Nagykőrös?

Police recorded about 1,557 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	1,557 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Nagykőrös's nearest airport was BUD, 59 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	59 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Nagykőrös. 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 temperatures were −1.1°C in January and 23.8°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 28.7 mm in January and 62.4 mm in July.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.18 · Feb 18.97 · Mar 22.87 · Apr 30.77 · May 32.99 · Jun 38.45 · Jul 41.6 · Aug 40.23 · Sep 36.3 · Oct 29.14 · Nov 22.81 · Dec 16.81 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.45 · Feb -20.4 · Mar -12.91 · Apr -4.53 · May 1.28 · Jun 4.61 · Jul 9.33 · Aug 8.88 · Sep 3.8 · Oct -4.52 · Nov -5.63 · Dec -16.5 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.14 · Feb 0.93 · Mar 6.04 · Apr 12.07 · May 17.26 · Jun 21.47 · Jul 23.78 · Aug 23.55 · Sep 17.89 · Oct 11.8 · Nov 5.81 · Dec 0.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
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	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Nagykőrös?

The published population was 23,116 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	131 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	23,116 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	17.41 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Nagykőrös

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	23,116	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	22,985	99.4%
Foreign national	131	0.6%
EU foreign national	97	0.4%
Non-EU foreign national	34	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	23,116	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	19,583	84.7%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	3,477	15.0%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	464	2.0%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	146	0.6%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	69	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	67	0.3%
German language spoken with family members or friends	45	0.2%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	11	0.0%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	3	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	23,116	100.0%
Hungarian	19,675	85.1%
No answer to ethnic groups	3,326	14.4%
Domestic ethnic groups	354	1.5%
Gipsy (Romani)	240	1.0%
Other ethnic groups	50	0.2%
Romanian	36	0.2%
German	28	0.1%
Serbian	12	0.1%
Ukrainian	9	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Greek	7	0.0%
Bulgarian	6	0.0%
Polish	5	0.0%
Slovenian	5	0.0%
Slovakian	4	0.0%
Armenian	3	0.0%
Croatian	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	13.36 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Nagykőrös

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.

Cegléd as a Nagykőrös alternative in the same region

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

Residents: 36,200 Cegléd vs 23,116 Nagykőrös+57%
Unemployment: 4.4% Cegléd vs 5.0% Nagykőrös−12%
Rent: €2.93/m² Cegléd vs €2.93/m² Nagykőrössame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,557 Cegléd vs 1,557 Nagykőrössame level

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Sopron as a Nagykőrös alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 252 km, 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: 60,334 Sopron vs 23,116 Nagykőrös+161%
Unemployment: 2.9% Sopron vs 5.0% Nagykőrös−41%
Rent: €4.33/m² Sopron vs €2.93/m² Nagykőrösno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 410 Sopron vs 1,557 Nagykőrösno percentage

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Cities near Nagykőrös

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

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Hajdúszoboszló23,174 residents Tata23,323 residents Dunaharaszti23,579 residents Siófok23,742 residents Gyál23,949 residents Kazincbarcika24,371 residents

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

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

Is Nagykőrös part of Budapest?

Nagykőrös belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Budapest; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 76.1 km away by straight-line distance. Budapest city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source²³

Common questions

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

How many people live in Nagykőrös?

The published population was 23,116 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How much does it cost to rent in Nagykőrös?

Average net cold rent is about 2.93 EUR/m² per month (2018-10), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 205 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei.

How safe is Nagykőrös?

What is the unemployment rate in Nagykőrös?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Nagykőrös?

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

Is Nagykőrös a good place to live?

Nagykőrös 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 Nagykőrös part of Budapest?

Nagykőrös belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Budapest; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 76.1 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Nagykőrös?

Kecskemét, Cegléd, Lajosmizse, Abony are near Nagykőrös. 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 Nagykőrös?

The official citizenship distribution records 23,116 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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