Living in Pásztó

In Pásztó, unemployment is 5.3% (2022).

Residents of Pásztó numbered 8,608 at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, unemployment in Pásztó reached 5.33%. Pásztó's foreign population totalled 74 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0723 sources

Population8,608people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,369EUR/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 rate5.33%country median 4.6% — 15% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime2,339incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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

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Housing and cost

Pásztó had a vacancy rate of 13.93% at the end of 2022. The city had 4,170 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 internet¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁶Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	13.93 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	4,170 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.66 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	141.1 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Pásztó 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%

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

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

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Pásztó?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.33 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Pásztó is 5.3%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Pásztó 5.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,369 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	5.33 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Pásztó?

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 Pásztó. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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Safety

How safe is Pásztó?

Police recorded about 2,339 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	2,339 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Pásztó's nearest airport was BUD, 64 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	64 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 Pásztó. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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Care and integration support for persons granted international or national protection — Newcomer Adaptation

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperatures were −2.9°C in January and 21.6°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Pásztó?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency²

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

PM2.59WHO 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	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.83 · Feb 15.43 · Mar 21.67 · Apr 28.51 · May 30.68 · Jun 35.81 · Jul 39.61 · Aug 37.64 · Sep 33.81 · Oct 27.03 · Nov 20.65 · Dec 11.54 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.62 · Feb -18.84 · Mar -16.81 · Apr -4.65 · May -1.32 · Jun 2.99 · Jul 7.06 · Aug 6.78 · Sep 2.05 · Oct -4.63 · Nov -12.69 · Dec -16.96 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.94 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 4.17 · Apr 10.54 · May 15.46 · Jun 19.4 · Jul 21.59 · Aug 21.27 · Sep 15.85 · Oct 9.73 · Nov 4.14 · Dec -1.46 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 41.5 · Feb 50 · Mar 47.9 · Apr 58.9 · May 94.3 · Jun 82.2 · Jul 105.7 · Aug 80.5 · Sep 67.6 · Oct 66.2 · Nov 67.2 · Dec 52 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Pásztó?

The published population was 8,608 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	74 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	8,608 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	10.36 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Pásztó

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	8,608	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	8,534	99.1%
Foreign national	74	0.9%
EU foreign national	43	0.5%
Non-EU foreign national	31	0.4%

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	8,608	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	7,773	90.3%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	812	9.4%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	206	2.4%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	162	1.9%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	109	1.3%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	104	1.2%
German language spoken with family members or friends	29	0.3%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.1%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	5	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
Belong to ethnic groups	8,608	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	7,953	92.4%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	639	7.4%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	346	4.0%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	251	2.9%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	215	2.5%
Belong to German ethnic group	42	0.5%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	20	0.2%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	9	0.1%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	6	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	4	0.0%
Belong to Greek ethnic group	4	0.0%
Belong to Polish ethnic group	4	0.0%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	3	0.0%
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group	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	16.63 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Pásztó

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.

Győr as a Pásztó alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 156 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: 127,599 Győr vs 8,608 Pásztó+1382%
Unemployment: 3.2% Győr vs 5.3% Pásztó−40%
Rent: €5.25/m² Győr vs €2.66/m² Pásztóno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 410 Győr vs 2,339 Pásztóno percentage

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Cities near Pásztó

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

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

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

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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 Pásztó?

The published population was 8,608 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

Is the air quality good in Pásztó?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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 Pásztó?

What is the unemployment rate in Pásztó?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Pásztó?

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

Is Pásztó a good place to live?

Pásztó 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 Pásztó?

Bátonyterenye, Salgótarján, Lőrinci, Szécsény, Gyöngyös are near Pásztó. 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 Pásztó?

The official citizenship distribution records 8,608 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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