Living in Yokoze-machi

秩父郡横瀬町 had 7,979 residents in October 2020 and is a city in Japan. The unemployment rate was 3.8% in October 2020. The median age was 56 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 89 in 2024. The city had 2 schools in May 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1026 sources

Population7,979people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)268.7EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average rent415.3EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate3.8%country median 3.8% — about the sameOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime223.7incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed)

PM2.5, annual mean8.68µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Yokoze-machi?

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 JapanNational rates and thresholds that apply in Yokoze-machi.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Japan's Housing and Land Survey monthly-rent measure excludes security deposits, key money/right money and common-area charges. The Ministry of Land says deposit terms vary by regional custom; these sources provide context, not a comparable city-level distribution. Statistics Bureau glossary (2018) · MLIT rental-housing Q&A.

No city-level rent figure is published for Yokoze-machi. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesYokoze-machi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

Show the other 6 cities

Saitama€10.37

Chiba€9.08

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	31.61 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	ドコモ光月額料金 — NTTドコモ¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB³Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	415.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · regional context

Is Yokoze-machi 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 worker48%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–58%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–60%

Student38%strong on safety, weak on work · range 30–46%

Family52%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 44–60%

Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–61%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 秩父郡横瀬町?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Yokoze-machi is 3.8%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Yokoze-machi 3.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	268.7 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	3.8 %country median 3.8% — about the same	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Yokoze-machi?

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

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

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.	outside the model's range
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings · 2023-12-31	− €415
Internet€32 · official · ドコモ光月額料金 · 2026-09-30	− €32
Mobile plan€22 · official · docomo mini 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Yokoze-machi Salary needed to live in Yokoze-machi

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Yokoze-machi. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Hello Work — Public employment service

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Job Search

Search jobs

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	2 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹⁰Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	38.3 per 100,000	2022	Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Yokoze-machi when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

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.

Safety

How safe is 秩父郡横瀬町?

Police recorded about 224 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: 223.7 incidents per 100,000 · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	223.7 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed)¹²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	4 count	2024	Unique direct scheduled destination endpoints for the nearest scheduled-service airport in the complete 97-airport MLIT universe; domestic endpoints come from the official 2024 annual route table and international endpoints from the official 2024 summer and winter direct scheduled-flight tables.¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Yokoze-machi. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan — State Language Course

Agency for Cultural Affairs

For foreigners living in Japan.

JapaneseIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Yokoze-machi.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 秩父郡横瀬町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.7 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.68 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹¹

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.58.7WHO 5 · EU 25

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

PM2.5 across cities in JapanAnnual PM2.5 in Yokoze-machi is 8.7 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Yokoze-machi 8.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.68 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 10 · Feb 10.8 · Mar 14.3 · Apr 19.6 · May 24 · Jun 26.8 · Jul 30.6 · Aug 32.3 · Sep 28.5 · Oct 23.1 · Nov 17.7 · Dec 12.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.9 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 5.8 · Apr 10.6 · May 15.6 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 21.6 · Oct 15.9 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 5.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.3 · Feb 6.8 · Mar 9.9 · Apr 15 · May 19.6 · Jun 23 · Jul 26.8 · Aug 28.1 · Sep 24.8 · Oct 19.3 · Nov 13.8 · Dec 8.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 41.9 · Feb 53 · Mar 87.8 · Apr 104.3 · May 146.6 · Jun 192.6 · Jul 177 · Aug 193 · Sep 271.2 · Oct 199.5 · Nov 89.2 · Dec 63.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 160.3 · Feb 152.5 · Mar 179.8 · Apr 197.9 · May 205.7 · Jun 151.9 · Jul 192 · Aug 230.6 · Sep 162 · Oct 163.6 · Nov 150.4 · Dec 160.1 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Matsusaka ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.3 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±2.7 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.7 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.9 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.1 °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

The city covered 49.4 km² in 2024. Population density was 154 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 秩父郡横瀬町?

The published population was 7,979 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	49.36 km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁶Official
Foreign residents	89 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁵Official
Population density	154 people/km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁶Official
Population	7,979 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹Official

International community in Yokoze-machi

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Persons in the official 2020 Population Census Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households; sex-total population by source-native nationality category. · 2020

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,979	100.0%
Japanese	7,905	99.1%
Foreigner	63	0.8%
Republic of the Philippines	26	0.3%
People's Republic of China	20	0.3%
Nationality not reported	11	0.1%
Others	8	0.1%
Republic of Korea	2	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	2	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	1	0.0%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	1	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
India	1	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%
United States of America	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	56.1 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Yokoze-machi

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.

Kokubunji as a Yokoze-machi alternative in the same region

45 km away, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €413 Kokubunji vs €269 Yokoze-machi+54%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,360 (2024) Kokubunji vs 224 (2025) Yokoze-machino percentage
Annual PM2.5: 8.1 µg/m³ Kokubunji vs 8.7 µg/m³ Yokoze-machi−6%

Full comparison More about Kokubunji

Fuchu-cho as a Yokoze-machi alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 625 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 51,155 Fuchu-cho vs 7,979 Yokoze-machi+541%
Median gross pay, region: €320 Fuchu-cho vs €269 Yokoze-machi+19%
Unemployment: 3.3% Fuchu-cho vs 3.8% Yokoze-machi−13%

Full comparison More about Fuchu-cho

Cities near Yokoze-machi

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

Chichibu 15.3 km away

Rent: 5.71 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ogawamachi 16.5 km away

Rent: 6.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Moroyama-machi 20.1 km away

Rent: 8.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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Akkeshi7,976 residents Kotohira7,989 residents Ōwani8,009 residents Ohi-cho7,910 residents Shinchi-machi7,905 residents Anamizu7,890 residents

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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 秩父郡横瀬町?

The published population was 7,979 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

Is the air quality good in 秩父郡横瀬町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.7 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023.

How safe is 秩父郡横瀬町?

Police recorded about 224 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed).

What is the unemployment rate in 秩父郡横瀬町?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Yokoze-machi?

The median gross salary is 268.7 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Yokoze-machi?

89 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）..

Is Yokoze-machi a good place to live?

Yokoze-machi 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 Yokoze-machi?

Ogano-machi, Minano-machi, Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu, Ogawamachi are near Yokoze-machi. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Japanese citizenship group in Yokoze-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 7,905 people (99.1%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Yokoze-machi, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 994f80bc8d74f80053ad6ada763f6fc7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/chichibugunyokosemachi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Yokoze-machi, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents) e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-24
docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan 2020 Population Census table 44-1 nationality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-01
Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
Japan 2020 Census municipality population table e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127 e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16

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NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023 gis.nies.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed) police.pref.saitama.lg.jp · checked 2026-10-08
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