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Living in Higashimurayama

In Higashimurayama, rents across existing tenancies average €8.74 per m² a month (2023).

The city faced an unemployment rate of 3.96% at the end of 2020. The city recorded a population density of 8,857.4 people per km² at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2438 sources

Population152,136people1 Jan 2026Official source · Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total
Median gross salary (region)327.1EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent8.74EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 39% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate3.96%country median 3.8% — 5% aboveOfficial source · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)
Recorded crime1,761incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · JP-13-Tokyo-2024
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 8.4 — 5% belowOfficial source · tenbou.nies.go.jp

Pricier rent than 85% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 62% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Higashimurayama?

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

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.

How much does it cost to rent in Higashimurayama?

Average net cold rent is about 8.74 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), 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): 8.74 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp20
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Higashimurayama recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesHigashimurayama highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Higashimurayama highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Higashimurayama€8.74
Hiroshima€8.38
Sapporo€7.56
Show the other 6 cities
Kyoto€10.46
Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ22Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB3Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate9.89 %31 Oct 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.74 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp20Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)396.5 EUR/month31 Oct 2023Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura5Official

Is Higashimurayama 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–63%
Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–73%
Student64%strong on education, weak on work · range 57–71%
Family73%strong on family, weak on cost · range 66–80%
Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 51–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 525 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 8.74 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: 2023 Housing and Land Survey

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Higashimurayama?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.96 % · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)26
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Higashimurayama is 4.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)327.1 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp21Official
Unemployment rate3.96 %country median 3.8%31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)26Official

What does a salary buy in Higashimurayama?

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

regional median gross pay: €327 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
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
Rent, 60 m²€8.74/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €525
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 Higashimurayama Salary needed to live in Higashimurayama

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Higashimurayama. 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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools32 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 00004023112710Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents14.85 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,485 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Hospitals12 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV23Official
Pharmacies66 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV24Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.08 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents207.6 per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Higashimurayama 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.

Open the official coverage guide
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,485 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Higashimurayama?

Police recorded about 1,761 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-13-Tokyo-20248

MetricValuePeriodSource
Burglaries per 100,000 residents0 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-13-Tokyo-20248Official
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents1,761 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-13-Tokyo-20248Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents1.98 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-13-Tokyo-20248Official

Mobility and administration

Higashimurayama's nearest airport was HND, 37 km away and offered 73 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport73 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights13Official
Destinations from nearest airport4 count2024Unique 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.19Official
Distance to the nearest major airport37 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)HND3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

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

Find courses near Higashimurayama

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Higashimurayama?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: tenbou.nies.go.jp16

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

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.

PM2.5 across cities in JapanAnnual PM2.5 in Higashimurayama is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³country median 8.431 Dec 2023tenbou.nies.go.jp16Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Higashimurayama?

The published population was 152,136 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total15

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area17.14 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)25Official
Foreign-resident share3.07 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)28Official
Foreign residents4,663 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)28Official
Population density8,857 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)27Official
Population152,136 people1 Jan 2026Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total15Official

International community in Higashimurayama

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 groupPeopleShare
Total151,815100.0%
Japanese146,96696.8%
Foreigner2,7231.8%
Nationality not reported2,1261.4%
People's Republic of China1,1870.8%
Republic of Korea4700.3%
Others3420.2%
Republic of the Philippines2440.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam1580.1%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal1470.1%
Republic of Indonesia570.0%
Show 6 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
United States of America390.0%
Kingdom of Thailand360.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil150.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland140.0%
India70.0%
Republic of Peru70.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age50.3 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official

Alternatives for people set on Higashimurayama

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.

Koga as a Higashimurayama alternative in the same region

54 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €6.35/m² Koga vs €8.74/m² Higashimurayama−27%
  • Foreign residents: 4.8% Koga vs 3.1% Higashimurayama+56%
  • Empty flats: 14.4% Koga vs 9.9% Higashimurayama+46%
  • Median gross pay, region: €279 Koga vs €327 Higashimurayama−15%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 710 (2025) Koga vs 1,761 (2024) Higashimurayamano percentage
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,164.4 Koga vs 1,484.7 Higashimurayama−22%
  • Annual PM2.5: 6.6 µg/m³ Koga vs 8.0 µg/m³ Higashimurayama−18%

Kushiro as a Higashimurayama alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 908 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €5.19/m² Kushiro vs €8.74/m² Higashimurayama−41%
  • Empty flats: 19.1% Kushiro vs 9.9% Higashimurayama+93%
  • Median gross pay, region: €267 Kushiro vs €327 Higashimurayama−18%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,093.1 Kushiro vs 1,484.7 Higashimurayama+41%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 375 (2025) Kushiro vs 1,761 (2024) Higashimurayamano percentage

Cities near Higashimurayama

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

Kodaira 3.0 km away
Rent
10.06 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Higashiyamato 3.9 km away
Rent
7.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Kokubunji 4.9 km away
Rent
12 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tokorozawa 5.0 km away
Rent
9.66 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Higashikurume 5.5 km away
Rent
9.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Kiyose 6.3 km away
Rent
7.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Koganei 6.9 km away
Rent
12.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Nishitokyo 7.1 km away
Rent
11.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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Is Higashimurayama part of Tokyo?

Higashimurayama is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 21.4 km away by straight-line distance. Tokyo city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source38

Which comparable places record less crime than Higashimurayama?

14 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Higashimurayama in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Higashimurayama: 586 offences/100k (2024).

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source17

Common questions

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

How many people live in Higashimurayama?

The published population was 152,136 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total.

How much does it cost to rent in Higashimurayama?

Average net cold rent is about 8.74 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 612 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Higashimurayama?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: tenbou.nies.go.jp.

How safe is Higashimurayama?

Police recorded about 1,761 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-13-Tokyo-2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Higashimurayama?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (October 2020). Source: 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表).

What is the typical salary around Higashimurayama?

The median gross salary is 327.1 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Higashimurayama a good place to live?

Higashimurayama 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 Higashimurayama part of Tokyo?

Higashimurayama is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 21.4 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Higashimurayama?

Kodaira, Higashiyamato, Kokubunji, Tokorozawa, Higashikurume are near Higashimurayama. 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 Higashimurayama?

The official citizenship distribution records 146,966 people (96.8%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Higashimurayama?

14 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Higashimurayama in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Tokyo Metropolitan Police annual 2024 + Tokyo Metropolitan Government population estimate, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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