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Living in Iwamizawa

In Iwamizawa, rents across existing tenancies average €4.97 per m² a month (2023).

An unemployment rate of 4.58% was measured at the end of 2020. Iwamizawa's population density measured 164.9 people per km² at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population79,306people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table
Median gross salary (region)261EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent4.97EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 21% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate4.59%country median 3.8% — 22% 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 crime478.9incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · 令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢 統計表, 図表1-5-2

Cheaper rent than 76% of Japanese cities that publish it and higher unemployment than 82% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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

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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 Iwamizawa?

Average net cold rent is about 4.97 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): 4.97 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp13
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Iwamizawa recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Iwamizawa€4.97
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Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
Hiroshima€8.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.97 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp13Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)274.6 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 Iwamizawa 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–65%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%
Student65%strong on education, weak on work · range 57–73%
Family66%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 57–75%
Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 298 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.97 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 Iwamizawa?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.59 % · 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)18
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Iwamizawa is 4.6%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)261 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp14Official
Unemployment rate4.59 %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)18Official

What does a salary buy in Iwamizawa?

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

regional median gross pay: €261 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
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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€4.97/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €298
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—
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Iwamizawa. 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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools31 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 00004023112710Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents21.33 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.18 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents226.7 per 100,0002022Exact 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.4Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Iwamizawa 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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Physicians per 1,000 residents2.18 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents478.9 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢 統計表, 図表1-5-216Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Iwamizawa was 32 km from its nearest major airport.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport12 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.12Official
Distance to the nearest major airport32 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)OKD3 Aug 2026OurAirports11Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Iwamizawa. 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.

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Climate and air quality

Iwamizawa's monthly mean temperatures were −5.3°C in January and 20.2°C in July. Iwamizawa's monthly precipitation totalled 119.4 mm in January and 111.5 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 90.2 hours in January and 156.2 hours in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -1.9 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 11.2 · May 17.7 · Jun 21.7 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 26.1 · Sep 22.4 · Oct 15.7 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 0.5 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 岩見沢9Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by monthJan -9.2 · Feb -8.9 · Mar -4.5 · Apr 1.3 · May 7.1 · Jun 12 · Jul 16.6 · Aug 17.6 · Sep 12.9 · Oct 6.2 · Nov 0.2 · Dec -6 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 岩見沢9Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by monthJan -5.3 · Feb -4.6 · Mar -0.4 · Apr 6.1 · May 12.1 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 20.2 · Aug 21.3 · Sep 17.4 · Oct 10.8 · Nov 3.9 · Dec -2.6 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 岩見沢9Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by monthJan 119.4 · Feb 85.5 · Mar 59.4 · Apr 52.7 · May 83.9 · Jun 69.5 · Jul 111.5 · Aug 161.1 · Sep 142.2 · Oct 110.4 · Nov 118.8 · Dec 144.5 mm31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 岩見沢9Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by monthJan 90.2 · Feb 111.3 · Mar 161.9 · Apr 176.6 · May 196.5 · Jun 173.6 · Jul 156.2 · Aug 158.8 · Sep 161.9 · Oct 138.5 · Nov 84.7 · Dec 69 hours31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 岩見沢9Official · parent municipality

Population and city profile

How many people live in Iwamizawa?

The published population was 79,306 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area481 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)17Official
Foreign-resident share0.665 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)19Official
Foreign residents484 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)19Official
Population density164.9 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)6Official
Population79,306 people1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census municipality population table6Official

International community in Iwamizawa

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
Total79,306100.0%
Japanese79,03199.7%
Foreigner1960.2%
Nationality not reported790.1%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam460.1%
People's Republic of China410.1%
Others360.0%
Republic of Korea210.0%
United States of America180.0%
Republic of the Philippines150.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal70.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Republic of Indonesia50.0%
Kingdom of Thailand30.0%
India20.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland10.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source3

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age57.1 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)1Official

Alternatives for people set on Iwamizawa

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.

Bibai as an Iwamizawa alternative in the same region

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

  • Rent: €3.59/m² Bibai vs €4.97/m² Iwamizawa−28%
  • Unemployment: 3.7% Bibai vs 4.6% Iwamizawa−19%
  • Median gross pay, region: €247 Bibai vs €261 Iwamizawa−5%
  • Foreign residents: 0.7% Bibai vs 0.7% Iwamizawa+7%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 479 Bibai vs 479 Iwamizawasame level
Full comparisonMore about Bibai

Shikokuchūō as an Iwamizawa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1248 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Foreign residents: 1.5% Shikokuchūō vs 0.7% Iwamizawa+129%
  • Unemployment: 2.9% Shikokuchūō vs 4.6% Iwamizawa−36%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 544 Shikokuchūō vs 479 Iwamizawa+14%
  • Median gross pay, region: €274 Shikokuchūō vs €261 Iwamizawa+5%
  • Rent: €5.09/m² Shikokuchūō vs €4.97/m² Iwamizawasame level
Full comparisonMore about Shikokuchūō

Cities near Iwamizawa

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

Mikasa 9.8 km away
Rent
3.26 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Bibai 16.5 km away
Rent
3.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tobetsu-cho 21.2 km away
Rent
4.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Ebetsu 22.0 km away
Rent
5.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Iwamizawa, nearest in population first.

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Fukushima-ku (Osaka)79,328 residentsShikokuchūō79,536 residentsKizugawa79,017 residentsNatori-shi79,817 residentsTakefu79,895 residentsNatori78,718 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 Iwamizawa?

The published population was 79,306 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in Iwamizawa?

Average net cold rent is about 4.97 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 348 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

What is the unemployment rate in Iwamizawa?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (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 Iwamizawa?

The median gross salary is 261 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Iwamizawa?

484 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民).

Is Iwamizawa a good place to live?

Iwamizawa 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 Iwamizawa?

Mikasa, Kuriyama-cho, Bibai, Nanporo-cho, Tobetsu-cho are near Iwamizawa. 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 Iwamizawa?

The official citizenship distribution records 79,031 people (99.7%) 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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