Living in Tohoku-machi

In Tohoku-machi, rents across existing tenancies average €3.57 per m² a month (2023).

The median age was 57.2 years in 2020. The foreign population count was 237 in 2024. The city had 5 schools in May 2024. 上北郡東北町 had a population of 16,428 in October 2020. For 上北郡東北町, the unemployment rate was 3% in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1025 sources

Population16,428people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)237.4EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent3.57EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 43% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3%country median 3.8% — 20% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime306.2incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)

Cheaper rent than 94% of Japanese cities that publish it and lower unemployment than 85% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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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 上北郡東北町?

Average net cold rent is about 3.57 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): 3.57 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesTohoku-machi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Tohoku-machi€3.57

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Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

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 10GB¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.57 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official

Is Tohoku-machi a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–67%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–68%

Student50%strong on safety, weak on work · range 43–57%

Family62%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 55–69%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 47–67%

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What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 214 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 3.57 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 上北郡東北町?

The unemployment rate is 3 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁶

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Tohoku-machi is 3.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Tohoku-machi 3.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	237.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	3 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Tohoku-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
Rent, 60 m²€3.57/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €214
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 Tohoku-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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	5 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹¹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	6.73 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.489 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	48.1 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.⁵Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Tohoku-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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Physicians per 1,000 residents0.489 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 上北郡東北町?

Police recorded about 306 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: 306.2 incidents per 100,000 · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	306.2 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)¹²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	3 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 Tohoku-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 Tohoku-machi.

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Population and city profile

The city covered 326.5 km² in 2024. Population density was 49 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 上北郡東北町?

The published population was 16,428 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	326.5 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 km2.⁴Official
Foreign residents	237 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.³Official
Population density	49 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 km2.⁴Official
Population	16,428 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸Official

International community in Tohoku-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	16,428	100.0%
Japanese	16,325	99.4%
Foreigner	103	0.6%
People's Republic of China	49	0.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	37	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	9	0.1%
Others	3	0.0%
United States of America	2	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	1	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	1	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	57.2 years	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality median age table⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Tohoku-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.

Gonohe-machi as a Tohoku-machi alternative in the same region

22 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Rent: €2.56/m² Gonohe-machi vs €3.57/m² Tohoku-machi−28%
Unemployment: 3.9% Gonohe-machi vs 3.0% Tohoku-machi+30%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 222 Gonohe-machi vs 306 Tohoku-machi−27%
Median gross pay, region: €226 Gonohe-machi vs €237 Tohoku-machi−5%
Residents: 16,042 Gonohe-machi vs 16,428 Tohoku-machi−2%

Full comparison More about Gonohe-machi

Cities near Tohoku-machi

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

Shichinohe-machi 8.6 km away

Rent: 3.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2018-12-31

Misawa 10.6 km away

Rent: 4.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Towada 13.5 km away

Rent: 5.47 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Oirase-cho 18.5 km away

Rent: 5.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Gonohe-machi 22.3 km away

Rent: 2.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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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 上北郡東北町?

The published population was 16,428 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 上北郡東北町?

Average net cold rent is about 3.57 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 250 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How safe is 上北郡東北町?

Police recorded about 306 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 (2025 confirmed).

What is the unemployment rate in 上北郡東北町?

The unemployment rate is 3 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Tohoku-machi?

The median gross salary is 237.4 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Tohoku-machi?

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

Is Tohoku-machi a good place to live?

Tohoku-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 Tohoku-machi?

Shichinohe-machi, Misawa, Towada, Rokunohe-machi, Oirase-cho are near Tohoku-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 Tohoku-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 16,325 people (99.4%) 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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