Living in Nagaoka

In Nagaoka, rents across existing tenancies average €7.05 per m² a month (2023).

The city faced an unemployment rate of 3.69% at the end of 2020. At the end of 2020, the population density reached 299.6 people per km².

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population255,261people31 Dec 2024Official source · e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度

Median gross salary (region)270.6EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent7.05EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 12% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.69%country median 3.8% — 2% belowOfficial 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 crime394.1incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · JP-15-Niigata-2025

PM2.5, annual mean7.74µg/m³country median 8.4 — 8% belowOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2022

Pricier rent than 68% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 66% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Nagaoka?

Average net cold rent is about 7.05 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): 7.05 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesNagaoka highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Nagaoka€7.05

Show the other 6 cities

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¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB³Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate	13.46 %	31 Oct 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status¹Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.05 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	329.9 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura⁶Official

Is Nagaoka 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–65%

Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on safety · range 61–77%

Student70%strong on education, weak on work · range 63–77%

Family77%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 70–84%

Retirement63%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 54–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 423 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 7.05 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 Nagaoka?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.69 % · 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)²²

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Nagaoka is 3.7%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Nagaoka 3.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	MHLW — Hello Work nationwide location list¹¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	270.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	3.69 %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)²²Official

What does a salary buy in Nagaoka?

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€7.05/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €423
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 offices in Nagaoka

MHLW lists 1 public employment office in Nagaoka (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	115 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹⁰Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	14.4 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,440 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Hospitals	11 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV¹⁹Official
Pharmacies	113 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV²⁰Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.36 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁸Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	236.2 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁸Official

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

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,440 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Nagaoka?

Police recorded about 394 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: 394.1 incidents per 100,000 · JP-15-Niigata-2025⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	394.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	JP-15-Niigata-2025⁹Official

Mobility and administration

Nagaoka's nearest airport was KIJ, 61 km away and offered 10 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	10 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Destinations from nearest airport	13 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.¹⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	61 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KIJ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Nagaoka?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.7 µg/m³ (2022) — 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: 7.74 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2022¹²

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

PM2.57.7WHO 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 Nagaoka is 7.7 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Nagaoka 7.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.74 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Dec 2022	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2022¹²Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Nagaoka?

The published population was 255,261 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	891.3 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)²¹Official
Foreign-resident share	1.24 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)²⁴Official
Foreign residents	3,135 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²⁴Official
Population density	299.6 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)²³Official
Population	255,261 people	31 Dec 2024	e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度⁵Official

International community in Nagaoka

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	266,936	100.0%
Japanese	264,201	99.0%
Foreigner	2,091	0.8%
People's Republic of China	687	0.3%
Nationality not reported	644	0.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	435	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	286	0.1%
Others	252	0.1%
Republic of Korea	118	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	106	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	75	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Kingdom of Thailand	55	0.0%
United States of America	36	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	22	0.0%
India	8	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	6	0.0%
Republic of Peru	5	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	52.3 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Nagaoka

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.

Fukui-shi as a Nagaoka alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 2.4% Fukui-shi vs 1.2% Nagaoka+93%
Unemployment: 2.9% Fukui-shi vs 3.7% Nagaoka−23%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 443 Fukui-shi vs 394 Nagaokano percentage
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,820.3 Fukui-shi vs 1,440.3 Nagaoka+26%
Residents: 254,029 Fukui-shi vs 255,261 Nagaoka−0%

Full comparison More about Fukui-shi

Alternative cities in Japan

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

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Hiratsuka255,967 residents Fukui-shi254,029 residents Fukui254,029 residents Kakogawa257,203 residents Yao257,840 residents Sōka252,586 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 Nagaoka?

The published population was 255,261 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度.

How much does it cost to rent in Nagaoka?

Average net cold rent is about 7.05 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 493 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Nagaoka?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.7 µg/m³ (2022) — 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 2022.

How safe is Nagaoka?

Police recorded about 394 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-15-Niigata-2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Nagaoka?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (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 Nagaoka?

The median gross salary is 270.6 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Nagaoka a good place to live?

Nagaoka 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.

How many people are in the Japanese citizenship group in Nagaoka?

The official citizenship distribution records 264,201 people (99.0%) 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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