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In Naka, rents across existing tenancies average €6.95 per m² a month (2023).

An unemployment rate of 3.66% was measured at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2432 sources

Population53,502people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table
Median gross salary (region)270.8EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent6.95EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 11% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate3.66%country median 3.8% — 3% 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 crime686.8incidents 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
PM2.5, annual mean9.27µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Pricier rent than 66% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 71% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Naka.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.

How much does it cost to rent in Naka?

Average net cold rent is about 6.95 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): 6.95 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp15
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Naka recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Naka€6.95
Show the other 6 cities
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18Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.95 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp15Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)347.5 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 Naka 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 worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–61%
Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%
Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 46–62%
Family57%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 48–66%
Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 417 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 6.95 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 Naka?

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

  • Unemployment rate: 3.66 % · 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)21
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Naka is 3.7%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)270.8 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp16Official
Unemployment rate3.66 %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)21Official

What does a salary buy in Naka?

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

regional median gross pay: €271 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
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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€6.95/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €417
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 Naka Salary needed to live in Naka

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Naka. 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
Open the Japan service overview

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools16 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 0000402311279Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents9.64 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents0.785 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents111.4 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 Naka 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 residents0.785 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents686.8 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1-5-219Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Naka's nearest airport was IBR, 27 km away and offered 5 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport5 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights11Official
Destinations from nearest airport5 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.13Official
Distance to the nearest major airport27 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)IBR3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Naka?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.3 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: 9.27 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 202310
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
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 Naka is 9.3 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 mean9.27 µg/m³31 Dec 2023NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 202310Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 9.2 · Feb 9.8 · Mar 13 · Apr 17.8 · May 22 · Jun 24.5 · Jul 28.5 · Aug 30 · Sep 26.4 · Oct 21.2 · Nov 16.3 · Dec 11.4 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -1.8 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 2.1 · Apr 7 · May 12.5 · Jun 17 · Jul 21 · Aug 22.2 · Sep 18.6 · Oct 12.5 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 0.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 3.3 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 7.4 · Apr 12.3 · May 17 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 25.6 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 16.6 · Nov 10.8 · Dec 5.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 54.5 · Feb 53.8 · Mar 102.8 · Apr 116.7 · May 144.5 · Jun 135.7 · Jul 141.8 · Aug 116.9 · Sep 186.3 · Oct 185.4 · Nov 79.7 · Dec 49.6 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 195.4 · Feb 174.3 · Mar 182.7 · Apr 183.5 · May 186.1 · Jun 137.8 · Jul 150.8 · Aug 179.4 · Sep 138.7 · Oct 140.6 · Nov 153.7 · Dec 178 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MITO14Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Adachi-ku ±1.7 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.0 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.3 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.5 °C, Reims (France) ±4.0 °C, Werl (Germany) ±4.3 °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 recorded a population density of 546.9 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Naka?

The published population was 53,502 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 area97.82 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)20Official
Foreign-resident share0.82 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)22Official
Foreign residents431 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)22Official
Population density546.9 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)6Official
Population53,502 people1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census municipality population table6Official

International community in Naka

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
Total53,502100.0%
Japanese52,97999.0%
Nationality not reported2700.5%
Foreigner2530.5%
People's Republic of China680.1%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam510.1%
Republic of the Philippines450.1%
Others310.1%
Republic of Korea230.0%
Kingdom of Thailand130.0%
Republic of Indonesia80.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
United States of America60.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland40.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil20.0%
India10.0%
Republic of Peru10.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age53 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)1Official

Alternatives for people set on Naka

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.

Jōsō as a Naka alternative in the same region

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

  • Foreign residents: 11.9% Jōsō vs 0.8% Naka+1350%
  • Rent: €5.20/m² Jōsō vs €6.95/m² Naka−25%
  • Unemployment: 3.4% Jōsō vs 3.7% Naka−6%
  • Median gross pay, region: €262 Jōsō vs €271 Naka−3%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 687 Jōsō vs 687 Nakasame level
Full comparisonMore about Jōsō

Chino as a Naka alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 181 km, better on 6 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Foreign residents: 2.4% Chino vs 0.8% Naka+187%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 407 Chino vs 687 Naka−41%
  • Annual PM2.5: 6.4 µg/m³ Chino vs 9.3 µg/m³ Naka−31%
  • Unemployment: 3.2% Chino vs 3.7% Naka−11%
  • Rent: €6.59/m² Chino vs €6.95/m² Naka−5%
  • Median gross pay, region: €284 Chino vs €271 Naka+5%
Full comparisonMore about Chino

Cities near Naka

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

Tsuchiura 4.6 km away
Rent
6.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Ami-machi 4.8 km away
Rent
6.85 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Ushiku 8.0 km away
Rent
7.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tsukuba 8.9 km away
Rent
8.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Kasumigaura 13.0 km away
Rent
6.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Miho-mura 13.2 km away
Rent
2.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2018-12-31
Ryūgasaki 15.5 km away
Rent
6.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

All Japan cities
Toki53,471 residentsNihonmatsu53,557 residentsHanyū53,589 residentsShijōnawate53,599 residentsTsukubamirai53,720 residentsChino53,723 residents

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Is Naka part of Tokyo?

Naka 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 58.6 km away by straight-line distance. Tokyo city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source32

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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 Naka?

The published population was 53,502 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in Naka?

Average net cold rent is about 6.95 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 486 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Naka?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.3 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.

What is the unemployment rate in Naka?

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 Naka?

The median gross salary is 270.8 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Naka a good place to live?

Naka 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 Naka part of Tokyo?

Naka 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 58.6 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Naka?

Tsuchiura, Ami-machi, Ushiku, Tsukuba, Kasumigaura are near Naka. 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 Naka?

The official citizenship distribution records 52,979 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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