Living in Kadena-cho

For 中頭郡嘉手納町, there were 60.8 physicians per 100,000 people in 2022. The population of 中頭郡嘉手納町, in Japan, was 13,521 in October 2020. The city covered 15.1 km² in 2024. Population density was 853.8 people per km² in 2024. The median age was 46 years in 2026. The city had 4 schools in May 2024. The foreign population count was 132 in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population13,521people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)327.4EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average rent334.8EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate7.5%country median 3.8% — 99% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime728.3incidents 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 mean7.29µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Higher unemployment than any other Japanese city that publishes it and cleaner air than 78% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Kadena-cho?

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 Kadena-cho.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.

No city-level rent figure is published for Kadena-cho. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesKadena-cho highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

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Saitama€10.37

Chiba€9.08

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

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
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	334.8 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · regional context

Is Kadena-cho a good place to live?

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Remote worker44%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 34–54%

Skilled employee47%strong on work, weak on education · range 38–56%

Student38%strong on cost, weak on work · range 29–47%

Family38%strong on safety, weak on legal route · range 28–48%

Retirement47%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 34–60%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 7.5% in October 2020.

What is the unemployment rate in 中頭郡嘉手納町?

The unemployment rate is 7.5 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Kadena-cho is 7.5%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Kadena-cho 7.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	327.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	7.5 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Kadena-cho?

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
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings · 2023-12-31	− €335
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 Kadena-cho Salary needed to live in Kadena-cho

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kadena-cho. 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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	4 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	9.36 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.614 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	60.8 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.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kadena-cho 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 residents0.614 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	728.3 incidents per 100,000	31 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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	43 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.¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Is the air quality good in 中頭郡嘉手納町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.3 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: 7.29 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

20°15°

22°17°

24°19°

27°22°

30°25°

32°27°

31°26°

28°24°

25°20°

22°17°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

102

115

143

161

245

284

188

240

275

179

119

110

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

115

121

138

160

227

206

181

163

122

107

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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

PM2.57.3WHO 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 Kadena-cho is 7.3 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Kadena-cho 7.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.29 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 19.8 · Feb 20.2 · Mar 21.9 · Apr 24.3 · May 27 · Jun 29.8 · Jul 31.9 · Aug 31.8 · Sep 30.6 · Oct 28.1 · Nov 25 · Dec 21.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NAHA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 14.9 · Feb 15.1 · Mar 16.7 · Apr 19.1 · May 22.1 · Jun 25.2 · Jul 27 · Aug 26.8 · Sep 25.8 · Oct 23.5 · Nov 20.4 · Dec 16.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NAHA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 17.3 · Feb 17.5 · Mar 19.1 · Apr 21.5 · May 24.2 · Jun 27.2 · Jul 29.1 · Aug 29 · Sep 27.9 · Oct 25.5 · Nov 22.5 · Dec 19 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NAHA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 101.6 · Feb 114.5 · Mar 142.8 · Apr 161 · May 245.3 · Jun 284.4 · Jul 188.1 · Aug 240 · Sep 275.2 · Oct 179.2 · Nov 119.1 · Dec 110 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NAHA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 93.1 · Feb 93.1 · Mar 115.3 · Apr 120.9 · May 138.2 · Jun 159.5 · Jul 227 · Aug 206.3 · Sep 181.3 · Oct 163.3 · Nov 121.7 · Dec 107.4 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NAHA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Isahaya ±5.9 °C. Elsewhere: Houston (United States) ±3.0 °C, Pasadena (United States) ±3.0 °C, Round Rock (United States) ±4.3 °C, Chandler (United States) ±4.6 °C, Glendale (United States) ±4.6 °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

How many people live in 中頭郡嘉手納町?

The published population was 13,521 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	15.12 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 km2.⁶Official
Foreign residents	132 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁵Official
Population density	853.8 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 km2.⁶Official
Population	13,521 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹Official

International community in Kadena-cho

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	13,521	100.0%
Japanese	13,354	98.8%
Foreigner	97	0.7%
Nationality not reported	70	0.5%
Republic of the Philippines	35	0.3%
United States of America	31	0.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	11	0.1%
People's Republic of China	6	0.0%
Others	5	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	3	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	2	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Republic of Peru	2	0.0%
Republic of Korea	1	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	1	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	45.8 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Kadena-cho

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.

Nakagusuku-son as a Kadena-cho alternative in the same region

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

Unemployment: 5.0% Nakagusuku-son vs 7.5% Kadena-cho−33%
Residents: 22,157 Nakagusuku-son vs 13,521 Kadena-cho+64%
Median gross pay, region: €281 Nakagusuku-son vs €327 Kadena-cho−14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 728 Nakagusuku-son vs 728 Kadena-chosame level
Annual PM2.5: 7.3 µg/m³ Nakagusuku-son vs 7.3 µg/m³ Kadena-chosame level

Full comparison More about Nakagusuku-son

Fuchu-cho as a Kadena-cho alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1002 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 51,155 Fuchu-cho vs 13,521 Kadena-cho+278%
Unemployment: 3.3% Fuchu-cho vs 7.5% Kadena-cho−56%
Median gross pay, region: €320 Fuchu-cho vs €327 Kadena-chosame level

Full comparison More about Fuchu-cho

Cities near Kadena-cho

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

Chatan-cho 4.7 km away

Rent: 8.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Okinawa 5.4 km away

Rent: 6.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kitanakagusuku-son 7.7 km away

Rent: 7.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ginowan 9.2 km away

Rent: 7.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Uruma 10.4 km away

Rent: 6.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Nakagusuku-son 11.6 km away

Rent: 8.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Urasoe 13.3 km away

Rent: 7.36 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 中頭郡嘉手納町?

The published population was 13,521 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

Is the air quality good in 中頭郡嘉手納町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.3 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 中頭郡嘉手納町?

The unemployment rate is 7.5 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Kadena-cho?

The median gross salary is 327.4 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Kadena-cho?

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

Is Kadena-cho a good place to live?

Kadena-cho 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 Kadena-cho?

Chatan-cho, Okinawa, Kitanakagusuku-son, Ginowan, Uruma are near Kadena-cho. 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 Kadena-cho?

The official citizenship distribution records 13,354 people (98.8%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Kadena-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1a2a9164bcce2f75254911d5b01476ad]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/nakazugunkadenamachi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Kadena-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents) e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-24
docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan 2020 Population Census table 44-1 nationality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-01
Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
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. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
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. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
Japan 2020 Census municipality population table e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13

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MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127 e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
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