Living in Iide-machi

西置賜郡飯豊町 had 6,613 residents in October 2020 and is a city in Japan. The city had 5 schools in May 2024. For 西置賜郡飯豊町, the unemployment rate was 2.5% in October 2020. The median age was 57.9 years in 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1526 sources

Population6,613people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)238EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average rent303.1EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate2.5%country median 3.8% — 34% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime241.8incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · 市町村別刑法犯認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値）

PM2.5, annual mean9.2µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Lower unemployment than 94% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 70% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Iide-machi.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 Iide-machi. 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 citiesIide-machi 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¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	303.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · regional context

Is Iide-machi a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–58%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–63%

Student39%strong on safety, weak on work · range 31–47%

Family55%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 47–63%

Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–60%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 西置賜郡飯豊町?

The unemployment rate is 2.5 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Iide-machi is 2.5%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Iide-machi 2.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	238 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official
Unemployment rate	2.5 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Iide-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

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Internet
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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
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	− €303
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 Iide-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 Iide-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
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.313 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	45.9 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.⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Iide-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 residents0.313 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 西置賜郡飯豊町?

Police recorded about 242 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: 241.8 incidents per 100,000 · 市町村別刑法犯認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値）¹⁸

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	241.8 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	市町村別刑法犯認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値）¹⁸Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	4 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 Iide-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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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 西置賜郡飯豊町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.2 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 2023¹²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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

PM2.59.2WHO 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 Iide-machi is 9.2 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Iide-machi 9.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9.2 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 329.4 km² in 2024. Population density was 18.8 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 西置賜郡飯豊町?

The published population was 6,613 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	329.4 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 km2.⁵Official
Foreign residents	41 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	18.8 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 km2.⁵Official
Population	6,613 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹Official

International community in Iide-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	6,613	100.0%
Japanese	6,563	99.2%
Foreigner	48	0.7%
People's Republic of China	18	0.3%
Republic of Korea	9	0.1%
Republic of Indonesia	8	0.1%
Others	6	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	3	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	2	0.0%
Nationality not reported	2	0.0%
India	1	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	1	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	57.9 years	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality median age table⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Iide-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.

Ogunimachi as an Iide-machi alternative in the same region

21 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 316 Ogunimachi vs 242 Iide-machino percentage
Median gross pay, region: €257 Ogunimachi vs €238 Iide-machi+8%
Residents: 7,107 Ogunimachi vs 6,613 Iide-machi+7%

Full comparison More about Ogunimachi

Yasu as an Iide-machi alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 485 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,513 Yasu vs 6,613 Iide-machi+664%
Median gross pay, region: €316 Yasu vs €238 Iide-machi+33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 618 Yasu vs 242 Iide-machino percentage
Annual PM2.5: 7.8 µg/m³ Yasu vs 9.2 µg/m³ Iide-machi−15%

Full comparison More about Yasu

Cities near Iide-machi

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

Kawanishi-machi 6.9 km away

Rent: 5.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2018-12-31

Nagai 8.3 km away

Rent: 5.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Nanyō 14.1 km away

Rent: 5.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Takahata-machi 18.3 km away

Rent: 4.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Yonezawa 18.9 km away

Rent: 6.22 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 西置賜郡飯豊町?

The published population was 6,613 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

Is the air quality good in 西置賜郡飯豊町?

How safe is 西置賜郡飯豊町?

Police recorded about 242 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 市町村別刑法犯認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値）.

What is the unemployment rate in 西置賜郡飯豊町?

The unemployment rate is 2.5 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Iide-machi?

The median gross salary is 238 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Iide-machi?

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

Is Iide-machi a good place to live?

Iide-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 Iide-machi?

Kawanishi-machi, Nagai, Nanyō, Shirataka-machi, Takahata-machi are near Iide-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 Iide-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 6,563 people (99.2%) 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). Iide-machi, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 15da907d82ae4e7b85352e6376988f3a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/nishiokitamaguniidemachi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Iide-machi, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/nishiokitamaguniidemachi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
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 median age table 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
NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023 gis.nies.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
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. mlit.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
www.e-stat.go.jp e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-27
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ドコモ光月額料金 — NTTドコモドコモ光月額料金 · docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-19
市町村別刑法犯認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値） pref.yamagata.jp · checked 2026-10-13
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