Living in Takanezawa-machi

In Takanezawa-machi, rents across existing tenancies average €6.62 per m² a month (2023).

The unemployment rate was 2.9% in October 2020. 塩谷郡高根沢町 is in Japan; its population was 29,229 in October 2020. 塩谷郡高根沢町 had 9 schools in May 2024. The median age was 48.1 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 478 in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1527 sources

Population29,229people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)302.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent6.62EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 6% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate2.9%country median 3.8% — 23% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime455.3incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)

PM2.5, annual mean8.52µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Takanezawa-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 塩谷郡高根沢町?

Average net cold rent is about 6.62 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): 6.62 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesTakanezawa-machi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Takanezawa-machi€6.62

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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¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.62 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official

Is Takanezawa-machi 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 employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%

Student48%strong on education, weak on work · range 41–55%

Family60%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 53–67%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 397 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 6.62 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 塩谷郡高根沢町?

The unemployment rate is 2.9 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Takanezawa-machi is 2.9%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Takanezawa-machi 2.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	302.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	2.9 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Takanezawa-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
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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€6.62/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €397
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 Takanezawa-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 Takanezawa-machi. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	9 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	3.44 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.729 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	72.2 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 Takanezawa-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 residents0.729 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 塩谷郡高根沢町?

Police recorded about 455 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: 455.3 incidents per 100,000 · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	455.3 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	5 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 Takanezawa-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 Takanezawa-machi.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 塩谷郡高根沢町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.5 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: 8.52 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³

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

PM2.58.5WHO 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 Takanezawa-machi is 8.5 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Takanezawa-machi 8.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.52 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 70.9 km² in 2024. Population density was 406 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 塩谷郡高根沢町?

The published population was 29,229 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	70.87 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	478 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁵Official
Population density	406 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	29,229 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹Official

International community in Takanezawa-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	29,229	100.0%
Japanese	28,516	97.6%
Foreigner	398	1.4%
Nationality not reported	315	1.1%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	100	0.3%
People's Republic of China	96	0.3%
Others	65	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	40	0.1%
Republic of Korea	27	0.1%
Kingdom of Thailand	24	0.1%
Republic of Peru	12	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
India	10	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	9	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	8	0.0%
United States of America	7	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	48.1 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Takanezawa-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.

Nasukarasuyama as a Takanezawa-machi alternative in the same region

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

Rent: €3.97/m² Nasukarasuyama vs €6.62/m² Takanezawa-machi−40%
Median gross pay, region: €250 Nasukarasuyama vs €302 Takanezawa-machi−17%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 678 Nasukarasuyama vs 455 Takanezawa-machino percentage

Full comparison More about Nasukarasuyama

Nichinan as a Takanezawa-machi alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.97/m² Nichinan vs €6.62/m² Takanezawa-machi−40%
Residents: 50,848 Nichinan vs 29,229 Takanezawa-machi+74%
Median gross pay, region: €247 Nichinan vs €302 Takanezawa-machi−18%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 457 Nichinan vs 455 Takanezawa-machino percentage

Full comparison More about Nichinan

Cities near Takanezawa-machi

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

Sakura 6.3 km away

Rent: 6.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Haga-machi 11.2 km away

Rent: 7.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2018-12-31

Utsunomiya 11.7 km away

Rent: 7.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Nasukarasuyama 15.0 km away

Rent: 3.97 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Nakagawa-machi 20.3 km away

Rent: 4.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Yaita 20.3 km away

Rent: 5.03 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 塩谷郡高根沢町?

The published population was 29,229 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 塩谷郡高根沢町?

Average net cold rent is about 6.62 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 463 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 塩谷郡高根沢町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.5 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.

How safe is 塩谷郡高根沢町?

Police recorded about 455 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数).

What is the unemployment rate in 塩谷郡高根沢町?

The unemployment rate is 2.9 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Takanezawa-machi?

The median gross salary is 302.5 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Takanezawa-machi a good place to live?

Takanezawa-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 Takanezawa-machi?

Sakura, Haga-machi, Utsunomiya, Ichikai-machi, Nasukarasuyama are near Takanezawa-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 Takanezawa-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 28,516 people (97.6%) 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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