Living in Misato-machi (Miyagi)

In Misato-machi (Miyagi), rents across existing tenancies average €4.66 per m² a month (2023).

The foreign population count was 118 in 2024. The city covers 74.99 km², with a population density of 304.4 people per km² in 2024. The unemployment rate was 3.82% in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1023 sources

Population23,195people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Median gross salary (region)246.8EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.66EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 26% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.82%country median 3.8% — about the sameOfficial source · e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities

Recorded crime315.4incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Criminal offences known to the police by municipality (Reiwa 7 / 2025, confirmed)

PM2.5, annual mean7.64µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 80% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 69% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Misato-machi (Miyagi)?

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 遠田郡美里町?

Average net cold rent is about 4.66 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): 4.66 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesMisato-machi (Miyagi) highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Misato-machi (Miyagi)€4.66

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¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.66 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹²Official

Is Misato-machi (Miyagi) 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–64%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–70%

Student58%strong on safety, weak on education · range 49–67%

Family69%strong on safety, weak on education · range 61–77%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 47–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 280 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.66 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 遠田郡美里町?

The unemployment rate is about 3.8 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.82 % · e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Misato-machi (Miyagi) is 3.8%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	246.8 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹³Official
Unemployment rate	3.82 %country median 3.8% — about the same	1 Oct 2020	e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Misato-machi (Miyagi)?

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

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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€4.66/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €280
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 Misato-machi (Miyagi) Salary needed to live in Misato-machi (Miyagi)

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Misato-machi (Miyagi). 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 Misato-machi (Miyagi). Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	6.85 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.733 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁸Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	72.4 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 Misato-machi (Miyagi) 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 residents0.733 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 遠田郡美里町?

Police recorded about 315 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: 315.4 incidents per 100,000 · Criminal offences known to the police by municipality (Reiwa 7 / 2025, confirmed)¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	315.4 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Criminal offences known to the police by municipality (Reiwa 7 / 2025, confirmed)¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Misato-machi (Miyagi). 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 Misato-machi (Miyagi).

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 遠田郡美里町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.6 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: 7.64 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁹

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

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.57.6WHO 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 Misato-machi (Miyagi) is 7.6 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.64 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.8 · Feb 10.9 · Mar 14.2 · Apr 19.4 · May 23.6 · Jun 26.1 · Jul 29.9 · Aug 31.3 · Sep 27.5 · Oct 22 · Nov 16.7 · Dec 12 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.2 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 5 · Apr 9.8 · May 14.6 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 22.4 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 20.3 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 8.8 · Dec 3.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.4 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 9.4 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.8 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 25.7 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 23.3 · Oct 18 · Nov 12.5 · Dec 7.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.7 · Feb 56.5 · Mar 116 · Apr 133.7 · May 139.7 · Jun 167.8 · Jul 156.2 · Aug 154.7 · Sep 224.9 · Oct 234.8 · Nov 96.3 · Dec 57.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 192.6 · Feb 170.4 · Mar 175.3 · Apr 178.8 · May 179.6 · Jun 124.2 · Jul 151.4 · Aug 174.2 · Sep 126.7 · Oct 129.4 · Nov 149.8 · Dec 174.4 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Ichinomiya ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.1 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.4 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.1 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±3.1 °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 遠田郡美里町?

The published population was 23,195 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	74.99 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	118 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	304.4 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	23,195 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications¹⁰Official

International community in Misato-machi (Miyagi)

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	23,994	100.0%
Japanese	23,912	99.7%
Foreigner	64	0.3%
Republic of Korea	19	0.1%
Nationality not reported	18	0.1%
People's Republic of China	16	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	10	0.0%
Others	6	0.0%
United States of America	5	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	3	0.0%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	2	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
India	2	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Misato-machi (Miyagi)

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.

Kami-machi as a Misato-machi (Miyagi) alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Rent: €3.54/m² Kami-machi vs €4.66/m² Misato-machi (Miyagi)−24%
Unemployment: 3.3% Kami-machi vs 3.8% Misato-machi (Miyagi)−14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 324 Kami-machi vs 315 Misato-machi (Miyagi)same level
Median gross pay, region: €243 Kami-machi vs €247 Misato-machi (Miyagi)same level
Annual PM2.5: 7.6 µg/m³ Kami-machi vs 7.6 µg/m³ Misato-machi (Miyagi)same level

Full comparison More about Kami-machi

Nichinan as a Misato-machi (Miyagi) alternative in the same country

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

Rent: €3.97/m² Nichinan vs €4.66/m² Misato-machi (Miyagi)−15%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 457 Nichinan vs 315 Misato-machi (Miyagi)no percentage
Median gross pay, region: €247 Nichinan vs €247 Misato-machi (Miyagi)same level

Full comparison More about Nichinan

Cities near Misato-machi (Miyagi)

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

Wakuya-cho 6.2 km away

Rent: 5.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ōsaki 9.5 km away

Rent: 5.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kami-machi 17.8 km away

Rent: 3.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Misato-machi (Miyagi), nearest in population first.

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Sango-cho23,219 residents Iki23,222 residents Mine23,247 residents Ikeda-cho (Gifu)23,360 residents Nakashibetsu-cho23,010 residents Yugawara-machi23,426 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 遠田郡美里町?

The published population was 23,195 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

How much does it cost to rent in 遠田郡美里町?

Average net cold rent is about 4.66 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 327 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 遠田郡美里町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.6 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 遠田郡美里町?

Police recorded about 315 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Criminal offences known to the police by municipality (Reiwa 7 / 2025, confirmed).

What is the unemployment rate in 遠田郡美里町?

The unemployment rate is about 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Misato-machi (Miyagi)?

The median gross salary is 246.8 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Misato-machi (Miyagi) a good place to live?

Misato-machi (Miyagi) 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 Misato-machi (Miyagi)?

Wakuya-cho, Ōsaki, Furukawa, Osato-cho, Ohira-mura are near Misato-machi (Miyagi). 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 Misato-machi (Miyagi)?

The official citizenship distribution records 23,912 people (99.7%) 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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Criminal offences known to the police by municipality (Reiwa 7 / 2025, confirmed) police.pref.miyagi.jp · checked 2026-10-08
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 official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023 gis.nies.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-04

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