Living in Danyang-gun

In Danyang-gun, unemployment is 1.1% (2025).

The unemployment rate was 1.1% at the end of 2025. The annual mean temperature estimate was 11.7°C at the end of 2024. Its population was 26,628 in June 2026. The city covered 780.1 km² in 2020. Population density was 35.1 people per km² in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2619 sources

Population26,628people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate1.1%country median 2.7% — 59% belowOfficial source · 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators

Recorded crime2,920incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)

PM2.5, annual mean17µg/m³country median 16.0 — 6% aboveOfficial source · 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to Danyang-gun?

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 South KoreaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Danyang-gun.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The housing-vacancy rate was 15.3% at the end of 2024.

No city-level rent figure is published for Danyang-gun. 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€29

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	31.8 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT 100 Mbps internet⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan¹⁰Official · national market
Dwellings	14,438 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality³Official
Housing vacancy rate	15.3 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁴Official

Is Danyang-gun a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–66%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on safety · range 59–77%

Student37%strong on education, weak on work · range 28–46%

Family52%strong on family, weak on cost · range 42–62%

Retirement40%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 29–51%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 단양군?

The unemployment rate is 1.1 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators²

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Danyang-gun is 1.1%. Of 218 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 0.5 to under 1%.

0–0.50.5–11–1.51.5–22–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–55–5.55.5–6

Danyang-gun 1.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1.1 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators²Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Danyang-gun. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Work24 public employment service — Public employment service

Ministry of Employment and Labor, Republic of Korea

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	27 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁷Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	1.4 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁷Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	560 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Danyang-gun under the national coverage rules.

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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Doctors per 1,000 residents1.4 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,920 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)⁶Official · regional context

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Danyang-gun. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Early Adaptation Program — Newcomer Adaptation

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

For newly arrived foreign residents, international students, workers, marriage migrants.

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Social Integration Program (KIIP) — Integration course

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

For foreign residents in Korea, people within three years of naturalization.

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Climate and air quality

The annual precipitation estimate was 1,397.5 mm at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 17 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 단양군?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 17 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹

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

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

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3°-7°

6°-5°

12°-1°

19°5°

24°10°

27°16°

29°20°

30°20°

26°14°

20°7°

12°0°

5°-5°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

119

159

299

284

154

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

185

187

212

223

247

206

148

163

170

198

168

175

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hours

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

PM2.517WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1030WHO 15 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in South KoreaAnnual PM2.5 in Danyang-gun is 17.0 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

9–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–23

Danyang-gun 17.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM10 — annual mean	30 µg/m³country median 30.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	17 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 5.8 · Mar 11.5 · Apr 18.6 · May 23.9 · Jun 27.4 · Jul 28.9 · Aug 29.6 · Sep 25.5 · Oct 20 · Nov 12.2 · Dec 4.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yeongju_47272.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -7.3 · Feb -5.4 · Mar -0.6 · Apr 4.8 · May 10.5 · Jun 15.8 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 20.2 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 0.4 · Dec -5.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yeongju_47272.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.2 · Feb 0.2 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 11.8 · May 17.2 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 24 · Aug 24.2 · Sep 19.3 · Oct 12.9 · Nov 6.1 · Dec -0.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yeongju_47272.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 18.4 · Feb 30.2 · Mar 53.3 · Apr 94.8 · May 118.5 · Jun 158.5 · Jul 298.8 · Aug 283.7 · Sep 154.1 · Oct 58.2 · Nov 42.2 · Dec 23.3 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yeongju_47272.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 185.2 · Feb 187.4 · Mar 211.5 · Apr 222.5 · May 247 · Jun 205.6 · Jul 147.7 · Aug 163 · Sep 169.8 · Oct 197.5 · Nov 167.7 · Dec 175 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yeongju_47272.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	11.67 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,398 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in 단양군?

The published population was 26,628 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	646.1 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁶Official
City area	780.1 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.¹⁴Official
Foreign-resident share	1.64 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁵Official
Foreign residents	394 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁵Official
Population density	35.06 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.¹⁴Official
Female residents	12,992 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹²Official
Male residents	13,636 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹²Official
Population	26,628 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹¹Official

International community in Danyang-gun

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Persons recorded in the official KOSIS registered-foreigner population table; this is not the total resident population and is not interchangeable with resident citizenship. · 2025

Published group	People	Share
계	439	100.0%
베트남	179	40.8%
네팔	55	12.5%
우즈베키스탄	37	8.4%
중국	29	6.6%
필리핀	27	6.2%
한국계중국인	16	3.6%
방글라데시	16	3.6%
스리랑카	12	2.7%
타이(태국)	9	2.1%

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Published group	People	Share
키르기즈	9	2.1%
인도네시아	7	1.6%
일본	7	1.6%
타이완(대만)	7	1.6%
캄보디아	6	1.4%
미국	4	0.9%
몽골	4	0.9%
프랑스	3	0.7%
영국	2	0.5%
라오스	2	0.5%
미얀마	1	0.2%
파키스탄	1	0.2%
오스트레일리아	1	0.2%
남아프리카공화국	1	0.2%
홍콩	1	0.2%
튀르키예	1	0.2%
브라질	1	0.2%
그리스	1	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	15,223 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Danyang-gun

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.

Buyeo-gun as a Danyang-gun alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,740.0 Buyeo-gun vs 560.0 Danyang-gun+211%
Foreign residents: 3.7% Buyeo-gun vs 1.6% Danyang-gun+124%
Unemployment: 0.5% Buyeo-gun vs 1.1% Danyang-gun−55%
Residents: 57,762 Buyeo-gun vs 26,628 Danyang-gun+117%
Empty flats: 11.9% Buyeo-gun vs 15.3% Danyang-gun−22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,150 Buyeo-gun vs 2,920 Danyang-gun+8%
Annual PM2.5: 15.0 µg/m³ Buyeo-gun vs 17.0 µg/m³ Danyang-gun−12%

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Alternative cities in South Korea

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Danyang-gun in rankings

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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 단양군?

The published population was 26,628 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 단양군?

What is the unemployment rate in 단양군?

The unemployment rate is 1.1 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators.

How many foreign residents live in Danyang-gun?

394 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Danyang-gun a good place to live?

Danyang-gun 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.

How many people are in the 계 citizenship group in Danyang-gun?

The official citizenship distribution records 439 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Danyang-gun, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cda68d4b7ef7093e76e4d57ae0396acc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/dan-yanggun/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_danyang-gun-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_563b8197047b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Danyang-gun, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {cda68d4b7ef7093e76e4d57ae0396acc},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/dan-yanggun/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations 2024 Air Environment Annual Report · airkorea.or.kr · checked 2026-07-22
2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey · korea.kr · checked 2026-07-22
DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-22
DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-22
Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31 immigration.go.kr · checked 2026-07-22
KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001) kosis.kr · checked 2026-09-25
KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000 kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-21
KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-21
KT 100 Mbps internet product.kt.com · checked 2026-09-15
KT mobile data plan product.kt.com · checked 2026-09-15

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MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026 jumin.mois.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026 jumin.mois.go.kr · checked 2026-07-22
NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-07-22
Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name. kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-15
Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026 immigration.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu stat.molit.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
Schoolinfo official open-data callback response schoolinfo.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
Statistics Korea / KOSIS citizenship distribution kosis.kr · checked 2026-08-28
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yeongju_47272.csv WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31

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