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Living in Ganghwa-gun

In Ganghwa-gun, unemployment is 1% (2025).

강화군, a city in South Korea, had a population of 69,681 in June 2026. Annual PM2.5 was 19.1 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. There were 1.9 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024. Car density was 635.2 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2622 sources

Population69,681people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026
Unemployment rate1%country median 2.7% — 63% belowOfficial source · 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators
Recorded crime3,060incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)
PM2.5, annual mean19.14µg/m³country median 16.0 — 20% aboveOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Lower unemployment than 80% of South Korean cities that publish it and dirtier air than 93% of South Korean cities that publish it.

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to Ganghwa-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 Ganghwa-gun.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The housing-vacancy rate was 18.3% at the end of 2024.

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Ganghwa-gun recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€29
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.8 EUR/month30 Sept 2026KT 100 Mbps internet13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB28.91 EUR/month30 Sept 2026KT mobile data plan14Official · national market
Dwellings32,810 dwellings31 Dec 2024DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality7Official
Housing vacancy rate18.34 %31 Dec 2024DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality8Official

Is Ganghwa-gun 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–67%
Skilled employee72%strong on work, weak on safety · range 63–81%
Student43%strong on education, weak on work · range 34–52%
Family59%strong on family, weak on cost · range 49–69%
Retirement42%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 31–53%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 1% at the end of 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in 강화군?

The unemployment rate is 1 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators1

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Ganghwa-gun is 1.0%. Of 218 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 0.5 to under 1%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Unemployment rate1 %country median 2.7%31 Dec 20252025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators1Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ganghwa-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 Ganghwa-gun. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools42 schools21 Jul 2026Schoolinfo official open-data callback response20Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Doctors per 1,000 residents1.9 per 1,00031 Dec 2024KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 100011Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,180 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k12Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ganghwa-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 residents1.9 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,060 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)10Official · regional context

Language courses and integration

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

KoreanIn Person
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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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Ganghwa-gun.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 강화군?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 19.1 µg/m³ (2024) — 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: 19.14 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations2
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Ganghwa-gun is 19.1 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean19.14 µg/m³country median 16.031 Dec 2024Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations2Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 411.4 km² in 2020. Population density was 168.7 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 강화군?

The published population was 69,681 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 202615

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents635.2 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu19Official
City area411.4 km²2020Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.17Official
Foreign-resident share1.83 %31 Dec 2025Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-319Official
Foreign residents1,289 people31 Mar 2026Registered foreigners by local government, March 202618Official
Population density168.7 people/km²31 Dec 2024Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.17Official
Female residents34,770 people30 Jun 2026MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202616Official
Male residents34,911 people30 Jun 2026MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202616Official
Population69,681 people30 Jun 2026MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 202615Official

International community in Ganghwa-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 groupPeopleShare
계1,275100.0%
베트남18514.5%
미얀마15912.5%
네팔15812.4%
필리핀927.2%
인도네시아796.2%
타이(태국)776.0%
우즈베키스탄695.4%
중국594.6%
한국계중국인574.5%
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Published groupPeopleShare
캄보디아564.4%
스리랑카453.5%
방글라데시403.1%
티모르민주공화국(동티모르)332.6%
파키스탄292.3%
미국282.2%
라오스241.9%
일본211.6%
키르기즈100.8%
타이완(대만)90.7%
러시아(연방)90.7%
남아프리카공화국80.6%
몽골60.5%
카자흐스탄60.5%
캐나다40.3%
인도10.1%
영국10.1%
프랑스10.1%
오스트레일리아10.1%
독일10.1%
우크라이나10.1%
아일랜드10.1%
브라질10.1%
한국계러시아인10.1%
모로코10.1%
알제리10.1%
세네갈10.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source21

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households36,353 households30 Jun 2026MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202616Official

Alternatives for people set on Ganghwa-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 Ganghwa-gun alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Foreign residents: 3.7% Buyeo-gun vs 1.8% Ganghwa-gun+101%
  • Unemployment: 0.5% Buyeo-gun vs 1.0% Ganghwa-gun−50%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,740.0 Buyeo-gun vs 1,180.0 Ganghwa-gun+47%
  • Empty flats: 11.9% Buyeo-gun vs 18.3% Ganghwa-gun−35%
  • Residents: 57,762 Buyeo-gun vs 69,681 Ganghwa-gun−17%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,150 Buyeo-gun vs 3,060 Ganghwa-gunsame level
Full comparisonMore about Buyeo-gun

Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Ganghwa-gun, nearest in population first.

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Hongcheon-gun65,849 residentsNamwon-si73,812 residentsMungyeong-si64,774 residentsGapyeong-gun62,041 residentsYesan-gun78,318 residentsSokcho-si78,893 residents

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Ganghwa-gun in rankings

#1 of 30 in South Korean cities with the lowest published unemployment #2 of 30 in Cities with the lowest published unemployment #9 of 30 in South Korean cities with the highest housing vacancy

Is Ganghwa-gun part of Seoul?

Ganghwa-gun is near Seoul, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 54.5 km away by straight-line distance. Seoul city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source22

Which comparable places record less crime than Ganghwa-gun?

18 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Ganghwa-gun in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Ganghwa-gun: 2,714.6 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents (2024).

Nowon-gu — 2,056.8 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024Gwacheon-si — 2,064.9 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024Seongbuk-gu — 2,133.7 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024Dobong-gu — 2,140.1 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024Uiwang-si — 2,185.6 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024Anyang-si — 2,323.7 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024Seodaemun-gu — 2,356 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024Yangcheon-gu — 2,364.4 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source5

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in 강화군?

The published population was 69,681 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 강화군?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 19.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations.

What is the unemployment rate in 강화군?

The unemployment rate is 1 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators.

How many foreign residents live in Ganghwa-gun?

1,289 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Ganghwa-gun a good place to live?

Ganghwa-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.

Is Ganghwa-gun part of Seoul?

Ganghwa-gun is near Seoul, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 54.5 km away by straight-line distance.

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

The official citizenship distribution records 1,275 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Ganghwa-gun?

18 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Ganghwa-gun in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Korean National Police Agency regional crime occurrence CSV 2024 + 2024 Registered Census population, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Ganghwa-gun, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b7813d3f1da20e8415979a359924dfd6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/ganghwagun/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Ganghwa-gun, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {b7813d3f1da20e8415979a359924dfd6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/ganghwagun/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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