Living in Gongju-si

In Gongju-si, unemployment is 0.8% (2025).

Population density was 117.2 people per km² in 2024. The housing-vacancy rate was 12.3% at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 0.8% at the end of 2025. The annual mean temperature estimate was 13.7°C at the end of 2024. The population of 공주시, in South Korea, was 99,757 in June 2026. The city covered 864.2 km² in 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2619 sources

Population99,757people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate0.8%country median 2.7% — 70% belowOfficial source · 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators

Recorded crime3,150incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)

PM2.5, annual mean18µg/m³country median 16.0 — 13% aboveOfficial source · 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations

Lower unemployment than 85% of South Korean cities that publish it and dirtier air than 79% of South Korean cities that publish it.

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to Gongju-si?

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Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Gongju-si. 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	47,153 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality³Official
Housing vacancy rate	12.26 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁴Official

Is Gongju-si a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–69%

Skilled employee76%strong on work, weak on safety · range 67–85%

Student48%strong on education, weak on work · range 39–57%

Family64%strong on family, weak on cost · range 54–74%

Retirement46%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 35–57%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 공주시?

The unemployment rate is 0.8 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators²

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Gongju-si is 0.8%. 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

Gongju-si 0.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	0.8 %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 Gongju-si. 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 Gongju-si. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	54 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁷Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	2.5 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁷Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	3,490 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gongju-si 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 residents2.5 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,150 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 Gongju-si. 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 1,573.7 mm at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 18 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 공주시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 18 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

0°

4°-6°

7°-4°

13°1°

19°7°

24°13°

28°18°

30°22°

30°23°

26°17°

21°9°

13°3°

6°-3°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

167

307

300

153

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

168

176

208

221

240

199

156

177

180

205

162

163

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM2.518WHO 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 Gongju-si is 18.0 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

Gongju-si 18.0

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	18 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 4.1 · Feb 7 · Mar 12.7 · Apr 19.4 · May 24.5 · Jun 27.9 · Jul 29.6 · Aug 30.3 · Sep 26.3 · Oct 20.8 · Nov 13.5 · Dec 6.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daejeon_47133.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.5 · Feb -3.6 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 6.9 · May 12.8 · Jun 18.1 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 22.5 · Sep 17 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 2.8 · Dec -3.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daejeon_47133.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 13 · May 18.5 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 25.5 · Aug 26 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 14.6 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daejeon_47133.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 25.5 · Feb 37.2 · Mar 51.6 · Apr 81.6 · May 91.8 · Jun 167.3 · Jul 306.9 · Aug 299.8 · Sep 152.5 · Oct 59.3 · Nov 48 · Dec 29.7 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daejeon_47133.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 168.2 · Feb 176.2 · Mar 207.7 · Apr 220.5 · May 239.8 · Jun 198.5 · Jul 155.5 · Aug 177 · Sep 180.3 · Oct 205.1 · Nov 162.4 · Dec 162.5 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Daejeon_47133.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	13.69 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,574 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 공주시?

The published population was 99,757 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 passport96.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	599 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁶Official
City area	864.2 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	3.24 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁵Official
Foreign residents	3,145 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁵Official
Population density	117.2 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	49,999 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹²Official
Male residents	49,758 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹²Official
Population	99,757 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹¹Official

International community in Gongju-si

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	3,237	100.0%
베트남	1,207	37.3%
네팔	416	12.9%
캄보디아	269	8.3%
중국	241	7.4%
미얀마	157	4.9%
인도네시아	145	4.5%
한국계중국인	139	4.3%
필리핀	123	3.8%
우즈베키스탄	93	2.9%

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Published group	People	Share
스리랑카	84	2.6%
타이(태국)	63	1.9%
방글라데시	58	1.8%
몽골	43	1.3%
미국	27	0.8%
타이완(대만)	26	0.8%
라오스	25	0.8%
일본	21	0.6%
파키스탄	13	0.4%
남아프리카공화국	10	0.3%
인도	9	0.3%
카자흐스탄	8	0.2%
키르기즈	8	0.2%
캐나다	6	0.2%
영국	5	0.2%
타지키스탄	5	0.2%
러시아(연방)	4	0.1%
프랑스	4	0.1%
말레이시아	3	0.1%
튀르키예	3	0.1%
오스트레일리아	2	0.1%
독일	2	0.1%
이집트	2	0.1%
이란	2	0.1%
에티오피아	2	0.1%
모로코	2	0.1%
나이지리아	1	0.0%
아일랜드	1	0.0%
브라질	1	0.0%
멕시코	1	0.0%
폴란드	1	0.0%
콜롬비아	1	0.0%
벨라루스	1	0.0%
볼리비아	1	0.0%
라트비아	1	0.0%
보츠와나	1	0.0%

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	54,084 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Gongju-si

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.

Hongseong-gun as a Gongju-si alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,400.0 Hongseong-gun vs 3,490.0 Gongju-si−60%
Empty flats: 18.1% Hongseong-gun vs 12.3% Gongju-si+48%
Foreign residents: 4.3% Hongseong-gun vs 3.2% Gongju-si+33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,565 Hongseong-gun vs 3,150 Gongju-sino percentage
Unemployment: 0.7% Hongseong-gun vs 0.8% Gongju-si−13%
Residents: 101,566 Hongseong-gun vs 99,757 Gongju-si+2%
Annual PM2.5: 18.0 µg/m³ Hongseong-gun vs 18.0 µg/m³ Gongju-sisame level

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Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Gongju-si, nearest in population first.

All South Korea cities

Wanju-gun100,102 residents Yeongdo-gu100,570 residents Jeongeup-si100,738 residents Miryang-si98,591 residents Seo-gu, Busan101,216 residents Hongseong-gun101,566 residents

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Gongju-si in rankings

#5 of 30 in South Korean cities with the most hospital beds

Common questions

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

How many people live in 공주시?

The published population was 99,757 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 공주시?

What is the unemployment rate in 공주시?

The unemployment rate is 0.8 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators.

How many foreign residents live in Gongju-si?

3,145 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Gongju-si a good place to live?

Gongju-si 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 Gongju-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 3,237 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). Gongju-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 550ce4e40753b9f369894e75f5b8642f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/gongjusi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Gongju-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {550ce4e40753b9f369894e75f5b8642f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/gongjusi/},
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}

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DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-22
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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
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NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-07-22
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Schoolinfo official open-data callback response schoolinfo.go.kr · checked 2026-07-21
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