Living in Iksan-si

In Iksan-si, unemployment is 1.6% (2025).

익산시 is a city in South Korea, with a population of 266,758 in June 2026. In 익산시, the foreign population count was 7,388 in March 2026. The city covered 506.5 km² in 2020. Population density was 529.1 people per km² in 2024. There were 3.2 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2422 sources

Population266,758people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate1.6%country median 2.7% — 41% belowOfficial source · KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate

Recorded crime3,272incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean18.79µg/m³country median 16.0 — 17% aboveOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Lower unemployment than 72% of South Korean cities that publish it and dirtier air than 90% of South Korean cities that publish it.

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

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 Iksan-si.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The housing-vacancy rate was 14.7% at the end of 2024.

In South Korea, jeonse is a deposit-only lease with no monthly rent. Where both values are available, the profile's monthly comparison estimates its cost as deposit × annual conversion rate ÷ 100 ÷ 12. Wolse is a separate lease with a monthly payment and its own deposit; that deposit is not included in the monthly figure.

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 internet¹⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan¹¹Official · national market
Dwellings	125,274 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality²Official
Housing vacancy rate	14.66 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality³Official
Annual jeonse deposit-to-rent conversion rate	8 %	31 Jul 2026	지역별 전월세 전환율_아파트 (월별, 전국주택가격동향조사 > 전월세전환율)²²Official
Median jeonse deposit (deposit-only lease)	119,574 EUR	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (전세 rows: 보증금(만원))²¹Official
Median wolse monthly payment (deposit also required)	188.2 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (월세 rows: 월세금(만원), deposit coexists)²¹Official

Is Iksan-si a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–64%

Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on safety · range 62–78%

Student45%strong on education, weak on work · range 38–52%

Family67%strong on family, weak on cost · range 60–74%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–61%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 1.6% at the end of 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in 익산시?

The unemployment rate is 1.6 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁸

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Iksan-si is 1.6%. 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

Iksan-si 1.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	Work24 — 고용복지+센터 institution finder²⁰Official
Unemployment rate	1.6 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Iksan-si?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€802of €1,660 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

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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.	€1,660
Jeonse monthly equivalentjeonse monthly equivalent; based on a €119,574 refundable deposit and 8.0% annual conversion rate · official · 국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 · 2026-08-31 · official · 지역별 전월세 전환율_아파트 (월별, 전국주택가격동향조사 > 전월세전환율) · 2026-07-31	− €797
Internet€32 · official · KT 100 Mbps internet · 2026-09-30	− €32
Mobile plan€29 · official · KT mobile data plan · 2026-09-30	− €29
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€802

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Public employment offices in Iksan-si

Work24 lists 1 public employment office in Iksan-si (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public language course providers	2 count	30 Sept 2026	National KIIP operating-institution register¹⁴Official
Schools	106 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁸Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	3.2 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1,000, 2024⁶Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,850 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 1,000, 2024⁷Official
Hospitals	22 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁴Official
Pharmacies	165 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁴Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	320 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1,000, 2024⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Iksan-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 residents3.2 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-22

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 익산시?

Police recorded about 3,272 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,272 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	47.98 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official

Language courses and integration in Iksan-si

National KIIP operating-institution register lists 2 publicly funded course providers in Iksan-si (checked 2026-09-16). Their individual addresses are not listed here yet; the national programme below explains who can enrol and how.

Provider count verified

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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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 18.8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 익산시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 18.8 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: 18.79 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations¹

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

PM2.518.8WHO 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 South KoreaAnnual PM2.5 in Iksan-si is 18.8 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

Iksan-si 18.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	18.79 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations¹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in 익산시?

The published population was 266,758 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	567.7 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁷Official
City area	506.5 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.¹⁵Official
Foreign-resident share	2.72 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁵Official
Foreign residents	7,388 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁶Official
Population density	529.1 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.¹⁵Official
Female residents	134,118 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Male residents	132,640 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population	266,758 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹²Official

International community in Iksan-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	7,268	100.0%
베트남	2,511	34.5%
캄보디아	891	12.3%
네팔	575	7.9%
중국	536	7.4%
우즈베키스탄	446	6.1%
필리핀	256	3.5%
미얀마	252	3.5%
스리랑카	199	2.7%
한국계중국인	186	2.6%

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Published group	People	Share
타이(태국)	179	2.5%
인도네시아	169	2.3%
몽골	160	2.2%
방글라데시	145	2.0%
일본	103	1.4%
타이완(대만)	89	1.2%
파키스탄	72	1.0%
예멘공화국	71	1.0%
미국	42	0.6%
러시아(연방)	41	0.6%
이집트	41	0.6%
라오스	40	0.6%
카자흐스탄	32	0.4%
남아프리카공화국	30	0.4%
인도	26	0.4%
튀르키예	25	0.3%
키르기즈	16	0.2%
캐나다	14	0.2%
시리아	12	0.2%
수단	12	0.2%
튀니지	11	0.2%
모로코	9	0.1%
우간다	7	0.1%
멕시코	6	0.1%
티모르민주공화국(동티모르)	5	0.1%
르완다	5	0.1%
헝가리	5	0.1%
영국	3	0.0%
말레이시아	3	0.0%
홍콩	3	0.0%
아일랜드	3	0.0%
알제리	3	0.0%
아이티	3	0.0%
오스트레일리아	2	0.0%
독일	2	0.0%
우크라이나	2	0.0%
뉴질랜드	2	0.0%
브라질	2	0.0%
아프가니스탄	2	0.0%
투르크메니스탄	2	0.0%
기니	2	0.0%
레바논	2	0.0%
니카라과	2	0.0%
마다가스카르	2	0.0%
프랑스	1	0.0%
나이지리아	1	0.0%
이란	1	0.0%
싱가포르	1	0.0%
카메룬	1	0.0%
리비아	1	0.0%
잠비아	1	0.0%
감비아	1	0.0%
기타	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	134,124 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Iksan-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.

Gunsan-si as an Iksan-si alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Foreign residents: 4.0% Gunsan-si vs 2.7% Iksan-si+48%
Unemployment: 1.7% Gunsan-si vs 1.6% Iksan-si+6%
Empty flats: 16.1% Gunsan-si vs 14.7% Iksan-si+10%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,690.0 Gunsan-si vs 1,850.0 Iksan-si−9%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,186 Gunsan-si vs 3,272 Iksan-sisame level
Annual PM2.5: 18.0 µg/m³ Gunsan-si vs 18.8 µg/m³ Iksan-si−4%
Residents: 255,591 Gunsan-si vs 266,758 Iksan-si−4%

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Alternative cities in South Korea

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dongnam-gu263,653 residents Jangan-gu269,984 residents Gyeongsan-si263,406 residents Dongnae-gu271,097 residents Buk-gu, Busan260,736 residents Seongdong-gu274,517 residents

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Iksan-si in rankings

#19 of 30 in South Korean cities with the lowest published unemployment

Common questions

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

How many people live in 익산시?

The published population was 266,758 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 익산시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 18.8 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.

How safe is 익산시?

Police recorded about 3,272 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-2024.

What is the unemployment rate in 익산시?

The unemployment rate is 1.6 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate.

How many foreign residents live in Iksan-si?

7,388 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Iksan-si a good place to live?

Iksan-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 Iksan-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 7,268 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). Iksan-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b3a47dc812ceaaabfb772aec4fa3df9b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/igsansi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_iksan-si-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_22e30bd9e739,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Iksan-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {b3a47dc812ceaaabfb772aec4fa3df9b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/igsansi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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