Living in Jecheon-si

In Jecheon-si, unemployment is 1.1% (2025).

The unemployment rate was 1.1% at the end of 2025. The population of 제천시, in South Korea, was 128,192 in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-1920 sources

Population128,192people30 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 crime2,738incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean14.97µg/m³country median 16.0 — 6% belowOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Lower unemployment than 78% of South Korean cities that publish it and cleaner air than 63% of South Korean cities that publish it.

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

Housing and cost

The housing-vacancy rate was 10.3% at the end of 2024.

No city-level rent figure is published for Jecheon-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 internet¹⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan¹¹Official · national market
Dwellings	58,435 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality³Official
Housing vacancy rate	10.34 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁴Official

Is Jecheon-si a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 51–69%

Skilled employee75%strong on work, weak on safety · range 67–83%

Student48%strong on education, weak on work · range 40–56%

Family65%strong on family, weak on cost · range 57–73%

Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–59%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 제천시?

The unemployment rate is 1.1 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators¹

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Jecheon-si 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

Jecheon-si 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 indicators¹Official

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	45 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response¹⁸Official

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	1,590 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k⁸Official
Hospitals	10 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁵Official
Pharmacies	56 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁵Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	250 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Jecheon-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

How safe is 제천시?

Police recorded about 2,738 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	2,738 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	35.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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 Jecheon-si.

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Climate and air quality

The annual mean temperature estimate was 11.7°C at the end of 2024. The annual precipitation estimate was 1,397.5 mm at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 15 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 제천시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 15 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: 14.97 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²

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

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2°-11°

5°-8°

11°-3°

18°3°

23°9°

27°15°

29°20°

25°13°

19°5°

11°-2°

4°-8°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

148

356

301

145

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

175

174

201

213

236

208

151

166

168

192

158

164

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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

PM2.515WHO 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 Jecheon-si is 15.0 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

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Jecheon-si 15.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	14.97 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.6 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 18.1 · May 23.4 · Jun 27.1 · Jul 28.6 · Aug 29.3 · Sep 25.1 · Oct 19.5 · Nov 11.4 · Dec 3.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Jecheon_47221.csv²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -10.8 · Feb -8.3 · Mar -2.9 · Apr 2.9 · May 9.2 · Jun 15.2 · Jul 19.7 · Aug 19.8 · Sep 13.3 · Oct 5.1 · Nov -1.6 · Dec -8.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Jecheon_47221.csv²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -4.8 · Feb -2 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 10.5 · May 16.2 · Jun 20.8 · Jul 23.5 · Aug 23.8 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 11.5 · Nov 4.4 · Dec -2.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Jecheon_47221.csv²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 20.3 · Feb 32.2 · Mar 49.7 · Apr 85.1 · May 96.9 · Jun 147.5 · Jul 356 · Aug 300.9 · Sep 145.3 · Oct 57.4 · Nov 43.4 · Dec 24.6 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Jecheon_47221.csv²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 175.1 · Feb 174.4 · Mar 201 · Apr 213.3 · May 236 · Jun 208.4 · Jul 151.4 · Aug 166.1 · Sep 168 · Oct 192.3 · Nov 157.6 · Dec 164.4 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Jecheon_47221.csv²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	11.67 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,398 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

The city covered 883.5 km² in 2020. Population density was 145.5 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 제천시?

The published population was 128,192 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	586.9 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁷Official
City area	883.5 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	2.71 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁶Official
Foreign residents	3,596 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁶Official
Population density	145.5 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	63,473 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Male residents	64,719 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population	128,192 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹²Official

International community in Jecheon-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	3,474	100.0%
베트남	1,160	33.4%
중국	529	15.2%
네팔	460	13.2%
우즈베키스탄	182	5.2%
필리핀	136	3.9%
한국계중국인	133	3.8%
스리랑카	108	3.1%
캄보디아	90	2.6%
방글라데시	84	2.4%

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Published group	People	Share
몽골	83	2.4%
인도네시아	71	2.0%
미얀마	64	1.8%
타이(태국)	56	1.6%
카자흐스탄	49	1.4%
타이완(대만)	45	1.3%
러시아(연방)	37	1.1%
일본	26	0.7%
튀르키예	26	0.7%
말레이시아	19	0.5%
미국	18	0.5%
키르기즈	12	0.3%
남아프리카공화국	10	0.3%
라오스	9	0.3%
나이지리아	7	0.2%
티모르민주공화국(동티모르)	7	0.2%
파키스탄	5	0.1%
영국	5	0.1%
우크라이나	4	0.1%
브라질	3	0.1%
아프가니스탄	3	0.1%
이집트	2	0.1%
시리아	2	0.1%
한국계러시아인	2	0.1%
타지키스탄	2	0.1%
투르크메니스탄	2	0.1%
인도	1	0.0%
캐나다	1	0.0%
오스트레일리아	1	0.0%
독일	1	0.0%
싱가포르	1	0.0%
아일랜드	1	0.0%
스페인	1	0.0%
멕시코	1	0.0%
모로코	1	0.0%
이라크	1	0.0%
예멘공화국	1	0.0%
벨라루스	1	0.0%
수단	1	0.0%
탄자니아	1	0.0%
이스라엘	1	0.0%
체코	1	0.0%
아제르바이잔	1	0.0%
도미니카공화국	1	0.0%
세르비아	1	0.0%
몰도바	1	0.0%
슬로베니아	1	0.0%
아이티	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	67,207 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Jecheon-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.

Nonsan-si as a Jecheon-si alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 7.0% Nonsan-si vs 2.7% Jecheon-si+157%
Unemployment: 0.8% Nonsan-si vs 1.1% Jecheon-si−27%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,390.0 Nonsan-si vs 1,590.0 Jecheon-si+50%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,220 Nonsan-si vs 2,738 Jecheon-si+18%
Empty flats: 11.8% Nonsan-si vs 10.3% Jecheon-si+14%
Residents: 105,977 Nonsan-si vs 128,192 Jecheon-si−17%

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Alternative cities in South Korea

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Yangpyeong-gun126,822 residents Gimcheon-si132,740 residents Jongno-gu136,318 residents Jung-gu, Seoul117,558 residents Pocheon-si140,468 residents Nam-gu, Daegu141,344 residents

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Jecheon-si in rankings

#8 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 제천시?

The published population was 128,192 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 제천시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 15 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 제천시?

Police recorded about 2,738 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 제천시?

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 Jecheon-si?

3,596 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Jecheon-si a good place to live?

Jecheon-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 Jecheon-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 3,474 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). Jecheon-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9b7fab5de25c30c64c34b3de8896d01e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/jecheonsi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_jecheon-si-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_e81b657203de,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Jecheon-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9b7fab5de25c30c64c34b3de8896d01e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/jecheonsi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data · data.go.kr · checked 2026-07-26
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
HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보 HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 · opendata.hira.or.kr · checked 2026-09-15
Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31 immigration.go.kr · checked 2026-07-22
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
KR-Police-regional-crime-2024 data.go.kr · 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 Jecheon_47221.csv WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31

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