Living in Jeongeup-si

In Jeongeup-si, tenants pay an average rent of €293 a month (2026) and unemployment is 0.5% (2025).

In June 2026, 정읍시 had a population of 100,738. The city covered 693.1 km² in 2020. Population density was 147.3 people per km² in 2024. In 정읍시, there were 2.5 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024. Car density was 602.4 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 0.5% at the end of 2025. In March 2026, the foreign population was 3,784.

Last checked 2026-10-0219 sources

Population100,738people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Average rent293.3EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · (월) 평균월세가격_아파트 (Korea Real Estate Board / R-ONE)

Unemployment rate0.5%country median 2.7% — 81% belowOfficial source · KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate

Recorded crime2,575incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean16.38µg/m³country median 16.0 — 2% aboveOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

The housing-vacancy rate was 13.4% at the end of 2024.

No city-level rent figure is published for Jeongeup-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 internet¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan¹²Official · national market
Dwellings	48,639 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality³Official
Housing vacancy rate	13.38 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁴Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	293.3 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	(월) 평균월세가격_아파트 (Korea Real Estate Board / R-ONE)¹Official

Is Jeongeup-si a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee78%strong on work, weak on safety · range 70–86%

Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 46–62%

Family70%strong on family, weak on cost · range 62–78%

Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–60%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 정읍시?

The unemployment rate is 0.5 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁹

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Jeongeup-si is 0.5%. 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

Jeongeup-si 0.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	0.5 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁹Official

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	69 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 1,000, 2024⁷Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	2,150 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 1,000, 2024⁸Official
Hospitals	11 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁵Official
Pharmacies	63 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 1,000, 2024⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Jeongeup-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 2026-07-22

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 정읍시?

Police recorded about 2,575 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-2024¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,575 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹⁰Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	27.79 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

KoreanIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Jeongeup-si.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 16.4 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 정읍시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 16.4 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: 16.38 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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.516.4WHO 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 Jeongeup-si is 16.4 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

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Jeongeup-si 16.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	16.38 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in 정읍시?

The published population was 100,738 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	602.4 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁷Official
City area	693.1 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	3.74 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁶Official
Foreign residents	3,784 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁶Official
Population density	147.3 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	50,360 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁴Official
Male residents	50,378 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁴Official
Population	100,738 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹³Official

International community in Jeongeup-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	3,783	100.0%
베트남	1,361	36.0%
네팔	573	15.1%
캄보디아	231	6.1%
미얀마	194	5.1%
필리핀	190	5.0%
타이(태국)	181	4.8%
중국	178	4.7%
스리랑카	171	4.5%
한국계중국인	144	3.8%

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Published group	People	Share
인도네시아	119	3.1%
방글라데시	93	2.5%
러시아(연방)	61	1.6%
파키스탄	57	1.5%
우즈베키스탄	51	1.3%
일본	43	1.1%
시리아	16	0.4%
라오스	16	0.4%
튀르키예	14	0.4%
몽골	13	0.3%
미국	11	0.3%
타이완(대만)	10	0.3%
남아프리카공화국	10	0.3%
예멘공화국	9	0.2%
카자흐스탄	7	0.2%
키르기즈	6	0.2%
인도	5	0.1%
수단	4	0.1%
영국	3	0.1%
모로코	2	0.1%
캐나다	1	0.0%
프랑스	1	0.0%
말레이시아	1	0.0%
우크라이나	1	0.0%
뉴질랜드	1	0.0%
멕시코	1	0.0%
리비아	1	0.0%
베네수엘라	1	0.0%
슬로바크	1	0.0%
코스타리카	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	54,663 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Jeongeup-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.

Eumseong-gun as a Jeongeup-si alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 16.2% Eumseong-gun vs 3.7% Jeongeup-si+334%
Empty flats: 18.5% Eumseong-gun vs 13.4% Jeongeup-si+38%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,920 Eumseong-gun vs 2,575 Jeongeup-sino percentage
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,900.0 Eumseong-gun vs 2,150.0 Jeongeup-si−12%
Residents: 95,954 Eumseong-gun vs 100,738 Jeongeup-si−5%

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Alternative cities in South Korea

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Yeongdo-gu100,570 residents Seo-gu, Busan101,216 residents Wanju-gun100,102 residents Hongseong-gun101,566 residents Gongju-si99,757 residents Jung-gu, Daegu101,754 residents

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Jeongeup-si in rankings

#24 of 30 in Safest cities in South Korea by recorded crime

Common questions

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

How many people live in 정읍시?

The published population was 100,738 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 정읍시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 16.4 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 정읍시?

Police recorded about 2,575 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 정읍시?

The unemployment rate is 0.5 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate.

How many foreign residents live in Jeongeup-si?

3,784 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Jeongeup-si a good place to live?

Jeongeup-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 Jeongeup-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 3,783 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). Jeongeup-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 69d22d10bee6d63b51c7343f2ad2dd4a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/jeong-eubsi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_jeongeup-si-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_e69cb3e16e22,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Jeongeup-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {69d22d10bee6d63b51c7343f2ad2dd4a},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/jeong-eubsi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality kosis.kr · checked 2026-07-22
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