Living in Jungwon-gu

In Jungwon-gu, unemployment is 3.5% (2025).

중원구 had 200,064 residents in June 2026 and is a city in South Korea. The annual mean temperature estimate was 13.2°C at the end of 2024. For 중원구, the annual precipitation estimate was 1,483.7 mm at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2616 sources

Population200,064people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate3.5%country median 2.7% — 30% aboveOfficial source · sri.kostat.go.kr

Recorded crime3,030incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³country median 16.0 — 19% belowOfficial source · www.airkorea.or.kr

Higher unemployment than 70% of South Korean cities that publish it and cleaner air than 87% of South Korean cities that publish it.

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to Jungwon-gu?

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 Jungwon-gu.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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 internet³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan⁴Official · national market
Annual jeonse deposit-to-rent conversion rate	4.5 %	31 Jul 2026	전국주택가격동향조사 — 지역별 전월세 전환율_아파트 (A_2024_00156, statId S234820263)¹⁵Official
Median jeonse deposit (deposit-only lease)	277,853 EUR	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (전세 rows: 보증금(만원))¹⁴Official
Median wolse monthly payment (deposit also required)	411.6 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (월세 rows: 월세금(만원), deposit coexists)¹⁴Official

Is Jungwon-gu 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–62%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%

Student31%strong on education, weak on work · range 23–39%

Family52%strong on family, weak on cost · range 43–61%

Retirement27%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 17–37%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 중원구?

The unemployment rate is 3.5 % (2025-H1). Source: sri.kostat.go.kr¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Jungwon-gu is 3.5%. 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

Jungwon-gu 3.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	3.5 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	sri.kostat.go.kr¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Jungwon-gu?

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

Left over each month€557of €1,660 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

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 €277,853 refundable deposit and 4.5% annual conversion rate · official · 국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 · 2026-08-31 · official · 전국주택가격동향조사 · 2026-07-31	− €1,042
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	€557

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Jungwon-gu Salary needed to live in Jungwon-gu

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Jungwon-gu. 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

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Jungwon-gu. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

The city had 33 schools in July 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	33 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response⁹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	473.8 beds per 100,000	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보¹Official
Hospitals	8 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보¹Official
Pharmacies	104 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스¹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	220.9 per 100,000	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 병원정보서비스¹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Jungwon-gu 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents473.8 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,030 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)²Official · regional context

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 중원구?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: www.airkorea.or.kr¹³

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°

2°-6°

5°-3°

11°2°

18°8°

24°14°

28°19°

29°22°

30°23°

26°18°

20°11°

12°4°

4°-3°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

104

130

414

348

142

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

170

171

198

206

223

189

124

156

180

207

157

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

PM2.513WHO 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 Jungwon-gu is 13.0 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

Jungwon-gu 13.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	www.airkorea.or.kr¹³Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.1 · Feb 5.1 · Mar 11 · Apr 17.9 · May 23.6 · Jun 27.6 · Jul 29 · Aug 30 · Sep 26.2 · Oct 20.2 · Nov 11.9 · Dec 4.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seoul_47108.csv¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.5 · Feb -3.2 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 8 · May 13.5 · Jun 18.7 · Jul 22.3 · Aug 22.9 · Sep 17.7 · Oct 10.6 · Nov 3.5 · Dec -3.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seoul_47108.csv¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 12.6 · May 18.3 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 26.1 · Sep 21.7 · Oct 15 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 0.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seoul_47108.csv¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 16.8 · Feb 28.2 · Mar 36.9 · Apr 72.9 · May 103.6 · Jun 129.5 · Jul 414.4 · Aug 348.2 · Sep 141.5 · Oct 52.2 · Nov 51.1 · Dec 22.6 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seoul_47108.csv¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 169.6 · Feb 170.8 · Mar 198.2 · Apr 206.3 · May 223 · Jun 189.1 · Jul 123.6 · Aug 156.1 · Sep 179.7 · Oct 206.5 · Nov 157.3 · Dec 162.9 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seoul_47108.csv¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	13.18 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,484 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in 중원구?

The published population was 200,064 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	1.4 %	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026⁸Official
Foreign residents	2,809 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026⁸Official
Female residents	99,449 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026⁶Official
Male residents	100,615 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026⁶Official
Population	200,064 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026⁵Official

International community in Jungwon-gu

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	2,871	100.0%
한국계중국인	889	31.0%
베트남	582	20.3%
중국	433	15.1%
필리핀	138	4.8%
몽골	93	3.2%
타이(태국)	89	3.1%
미얀마	75	2.6%
일본	70	2.4%
방글라데시	64	2.2%

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Published group	People	Share
네팔	46	1.6%
인도네시아	44	1.5%
캄보디아	41	1.4%
우즈베키스탄	39	1.4%
파키스탄	36	1.3%
타이완(대만)	28	1.0%
미국	25	0.9%
캐나다	19	0.7%
러시아(연방)	15	0.5%
스리랑카	12	0.4%
영국	10	0.3%
인도	9	0.3%
프랑스	9	0.3%
라오스	9	0.3%
우크라이나	7	0.2%
브라질	7	0.2%
말레이시아	6	0.2%
키르기즈	5	0.2%
홍콩	5	0.2%
이탈리아	5	0.2%
멕시코	5	0.2%
르완다	5	0.2%
카자흐스탄	4	0.1%
오스트레일리아	4	0.1%
모로코	4	0.1%
독일	3	0.1%
아제르바이잔	3	0.1%
남아프리카공화국	2	0.1%
뉴질랜드	2	0.1%
아일랜드	2	0.1%
튀르키예	2	0.1%
루마니아	2	0.1%
콜롬비아	2	0.1%
벨라루스	2	0.1%
칠레	2	0.1%
이집트	1	0.0%
나이지리아	1	0.0%
싱가포르	1	0.0%
가나	1	0.0%
네덜란드	1	0.0%
스페인	1	0.0%
페루	1	0.0%
콩고민주공화국	1	0.0%
알제리	1	0.0%
튀니지	1	0.0%
포르투갈	1	0.0%
아르헨티나	1	0.0%
브루나이	1	0.0%
가봉	1	0.0%
조지아	1	0.0%
영국외지민	1	0.0%
기타	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	98,763 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Jungwon-gu

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.

Nam-gu, Pohang-si as a Jungwon-gu alternative in the same country

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

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,383.9 Nam-gu, Pohang-si vs 473.8 Jungwon-gu+192%
Foreign residents: 2.1% Nam-gu, Pohang-si vs 1.4% Jungwon-gu+47%
Annual PM2.5: 16.0 µg/m³ Nam-gu, Pohang-si vs 13.0 µg/m³ Jungwon-gu+23%
Unemployment: 3.3% Nam-gu, Pohang-si vs 3.5% Jungwon-gu−6%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,870 Nam-gu, Pohang-si vs 3,030 Jungwon-gu−5%
Residents: 212,298 Nam-gu, Pohang-si vs 200,064 Jungwon-gu+6%

Full comparison More about Nam-gu, Pohang-si

Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Jungwon-gu, nearest in population first.

All South Korea cities

Yongsan-gu199,648 residents Anseong-si198,785 residents Jung-gu, Ulsan203,026 residents Gangneung-si205,666 residents Geumjeong-gu205,672 residents Chungju-si205,978 residents

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Is Jungwon-gu part of Seoul?

Jungwon-gu 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 20.8 km away by straight-line distance. Seoul city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source¹⁶

Common questions

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

How many people live in 중원구?

The published population was 200,064 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 중원구?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: www.airkorea.or.kr.

What is the unemployment rate in 중원구?

The unemployment rate is 3.5 % (2025-H1). Source: sri.kostat.go.kr.

How many foreign residents live in Jungwon-gu?

2,809 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Jungwon-gu a good place to live?

Jungwon-gu 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 Jungwon-gu part of Seoul?

Jungwon-gu 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 20.8 km away by straight-line distance.

How many people are in the 계 citizenship group in Jungwon-gu?

The official citizenship distribution records 2,871 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). Jungwon-gu, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9021836b08ac2487018627cf168ec984]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/jung-wongu/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_jungwon-gu-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_1ab87e7ded95,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Jungwon-gu, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9021836b08ac2487018627cf168ec984},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/jung-wongu/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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