Living in Namwon-si

In Namwon-si, tenants pay an average rent of €298 a month (2026) and unemployment is 1% (2025).

The housing-vacancy rate was 13.6% at the end of 2024. At the end of 2025, the unemployment rate was 1%. Its population was 73,812 in June 2026. There were 2.5 doctors per 1,000 people in 2024. Car density was 599.7 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0218 sources

Population73,812people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Average rent298.2EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · (월) 평균월세가격_아파트 (Korea Real Estate Board / R-ONE)

Unemployment rate1%country median 2.7% — 63% belowOfficial source · KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate

Recorded crime2,880incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)

PM2.5, annual mean14.12µg/m³country median 16.0 — 12% belowOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Lower unemployment than 80% of South Korean cities that publish it and cleaner air than 71% of South Korean cities that publish it.

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

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Namwon-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	36,192 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality³Official
Housing vacancy rate	13.59 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁴Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	298.2 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	(월) 평균월세가격_아파트 (Korea Real Estate Board / R-ONE)¹Official

Is Namwon-si a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee74%strong on work, weak on safety · range 65–83%

Student46%strong on education, weak on work · range 37–55%

Family62%strong on family, weak on cost · range 52–72%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 남원시?

The unemployment rate is 1 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate⁹

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Namwon-si is 1.0%. 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

Namwon-si 1.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1 %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 Namwon-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 Namwon-si. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	49 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 1,000, 2024⁷Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,940 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 1,000, 2024⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Namwon-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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,880 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 Namwon-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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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 14.1 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 남원시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 14.1 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: 14.12 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

PM2.514.1WHO 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 Namwon-si is 14.1 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

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Namwon-si 14.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	14.12 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 752.2 km² in 2020. Population density was 100.6 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 남원시?

The published population was 73,812 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 passport98.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	599.7 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁶Official
City area	752.2 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	2.08 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁵Official
Foreign residents	1,435 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁵Official
Population density	100.6 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	37,502 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Male residents	36,310 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official
Population	73,812 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹²Official

International community in Namwon-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	1,543	100.0%
베트남	379	24.6%
네팔	230	14.9%
캄보디아	140	9.1%
라오스	139	9.0%
중국	93	6.0%
한국계중국인	87	5.6%
필리핀	69	4.5%
일본	61	4.0%
타이(태국)	50	3.2%

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Published group	People	Share
스리랑카	41	2.7%
방글라데시	37	2.4%
몽골	32	2.1%
미얀마	27	1.7%
러시아(연방)	27	1.7%
우즈베키스탄	23	1.5%
타이완(대만)	17	1.1%
시리아	17	1.1%
남아프리카공화국	10	0.6%
파키스탄	8	0.5%
카자흐스탄	8	0.5%
이집트	6	0.4%
이라크	6	0.4%
타지키스탄	6	0.4%
미국	5	0.3%
인도	4	0.3%
영국	4	0.3%
부룬디	4	0.3%
인도네시아	2	0.1%
모로코	2	0.1%
캐나다	1	0.1%
키르기즈	1	0.1%
나이지리아	1	0.1%
튀르키예	1	0.1%
요르단	1	0.1%
루마니아	1	0.1%
오스트리아	1	0.1%
르완다	1	0.1%
마다가스카르	1	0.1%

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	39,886 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Namwon-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.

Samcheok-si as a Namwon-si alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Unemployment: 0.2% Samcheok-si vs 1.0% Namwon-si−80%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 680.0 Samcheok-si vs 1,940.0 Namwon-si−65%
Empty flats: 17.3% Samcheok-si vs 13.6% Namwon-si+27%
Annual PM2.5: 10.8 µg/m³ Samcheok-si vs 14.1 µg/m³ Namwon-si−24%
Residents: 60,294 Samcheok-si vs 73,812 Namwon-si−18%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,990 Samcheok-si vs 2,880 Namwon-si+4%
Foreign residents: 2.1% Samcheok-si vs 2.1% Namwon-si+3%

Full comparison More about Samcheok-si

Alternative cities in South Korea

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Ganghwa-gun69,681 residents Yesan-gun78,318 residents Sokcho-si78,893 residents Gwacheon-si80,832 residents Gimje-si81,631 residents Hongcheon-gun65,849 residents

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Namwon-si in rankings

#2 of 30 in South Korean cities with the lowest published unemployment #3 of 30 in 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 남원시?

The published population was 73,812 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 남원시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 14.1 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.

What is the unemployment rate in 남원시?

The unemployment rate is 1 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate.

How many foreign residents live in Namwon-si?

1,435 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Namwon-si a good place to live?

Namwon-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 Namwon-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 1,543 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). Namwon-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a002397c1ef36933e313f0f61f0bacac]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/nam-wonsi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_namwon-si-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_d4ffcc56f928,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Namwon-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a002397c1ef36933e313f0f61f0bacac},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/nam-wonsi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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