Living in Yangpyeong-gun

In Yangpyeong-gun, unemployment is 1.1% (2025).

The city covered 877.7 km² in 2020. The housing-vacancy rate was 14.1% at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 1.1% at the end of 2025. In March 2026, the foreign population was 1,746. The population of 양평군, in South Korea, was 126,822 in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-1926 sources

Population126,822people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate1.1%country median 2.7% — 59% belowOfficial source · KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate

Recorded crime2,994incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean17.45µg/m³country median 16.0 — 9% aboveOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Lower unemployment than 78% of South Korean cities that publish it and dirtier air than 72% of South Korean cities that publish it.

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to Yangpyeong-gun?

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 Yangpyeong-gun.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Yangpyeong-gun. 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 internet¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan¹⁶Official · national market
Dwellings	55,403 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality⁷Official
Housing vacancy rate	14.1 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁸Official

Is Yangpyeong-gun a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–68%

Skilled employee74%strong on work, weak on safety · range 66–82%

Student47%strong on education, weak on work · range 39–55%

Family63%strong on family, weak on cost · range 55–71%

Retirement46%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 36–56%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 양평군?

The unemployment rate is 1.1 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate¹³

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Yangpyeong-gun 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

Yangpyeong-gun 1.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1.1 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate¹³Official

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	45 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response²³Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	1.6 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000¹¹Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,090 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k¹²Official
Hospitals	11 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁹Official
Pharmacies	48 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	160 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000¹¹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Yangpyeong-gun 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 residents1.6 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 양평군?

Police recorded about 2,994 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-2024¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,994 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹⁴Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	35.48 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

The annual mean temperature estimate was 12.2°C at the end of 2024. The annual precipitation estimate was 1,480.1 mm at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 17.5 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 양평군?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 17.5 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: 17.45 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²

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

0°

2°-9°

6°-6°

12°-1°

19°5°

24°11°

28°17°

30°21°

26°15°

20°8°

12°1°

4°-6°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

134

409

331

145

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

173

177

207

212

231

207

150

171

181

192

154

161

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

PM2.517.4WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1030WHO 15 · EU 40

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 Yangpyeong-gun is 17.5 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

Yangpyeong-gun 17.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM10 — annual mean	30 µg/m³country median 30.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	17.45 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.3 · Feb 5.6 · Mar 11.9 · Apr 19.2 · May 24.5 · Jun 28.3 · Jul 29.6 · Aug 30.3 · Sep 26.2 · Oct 20.2 · Nov 11.9 · Dec 4.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yangpyeong_47202.csv²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -8.6 · Feb -6.1 · Mar -0.7 · Apr 5.1 · May 11.2 · Jun 16.9 · Jul 21.2 · Aug 21.3 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 7.6 · Nov 0.6 · Dec -6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yangpyeong_47202.csv²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.4 · Feb -0.5 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 12 · May 17.6 · Jun 22.2 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 25.2 · Sep 20 · Oct 13 · Nov 5.7 · Dec -1.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yangpyeong_47202.csv²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 17.2 · Feb 28 · Mar 38 · Apr 72.5 · May 94.4 · Jun 134.2 · Jul 409 · Aug 330.9 · Sep 144.5 · Oct 47.1 · Nov 46.4 · Dec 21.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yangpyeong_47202.csv²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 173.2 · Feb 177.2 · Mar 206.5 · Apr 212.2 · May 230.8 · Jun 207.1 · Jul 150.3 · Aug 170.9 · Sep 181.2 · Oct 191.6 · Nov 154 · Dec 160.9 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Yangpyeong_47202.csv²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	12.21 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁹Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,480 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁹Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in 양평군?

The published population was 126,822 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹⁷

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
Cars per 1,000 residents	562.6 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu²²Official
City area	877.7 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.²⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	1.38 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31¹⁰Official
Foreign residents	1,746 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026²¹Official
Population density	144.5 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.²⁰Official
Female residents	63,101 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁸Official
Male residents	63,721 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁸Official
Population	126,822 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹⁷Official

International community in Yangpyeong-gun

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	1,757	100.0%
캄보디아	466	26.5%
베트남	242	13.8%
네팔	175	10.0%
한국계중국인	156	8.9%
중국	131	7.5%
미얀마	109	6.2%
타이(태국)	83	4.7%
필리핀	72	4.1%
일본	45	2.6%

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Published group	People	Share
미국	41	2.3%
인도	27	1.5%
우즈베키스탄	23	1.3%
몽골	21	1.2%
캐나다	16	0.9%
타이완(대만)	15	0.9%
영국	15	0.9%
인도네시아	14	0.8%
남아프리카공화국	13	0.7%
방글라데시	12	0.7%
독일	9	0.5%
오스트레일리아	7	0.4%
프랑스	6	0.3%
스리랑카	5	0.3%
우간다	5	0.3%
파키스탄	4	0.2%
카자흐스탄	4	0.2%
브라질	4	0.2%
케냐	4	0.2%
러시아(연방)	3	0.2%
가나	3	0.2%
키르기즈	2	0.1%
이집트	2	0.1%
뉴질랜드	2	0.1%
이란	2	0.1%
튀르키예	2	0.1%
이탈리아	2	0.1%
라오스	2	0.1%
우크라이나	1	0.1%
홍콩	1	0.1%
싱가포르	1	0.1%
한국계러시아인	1	0.1%
에티오피아	1	0.1%
스웨덴	1	0.1%
콜롬비아	1	0.1%
포르투갈	1	0.1%
아르헨티나	1	0.1%
세네갈	1	0.1%
피지	1	0.1%
팔레스타인	1	0.1%
레소토	1	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁴

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	63,993 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Yangpyeong-gun

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.

Jecheon-si as a Yangpyeong-gun alternative in the same country

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

Foreign residents: 2.7% Jecheon-si vs 1.4% Yangpyeong-gun+96%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,590.0 Jecheon-si vs 1,090.0 Yangpyeong-gun+46%
Empty flats: 10.3% Jecheon-si vs 14.1% Yangpyeong-gun−27%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,738 Jecheon-si vs 2,994 Yangpyeong-gun−9%
Annual PM2.5: 15.0 µg/m³ Jecheon-si vs 17.5 µg/m³ Yangpyeong-gun−14%
Residents: 128,192 Jecheon-si vs 126,822 Yangpyeong-gun+1%

Full comparison More about Jecheon-si

Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Yangpyeong-gun, nearest in population first.

All South Korea cities

Jecheon-si128,192 residents Gimcheon-si132,740 residents Jongno-gu136,318 residents Jung-gu, Seoul117,558 residents Tongyeong-si115,890 residents Pocheon-si140,468 residents

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Yangpyeong-gun in rankings

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

Is Yangpyeong-gun part of Seoul?

Yangpyeong-gun 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 52.2 km away by straight-line distance. Seoul city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²⁶

Which comparable places record less crime than Yangpyeong-gun?

34 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Yangpyeong-gun in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Yangpyeong-gun: 3,122 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents (2024).

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source⁵

Common questions

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

How many people live in 양평군?

The published population was 126,822 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 양평군?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 17.5 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 양평군?

Police recorded about 2,994 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 양평군?

The unemployment rate is 1.1 % (2025). Source: KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rate.

How many foreign residents live in Yangpyeong-gun?

1,746 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Yangpyeong-gun a good place to live?

Yangpyeong-gun 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 Yangpyeong-gun part of Seoul?

Yangpyeong-gun 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 52.2 km away by straight-line distance.

How many people are in the 계 citizenship group in Yangpyeong-gun?

The official citizenship distribution records 1,757 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Yangpyeong-gun?

34 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Yangpyeong-gun in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Korean National Police Agency regional crime occurrence CSV 2024 + 2024 Registered Census population, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Yangpyeong-gun, South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4768522e4f3c05c73fb4dbd53f32bb93]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/yangpyeonggun/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Yangpyeong-gun, South Korea: population, rent, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {4768522e4f3c05c73fb4dbd53f32bb93},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/yangpyeonggun/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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