Living in Yeoju-si

In Yeoju-si, unemployment is 1.7% (2025).

The housing-vacancy rate was 10.2% at the end of 2024. 여주시 had a population of 113,506 in June 2026. For 여주시, the annual precipitation estimate was 1,480.1 mm at the end of 2024. The city covered 608.3 km² in 2020. The unemployment rate was 1.7% at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1921 sources

Population113,506people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate1.7%country median 2.7% — 37% belowOfficial source · 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators

Recorded crime3,273incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean21.42µg/m³country median 16.0 — 34% aboveOfficial source · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations

Lower unemployment than 71% of South Korean cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other South Korean city that publishes it.

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

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Yeoju-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	47,949 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality⁴Official
Housing vacancy rate	10.17 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁵Official

Is Yeoju-si a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–67%

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

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

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 여주시?

The unemployment rate is 1.7 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators²

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Yeoju-si is 1.7%. 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

Yeoju-si 1.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1.7 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators²Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Yeoju-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 Yeoju-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 response¹⁹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	2 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁸Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,670 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k⁹Official
Hospitals	11 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁶Official
Pharmacies	52 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁶Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	200 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Yeoju-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 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 여주시?

Police recorded about 3,273 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	3,273 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹⁰Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	43.17 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 Yeoju-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 Yeoju-si.

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Climate and air quality

The annual mean temperature estimate was 12.2°C at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 21.4 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 여주시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 21.4 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: 21.42 µg/m³ · Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations³

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

0°

3°-8°

6°-6°

12°-1°

19°5°

24°11°

28°17°

29°21°

30°21°

26°15°

20°7°

12°0°

4°-6°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

128

364

288

153

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

171

174

202

215

232

203

150

170

174

190

153

161

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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

PM2.521.4WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1036WHO 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 Yeoju-si is 21.4 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

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Yeoju-si 21.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM10 — annual mean	36 µg/m³country median 30.0	31 Dec 2024	2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	21.42 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	Air Pollution Level Confirmation Data — 2024 PM2.5 station observations³Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 6 · Mar 12.2 · Apr 19.3 · May 24.4 · Jun 27.9 · Jul 29.4 · Aug 30.2 · Sep 26 · Oct 20.4 · Nov 12.1 · Dec 4.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Icheon_47203.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -8.5 · Feb -6.1 · Mar -0.9 · Apr 5 · May 11.2 · Jun 16.7 · Jul 20.9 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 15 · Oct 7 · Nov 0.2 · Dec -6.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Icheon_47203.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.1 · Feb -0.3 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 11.9 · May 17.6 · Jun 22 · Jul 24.7 · Aug 25 · Sep 19.8 · Oct 13 · Nov 5.8 · Dec -1.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Icheon_47203.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 19.2 · Feb 29.6 · Mar 42.9 · Apr 78.5 · May 93.2 · Jun 128.2 · Jul 364.3 · Aug 288 · Sep 153.1 · Oct 50.9 · Nov 45.1 · Dec 22.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Icheon_47203.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 170.8 · Feb 174.3 · Mar 202.4 · Apr 214.9 · May 232 · Jun 203.3 · Jul 150 · Aug 170.4 · Sep 173.7 · Oct 189.9 · Nov 153.2 · Dec 161.3 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Icheon_47203.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	12.21 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,480 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in 여주시?

The published population was 113,506 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 passport95.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	691.3 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu¹⁸Official
City area	608.3 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	4.66 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31⁷Official
Foreign residents	5,279 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026¹⁷Official
Population density	188.4 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.¹⁶Official
Female residents	55,604 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁴Official
Male residents	57,902 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁴Official
Population	113,506 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹³Official

International community in Yeoju-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	5,309	100.0%
베트남	1,084	20.4%
캄보디아	1,033	19.5%
네팔	646	12.2%
타이(태국)	411	7.7%
미얀마	374	7.0%
한국계중국인	309	5.8%
필리핀	259	4.9%
중국	177	3.3%
라오스	174	3.3%

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Published group	People	Share
우즈베키스탄	171	3.2%
방글라데시	152	2.9%
인도네시아	95	1.8%
러시아(연방)	73	1.4%
카자흐스탄	55	1.0%
일본	49	0.9%
몽골	40	0.8%
스리랑카	36	0.7%
타이완(대만)	28	0.5%
시리아	16	0.3%
티모르민주공화국(동티모르)	15	0.3%
미국	14	0.3%
파키스탄	13	0.2%
타지키스탄	12	0.2%
말레이시아	10	0.2%
이집트	9	0.2%
영국	6	0.1%
남아프리카공화국	6	0.1%
오스트레일리아	4	0.1%
캐나다	3	0.1%
한국계러시아인	3	0.1%
모로코	3	0.1%
프랑스	2	0.0%
키르기즈	2	0.0%
튀르키예	2	0.0%
케냐	2	0.0%
알제리	2	0.0%
인도	1	0.0%
우크라이나	1	0.0%
홍콩	1	0.0%
브라질	1	0.0%
네덜란드	1	0.0%
멕시코	1	0.0%
우간다	1	0.0%
폴란드	1	0.0%
덴마크	1	0.0%
요르단	1	0.0%
리비아	1	0.0%
핀란드	1	0.0%
르완다	1	0.0%
이스라엘	1	0.0%
포르투갈	1	0.0%
아르헨티나	1	0.0%
도미니카공화국	1	0.0%
투르크메니스탄	1	0.0%
말라위	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	57,156 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Yeoju-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 Yeoju-si alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 0.8% Nonsan-si vs 1.7% Yeoju-si−53%
Foreign residents: 7.0% Nonsan-si vs 4.7% Yeoju-si+50%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,390.0 Nonsan-si vs 1,670.0 Yeoju-si+43%
Empty flats: 11.8% Nonsan-si vs 10.2% Yeoju-si+16%
Residents: 105,977 Nonsan-si vs 113,506 Yeoju-si−7%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,220 Nonsan-si vs 3,273 Yeoju-sisame level

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Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Yeoju-si, nearest in population first.

All South Korea cities

Tongyeong-si115,890 residents Jung-gu, Seoul117,558 residents Sacheon-si107,882 residents Nonsan-si105,977 residents Chilgok-gun103,537 residents Jung-gu, Daegu101,754 residents

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Yeoju-si in rankings

#21 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 여주시?

The published population was 113,506 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 여주시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 21.4 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 여주시?

Police recorded about 3,273 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 여주시?

The unemployment rate is 1.7 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators.

How many foreign residents live in Yeoju-si?

5,279 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Yeoju-si a good place to live?

Yeoju-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 Yeoju-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,309 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). Yeoju-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9a98b6724b85dfeafec977da17bd6d36]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/yeojusi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_yeoju-si-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_b2b0395070c2,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Yeoju-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9a98b6724b85dfeafec977da17bd6d36},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/yeojusi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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