Living in Coevorden

In Coevorden, tenants pay an average rent of €477 a month (2024) and unemployment is 3.4% (2024).

Coevorden had 35,729 residents at the start of 2026 and is a city in the Netherlands. The city covered 299.7 km² in 2026. In 2026, population density was 119 people per km². The unemployment rate was 3.4% at the end of 2024. For Coevorden, gigabit broadband availability was 99.8% in Q1 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2432 sources

Population35,729people10 Jun 2026Official source · CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Coevorden (GM0109)

Average gross salary3,812EUR/month31 Dec 2022Regional figureOfficial source · Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)

Average rent477EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)

Unemployment rate3.4%country median 3.1% — 10% aboveOfficial source · CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality

Recorded crime2,550offences per 100,000country median 3,090 — 17% belowOfficial source · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024

Higher unemployment than 71% of Dutch cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 74% of Dutch cities that publish it.

Which Netherlands-wide rules apply when you move to Coevorden?

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 NetherlandsNational rates and thresholds that apply in Coevorden.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Coevorden. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€25

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.5 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 100 Mbps home internet¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	25 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 20GB mobile plan¹⁴Official · national market
Housing stock	15,555 dwellings	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	477 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)²²Official
Rented homes	31 pct	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official

Is Coevorden a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–73%

Student62%strong on education, weak on work · range 55–69%

Family59%strong on family, weak on cost · range 51–67%

Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 45–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Coevorden?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality⁸

Unemployment across cities in NetherlandsUnemployment in Coevorden is 3.4%. Of 337 cities with data, 146 have unemployment of 3 to under 3.5%.

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Coevorden 3.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,812 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)¹⁵Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	99.76 %	2025 Q1	Percentage of households in the Dutch municipality with access to a fixed internet connection of at least 1 Gbps (1000 Mbit/s); availability, not subscribed plan, measured speed or FTTH-only coverage.¹⁸Official
Median income per year	31,900 EUR/year	31 Dec 2024	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁴Official
Unemployment rate	3.4 %country median 3.1%	31 Dec 2024	CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Coevorden?

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

Left over each month€2,501of €3,045 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.	€3,045
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED) · 2024-12-31	− €477
Internet€43 · official · KPN 100 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €43
Mobile plan€25 · official · KPN 20GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €25
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,501

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Coevorden. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

UWV public employment service — Public employment service

Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen (UWV)

Job Search

Open official service

Open the Netherlands service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Coevorden. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	9 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹¹Official
Schools	10 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹¹Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: extra Dutch-language reception support for recently-arrived immigrant pupils (NT2 reception funding). How to enrol a child (rijksoverheid.nl).

A country-wide rule for Netherlands; Coevorden's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Safety

How safe is Coevorden?

Police recorded 2,550 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 2,550 offences per 100,000 · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesCoevorden highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Amsterdam8,970

Rotterdam8,200

Eindhoven7,990

The Hague6,890

Utrecht6,800

Nijmegen6,280

Groningen6,160

Breda5,870

Tilburg5,560

Almere4,280

Almere Stad4,278

Coevorden2,550

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,550 offences per 100,000country median 3,090	31 Dec 2024	CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024⁹Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was GRQ, 51.6 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026. Car density was 589.8 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2025.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	5 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁶Official
Nearest airport	GRQ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	51.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Coevorden. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Blik op Werk integration-provider quality register — Other

Blik op Werk

For integration-course applicants.

DutchIn Person, Online

Open official information

DUO choosing an integration course — State Language Course

Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO)

For people who must integrate.

DutchIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Coevorden.

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Climate and air quality

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Night-time low to daytime high

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 9.7 · Apr 14.5 · May 18.1 · Jun 20.7 · Jul 22.9 · Aug 22.6 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 14.2 · Nov 9 · Dec 5.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station HoogeveenAws_06279.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.3 · Feb 0.2 · Mar 1.8 · Apr 3.9 · May 7.5 · Jun 10.1 · Jul 12.2 · Aug 11.9 · Sep 9.4 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 3.4 · Dec 1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station HoogeveenAws_06279.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 5.7 · Apr 9.2 · May 12.9 · Jun 15.6 · Jul 17.7 · Aug 17.3 · Sep 14.1 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station HoogeveenAws_06279.csv²¹Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Coevorden?

The published population was 35,729 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Coevorden (GM0109)⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.1%
Foreign residents11.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Addresses per km²	509 addresses/km²	27 Aug 2026	CBS²Official
Area	299.7 km²	10 Jun 2026	Wikidata (P2046)³²Independent · gemeente
Cars per 1,000 residents	589.8 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2025	CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.⁷Official
City area	299.7 km²	28 Jan 2026	Kadaster BRK Bestuurlijke Gebieden, current municipality boundary polygon in EPSG:28992; area is the polygon area converted from m² to km².¹²Official
Foreign residents	4,236 people	1 Jan 2025	CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.⁷Official
Population density	119 people/km²	10 Jun 2026	CBS²Official · gemeente
Population	35,729 people	10 Jun 2026	CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Coevorden (GM0109)⁶Official

International community in Coevorden

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population registered in Dutch municipalities; CBS population on 1 January · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Born in the Netherlands	33,291	93.2%
Born outside the Netherlands	2,438	6.8%

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

Citizenship

Residents in the Dutch population register; 1 January · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Totaal	35,860	100.0%
Nederlands	34,536	96.3%
Totaal niet-Nederlandse nationaliteit	1,324	3.7%
Buiten-Europa	729	2.0%
Europa (exclusief Nederlands)	559	1.6%
Azië	533	1.5%
Azië (exclusief Indonesisch en Turks)	445	1.2%
Europese Unie (exclusief Nederlands)	313	0.9%
Syrisch	291	0.8%
Oekraïens	201	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Midden- en Oost-Europese nat. in de EU	191	0.5%
Afrika	158	0.4%
Afrika (exclusief Marokkaans)	154	0.4%
Pools	147	0.4%
Turks	72	0.2%
Burger van Bondsrepubliek Duitsland	57	0.2%
Amerika	38	0.1%
Staatloos / onbekend	36	0.1%
Amerika en Oceanië (exclusief Surinaams)	36	0.1%
Jemenitisch	34	0.1%
Chinees	31	0.1%
Eritrees	31	0.1%
GIPS-Nationaliteiten in de EU	30	0.1%
Iraaks	27	0.1%
Nigeriaans	26	0.1%
Afghaans	19	0.1%
Brits	18	0.1%
Indonesisch	16	0.0%
Iraans	16	0.0%
Somalisch	15	0.0%
Roemeens	14	0.0%
Belgisch	13	0.0%
Amerikaans	11	0.0%
Hongaars	10	0.0%
Grieks	9	0.0%
Italiaans	9	0.0%
Russisch	8	0.0%
Spaans	7	0.0%
Colombiaans	6	0.0%
Frans	6	0.0%
Litouws	6	0.0%
Zuid-Afrikaans	6	0.0%
Braziliaans	5	0.0%
Filippijns	5	0.0%
Portugees	5	0.0%
Bulgaars	4	0.0%
Egyptisch	4	0.0%
Marokkaans	4	0.0%
Kroatisch	3	0.0%
Oostenrijks	3	0.0%
Pakistaans	3	0.0%
Tsjechisch	3	0.0%
Zweeds	3	0.0%
Ghanees	2	0.0%
Lets	2	0.0%
Slowaaks	2	0.0%
Surinaams	2	0.0%
Canadees	1	0.0%
Iers	1	0.0%
Japans	1	0.0%
Thais	1	0.0%
Vietnamees	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
Average download speed, 2024	250 Mbps	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Average assessed property value (WOZ)	214 kEUR	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official
Jobs	12,200 jobs	31 Dec 2024	CBS — Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁵Official
5G network available	true	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Average fibre-to-the-premises coverage	95 %	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Owner-occupied homes	69 pct	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek³Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Coevorden

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.

Borger-Odoorn as a Coevorden alternative in the same region

23 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,900 Borger-Odoorn vs 2,550 Coevorden−25%
Nearest airport: 33.5 km Borger-Odoorn vs 51.6 km Coevorden−35%
Unemployment: 3.1% Borger-Odoorn vs 3.4% Coevorden−9%
Residents: 26,162 Borger-Odoorn vs 35,729 Coevorden−27%

Full comparison More about Borger-Odoorn

Goeree-Overflakkee as a Coevorden alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 206 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 2.8% Goeree-Overflakkee vs 3.4% Coevorden−18%
Residents: 52,798 Goeree-Overflakkee vs 35,729 Coevorden+48%
Nearest airport: 31.8 km Goeree-Overflakkee vs 51.6 km Coevorden−38%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,660 Goeree-Overflakkee vs 2,550 Coevorden+4%

Full comparison More about Goeree-Overflakkee

Cities near Coevorden

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Emlichheim Germany · 8.7 km away

Rent: 5.85 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Netherlands

Other cities in Netherlands to compare with Coevorden, nearest in population first.

All Netherlands cities

Berg en Dal35,700 residents Hof van Twente35,775 residents Beekdaelen35,903 residents Waddinxveen35,542 residents Bronckhorst35,983 residents Leudal36,099 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Coevorden under the national coverage rules.

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Coevorden?

The published population was 35,729 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Coevorden (GM0109).

How safe is Coevorden?

Police recorded 2,550 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Coevorden?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality.

How many foreign residents live in Coevorden?

4,236 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population..

Is Coevorden a good place to live?

Coevorden 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.

Which cities are near Coevorden?

Emlichheim, Hardenberg, Emmen, Klazienaveen, Hoogeveen are near Coevorden. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in the Netherlands live in Coevorden?

The official country of birth distribution records 33,291 people (93.2%) in the source-defined population for 2026-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Coevorden, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 299dde5fb6bcb6fc2249ddc1734a7e1b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nl/coevorden/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Coevorden, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {299dde5fb6bcb6fc2249ddc1734a7e1b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nl/coevorden/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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