Living in Gruiu

Gruiu's population was 7,131 at the end of 2025. Registered unemployed accounted for 0.8% of residents in 2025. Gruiu recorded annual PM2.5 of 19 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0714 sources

Population7,131people31 Dec 2025Official source · Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online

Average gross salary1,659EUR/month31 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete

Recorded crime1,597incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)

PM2.5, annual mean19µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Gruiu?

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 RomaniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Gruiu.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Gruiu counted 3,961 dwellings at the end of 2021.

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€8

Mobile plan, 10 GB€5

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	7.61 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Digi Fiber 1000²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	5 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Digi mobile plan³Official · national market
Dwellings	3,961 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	2,617 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official

Is Gruiu a good place to live?

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Remote worker49%strong on work, weak on housing · range 38–60%

Skilled employee55%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 45–65%

Student53%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–65%

Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 38–66%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–67%

Work and income

Employment totaled 3,236 in Gruiu at the end of 2021.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,659 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete¹Official · county
People in employment	3,236 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁷Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

National Agency for Employment — Public employment service

Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă (ANOFM)

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

Safety

How safe is Gruiu?

Police recorded 1,597 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,597 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Gruiu's nearest airport was OTP, 21 km away and offered 66 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	66 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	21 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	OTP	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Integration Programme for beneficiaries of international protection and other eligible foreigners — Integration course

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For refugees, persons with subsidiary protection, other eligible foreigners.

RomanianIn PersonCost varies

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Piloting integration — regional integration-centre route — Welcome Program

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For beneficiaries of protection, other foreigners with a right of residence.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Gruiu?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 19 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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

PM2.519WHO 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 RomaniaOf 19 cities with data, 4 have annual PM2.5 of 15 to under 16 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	19 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 17.16 · Feb 20.6 · Mar 25.99 · Apr 29.57 · May 32.76 · Jun 40 · Jul 42.61 · Aug 42.03 · Sep 36.76 · Oct 32.2 · Nov 25.7 · Dec 17.82 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -23.98 · Feb -23.57 · Mar -16.51 · Apr -4.33 · May 2.84 · Jun 5.68 · Jul 10.45 · Aug 9.49 · Sep 3.26 · Oct -3.58 · Nov -8.92 · Dec -19.21 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.58 · Feb 0.96 · Mar 6.33 · Apr 11.95 · May 17.9 · Jun 22.43 · Jul 25.01 · Aug 25 · Sep 19.44 · Oct 12.49 · Nov 6.33 · Dec 0.34 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

Gruiu had 3,852 female residents at the end of 2021. Gruiu had 3,734 male residents at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Gruiu?

The published population was 7,131 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	3,852 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Male residents	3,734 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Population	7,131 people	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	0.757 %	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official

International community in Gruiu

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

Ancestry or ethnicity

Resident population at 1 December 2021 in the UAT; ethnicity/mother tongue are source-native census response categories · 2021-12-01

Published group	People	Share
POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL	7,586	100.0%
Români	6,944	91.5%
Informație nedisponibila	609	8.0%
Alta etnie	13	0.2%
Romi	11	0.1%
Greci	4	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Registered jobseekers	32 people	7 Aug 2026	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / TEMPO-INS⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Gruiu

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.

Floreşti as a Gruiu alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,766 Floreşti vs 7,131 Gruiu+682%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,448 (2023) Floreşti vs 1,597 (2024) Gruiuno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 17.0 µg/m³ Floreşti vs 19.0 µg/m³ Gruiu−11%

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Alternative cities in Romania

Other cities in Romania to compare with Gruiu, nearest in population first.

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Săvineşti7,132 residents Ighiu7,157 residents Cotnari7,158 residents Macea7,159 residents Vânători7,087 residents Diosig7,077 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gruiu when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 18, and public school is free. How to enrol a child (edu.ro).

A country-wide rule for Romania; Gruiu's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Gruiu part of Bucharest?

Gruiu belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Bucharest; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 37.2 km away by straight-line distance. Bucharest city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source¹⁴

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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 Gruiu?

The published population was 7,131 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online.

Is the air quality good in Gruiu?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 19 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

How safe is Gruiu?

Is Gruiu a good place to live?

Gruiu 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 Gruiu part of Bucharest?

Gruiu belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Bucharest; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 37.2 km away by straight-line distance.

How many people are in the POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL ancestry or ethnicity group in Gruiu?

The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 7,586 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021-12-01. This is a ancestry or ethnicity measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Gruiu, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e49f36e49ea18dd175ed69050bc42dc2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/gruiu/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_gruiu-romania-population-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_02cec46b86a1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Gruiu, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {e49f36e49ea18dd175ed69050bc42dc2},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/gruiu/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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[Gruiu, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/gruiu/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version e49f36e49ea18dd175ed69050bc42dc2; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Digi Fiber 1000 digi.ro · checked 2026-09-15
Digi mobile plan digi.ro · checked 2026-09-15
European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021 recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-08-07
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021 recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-08-07
Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021 recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-08-07
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OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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wikidata.org place coordinates wikidata.org · checked 2026-08-28

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