Living in Hriňová

In Hriňová, unemployment is 5.3% (2025).

Hriňová's population was 6,867 at the end of 2025. Hriňová registered an unemployment rate of 5.27% at the end of 2025. Population density was 57 people per km² at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-0714 sources

Population6,867people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,588EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate5.27%country median 4.1% — 27% aboveOfficial source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Recorded crime500incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — 55% belowOfficial source · MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety

Which Slovakia-wide rules apply when you move to Hriňová?

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 SlovakiaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Hriňová.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€28

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesHriňová highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Žilina€4.83

Prešov€4.67

Nitra€3.93

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	27.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Zlatý home internet⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Basic Paušál³Official · national market

Is Hriňová a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–66%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–71%

Student58%strong on safety, weak on education · range 47–69%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 54–74%

Retirement61%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 49–73%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Hriňová?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 5.27 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹²

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Hriňová is 5.3%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Hriňová 5.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,588 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)⁶Official · county
Unemployment rate	5.27 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2025	Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹²Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family — Public employment service

Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Hriňová. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Hriňová?

Police recorded 500 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety¹

Recorded crime across major citiesHriňová highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Žilina1,300

Banská Bystrica1,200

Petržalka1,100

Nitra1,100

Trnava1,100

Martin1,000

Trenčín900

Prešov800

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	500 incidents per 100,000country median 1,100	31 Dec 2025	MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety¹Official

Mobility and administration

Hriňová was 30 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	30 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SLD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Integration of third-country nationals including migrants — national project — Integration course

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic

For third-country nationals, migrants.

SlovakIn Person

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Integration policy of the Slovak Republic — Welcome Program

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic / Government of Slovakia

For foreigners with long-term residence, third-country nationals.

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −4.4°C in January to 19.2°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 9.93 · Feb 14.32 · Mar 18.79 · Apr 26.19 · May 29.43 · Jun 31.87 · Jul 36.04 · Aug 35.13 · Sep 30.64 · Oct 25.45 · Nov 18.86 · Dec 9.22 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -25.05 · Feb -25.97 · Mar -21.53 · Apr -7.05 · May -2.84 · Jun 2.83 · Jul 4.68 · Aug 4.43 · Sep -0.5 · Oct -6.68 · Nov -15.59 · Dec -19.9 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -4.37 · Feb -2.74 · Mar 1.92 · Apr 8.32 · May 13.18 · Jun 17.04 · Jul 19.17 · Aug 18.99 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 8.01 · Nov 2.87 · Dec -2.7 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

Hriňová covered an area of 126.5 km² at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Hriňová?

The published population was 6,867 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	126.5 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁸Official
Population density	57 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁸Official
Population	6,867 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁷Official

International community in Hriňová

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

Country of birth

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,182	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	6,997	97.4%
inhabitants born abroad	184	2.6%
not found out	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,182	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	7,169	99.8%
foreigners	13	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,182	100.0%
Slovak	6,781	94.4%
not found out	364	5.1%
Czech	21	0.3%
Hungarian	6	0.1%
Polish	3	0.0%
Romani	2	0.0%
Italian	2	0.0%
Ukrainian	1	0.0%
German	1	0.0%
Albanian	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Alternatives for people set on Hriňová

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.

Petržalka as a Hriňová alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 184 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 112,118 Petržalka vs 6,867 Hriňová+1533%
Unemployment: 2.8% Petržalka vs 5.3% Hriňová−48%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 500 Hriňováno percentage

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Cities near Hriňová

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

Alternative cities in Slovakia

Other cities in Slovakia to compare with Hriňová, nearest in population first.

All Slovakia cities

Šahy6,857 residents Trstená6,900 residents Nová Baňa6,799 residents Turzovka6,769 residents Liptovský Hrádok6,979 residents Veľký Šariš7,035 residents

How does Hriňová compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hriňová 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 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: jazykové kurzy pre deti cudzincov (language courses for children of foreigners, organised and funded by self-governing regions). How to enrol a child (minedu.sk).

A country-wide rule for Slovakia; Hriňová's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Hriňová?

The published population was 6,867 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

How safe is Hriňová?

Police recorded 500 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety.

What is the unemployment rate in Hriňová?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Hriňová a good place to live?

Hriňová 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 Hriňová?

Detva is near Hriňová. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in inhabitants born in Slovak Republic live in Hriňová?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,997 people (97.4%) in the source-defined population for SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Hriňová, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 508ceff22d813565e4df78b2798b5e8c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/hrinova/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Hriňová, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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Sources

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MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety MuMAP Quality of Life · mumap.nku.gov.sk · checked 2026-10-05
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
O2 Basic Paušál spolocnost.o2.sk · checked 2026-09-15
O2 Zlatý home internet o2.sk · checked 2026-09-15
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025) slovak.statistics.sk · checked 2026-09-24
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic slovak.statistics.sk · checked 2026-08-05
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-03
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-30
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-30

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Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-30
Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny upsvr.gov.sk · checked 2026-08-05
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06

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