For anyone relocating to Hochtaunuskreis from overseas, here is the data that matters before you commit: income, jobs, housing, connectivity, taxes and who lives here, straight from German Regionalstatistik, the Zensus 2022 and the Breitbandatlas.
Hochtaunuskreis is one of the better-off districts in Hesse, and its housing market shows it. Incomes are the standout: the highest-income of Hesse’s 26 districts.
How Hochtaunuskreis compares
Hochtaunuskreis measured against all 400 German districts (Kreise); building-land prices are recorded for 394 of them. The longer the bar, the higher the percentile; hover for the figure behind it.
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Cost of living and housing
27% above DE avg
36% above DE avg
Building plots go for around €413 per m², the 51st highest of 394 districts with a recorded price, the raw land cost that ultimately works its way into what you pay in rent. The median German district is around €132 per m². Be ready for the rent: this is one of the pricier places to live. The average net cold rent (Nettokaltmiete) is €9.23 per m², about 27% above the German average of €7.28. It reflects existing tenancies from the 2022 census; expect to pay above it on a new contract. Disposable income per resident runs to €38,714 (5th highest of 400 German districts, 1st in Hesse). That is about 36% above the German average of €28,453. It is a headline figure, not adjusted for local prices, so read it next to the rent above. At €9.23/m², a 70 m² flat works out to about €646 a month in cold rent (existing-tenancy 2022 level; a new lease costs more). Against local incomes, that ranks 11th most affordable of Hesse’s 26 districts. For scale, that is about 87% of the rent in Frankfurt (€10.58/m²). You pay more to live here, but local incomes are higher to match.
The local housing market
The 2022 census sketches the local stock: 49.6% of homes are rented rather than owner-occupied; the vacancy rate is 3.3% (roughly in balance); the average home measures 106 m². The stock is 117,555 homes in 55,245 buildings, about 2.1 per building, so this is more houses than apartment blocks. In the latest year 142 new dwellings were completed against 128 permits, which hints at how much new housing is actually coming through.
Jobs and the economy
27% below DE avg
Hochtaunuskreis roughly balances jobs and residents: 102,313 jobs at local workplaces in 2025, 423 per 1,000 residents. Those jobs are spread across 13,911 registered businesses (2024), a sense of how broad the employer base is. Unemployment stands at 4.6% in 2025 (German average 6.3%), roughly one in 22 of the local workforce.
Full-time employees living here take home a median gross wage of €5,000 a month (27% above the German median of €3,950), before tax and contributions. It is not the same as the disposable income above: that is per resident after tax and transfers, this is gross pay for those in work. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024.
Who lives in Hochtaunuskreis
Age profile and household make-up from the 2022 census.
Age distribution
22.2% of residents are aged 25 to 45, the age group most newcomers belong to, with 14.6% under 15 and 23.5% at 65 or older. The rest of the 2022 census picture: 27.3% of residents have a migration history (17.2% are foreign nationals); 40.1% of households are single-person; 47.3% of adults hold an Abitur / university-entrance qualification. A fair international presence to lean on while you find your feet. Local schools serve 29,754 pupils. Daycare places get easier to find as children get older: about 3.1% of under-1s, 45.6% of 1 to 2 year olds and 65.9% of 2 to 3 year olds have a place, so a place for a baby is the hard part, much less so for a toddler.
Internet & connectivity
The share of homes able to get each speed (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025). Gigabit may come via fibre or upgraded cable; true fibre (FTTB/H) is listed on its own.
98% of households can get a fixed line of at least 100 Mbit/s, and 89% can reach gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s) speeds (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025). Of that, 60% of households can get true fibre to the building (FTTB/H); the rest of the gigabit coverage runs over upgraded cable. On mobile, 5G reaches 99% of households. If you are keeping a job abroad, a home office works at most addresses here.
Where Hochtaunuskreis is in Germany
Recorded crime
Police-recorded offences in the district, per 100,000 residents.
In 2025 the police logged 3,686 offences per 100,000 residents here (the Häufigkeitszahl), 28% below the German district median of about 5,096. It records reported offences rather than convictions, and runs high in places with lots of through-traffic (stations, motorways, airports, busy centres) where many cases involve non-residents. Treat it as a measure of recorded activity, not of personal risk for residents. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik, BKA 2025.
Local taxes
For most people moving here, local tax is a non-event. The trade-tax multiplier (Gewerbesteuer) is 393%, but it only touches you if you register a business: the tax office sets a base amount, the municipality multiplies it. The property tax (Grundsteuer B) reaches you as a tenant through the service charges (Nebenkosten), and it was reset in the 2025 reform, so there is no settled rate to quote yet.
Moving in and out
growing
Hochtaunuskreis is gaining people. In 2024, 17,018 moved in and 14,884 moved out, a net of +2,134. The inflow tops the outflow, which keeps demand on housing up. 1,010 people were naturalised here in 2024, a naturalisation rate of 2.3%. Around 9,220 residents hold or are seeking protection status, about 38.2 per 1,000 residents, the combined asylum, refugee and humanitarian total, with Ukrainians counted here since 2022. Voter turnout last time around was 86.0%.
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FAQ: relocating to Hochtaunuskreis
How expensive is Hochtaunuskreis to live in?
The average net cold rent is €9.23 per m² (27% above the €7.28 German average), from existing 2022 tenancies, so a new lease runs higher. Disposable income per resident is €38,714 (5th highest of 400 German districts, 1st in Hesse). That is about 36% above the German average of €28,453. Building land is around €413 per m², which feeds into local rents. It is not adjusted for local prices, so treat it as a headline only.
Can I work remotely from Hochtaunuskreis?
98% of households can get a fixed line of at least 100 Mbit/s, 89% gigabit of which 60% true fibre (FTTB/H); 5G mobile reaches 99% (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025), so the connection is rarely the issue for home working.
Is it easy to find a job in Hochtaunuskreis?
Hochtaunuskreis has 102,313 jobs (423 per 1,000 residents, including commuters) and 4.6% unemployment, roughly one in 22 of the local workforce, against 6.3% across Germany.
Is Hochtaunuskreis growing or shrinking?
Hochtaunuskreis is gaining residents: over a year 17,018 people moved in and 14,884 moved out, a net of +2,134, about 0.9% of the population in a year.
How well does Hochtaunuskreis suit families?
By the figures: 14.6% of residents are under 15, local schools serve 29,754 pupils, daycare reaches about 65.9% of two-to-three-year-olds.
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Source: Regionaldatenbank Deutschland (regionalstatistik.de), Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder; supplementary data via Destatis GENESIS-Online. Housing, household, education and migration figures from the Zensus 2022. Broadband coverage from the Breitbandatlas (© MIG, BMDV). Recorded crime from the Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (BKA, 2025). Median full-time gross wages from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (2024). Years per field: population 2024, jobs and unemployment 2025, income 2023, businesses, building activity and land 2024, naturalisations 2024, childcare 2025; rent, vacancy, ownership, dwelling size, single-person households, education and migration 2022 (Zensus); broadband end of 2025 (Breitbandatlas). · How we built this ›