Relocating to Limburg-Weilburg from another country? This is what a newcomer is moving into, on the official figures: income, jobs, housing, connectivity, taxes and who lives here, all drawn from German Regionalstatistik, the Zensus 2022 and the Breitbandatlas.
Limburg-Weilburg is somewhere people live and commute out from; the jobs are mostly elsewhere. It sits 19th of Hesse’s 26 districts on jobs per resident.
How Limburg-Weilburg compares
How Limburg-Weilburg sits among Germany’s 400 districts (Kreise); building-land prices are recorded for 394 of them. Each bar shows the percentile; hover for the underlying figure.
See how Limburg-Weilburg stacks up across Hesse: Cheapest to rent · Safest · Best for families.
Cost of living and housing
16% below DE avg
3% below DE avg
Building plots go for around €116 per m², the 216th 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. Housing is one of the easier costs to swallow here. The average net cold rent (Nettokaltmiete) is €6.10 per m², about 16% below the German average of €7.28. Sitting tenants pay this 2022 census rate, and newcomers on the open market generally pay a step up. Disposable income per resident runs to €27,666 (214th highest of 400 German districts, 12th in Hesse). That sits roughly 3% below the national average of €28,453. It is a headline figure, not adjusted for local prices, so read it next to the rent above. At €6.10/m², a 70 m² flat works out to about €427 a month in cold rent (existing-tenancy 2022 level; a new lease costs more). Relative to what people here earn, it is the 8th most affordable of Hesse’s 26 districts. For scale, that is about 58% of the rent in Frankfurt (€10.58/m²). Cheaper housing here comes paired with a thinner local job market.
The local housing market
What you are renting into, on the 2022 census: 40.6% of homes are rented rather than owner-occupied; the vacancy rate is 4.2% (a fairly balanced market); the average home measures 114 m². The stock is 84,536 homes in 51,832 buildings, about 1.6 per building, so this is house-heavy rather than high-rise. In the latest year 139 new dwellings were completed against 78 permits, a gauge of whether new supply keeps up with demand.
Who lives in Limburg-Weilburg
Age profile and household make-up from the 2022 census.
Age distribution
23.9% of residents are aged 25 to 45, the age group most newcomers belong to, with 13.9% under 15 and 23.2% at 65 or older. A few more strokes from the 2022 census: 23.4% of residents have a migration history (12.3% are foreign nationals); 37.5% of households are single-person; 30.5% of adults hold an Abitur / university-entrance qualification. There is a real international community to plug into, even if German still runs daily life. School rolls come to 18,907 pupils. Daycare coverage rises with age: about 1.3% of under-1s, 28.8% of 1 to 2 year olds and 67.6% of 2 to 3 year olds have a place, so finding care for an infant is harder than for a toddler.
Jobs and the economy
13% below DE avg
Jobs and people are in rough balance in Limburg-Weilburg: 57,650 jobs at local workplaces in 2025, 332 per 1,000 residents. Those jobs are spread across 8,453 registered businesses (2024), which gives a feel for the spread of employers here. Unemployment stands at 5.5% in 2025 (German average 6.3%), roughly one in 18 of the local workforce.
Full-time employees living here take home a median gross wage of €4,050 a month (3% above the German median of €3,950), before tax and contributions. Read it alongside, not instead of, the disposable income above: one is gross pay for workers, the other is what each resident has to spend. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024.
Internet & connectivity
Share of households that can get each speed (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025). Gigabit may run over fibre or upgraded cable; true fibre (FTTB/H) is shown separately.
97% of households can get a fixed line of at least 100 Mbit/s, and 85% can reach gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s) speeds (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025). Of that, 72% 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. For remote work, including for an overseas employer, most addresses here are well covered.
Where Limburg-Weilburg is in Germany
Recorded crime
How much crime the police registered locally, per 100,000 residents.
In 2025 the police logged 4,865 offences per 100,000 residents here (the Häufigkeitszahl), around the German district median. This counts offences registered by the police, not convictions, and is inflated wherever offenders and victims are not residents: city centres, major stations, motorways and airports all push it up. It reflects recorded activity in the area, not how dangerous the place is for the people who live there. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik, BKA 2025.
Local taxes
For most people moving here, local tax is a non-event. The trade-tax multiplier (Gewerbesteuer) is 374%, 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
The headcount in Limburg-Weilburg is rising. In 2024, 12,640 moved in and 12,286 moved out, a net of +354. More arrive than leave, which keeps steady pressure on the rental market. It granted 425 citizenships in 2024, a naturalisation rate of 1.8%. About 7,960 residents are recorded with protection status, about 45.8 per 1,000 residents, the combined asylum, refugee and humanitarian total, with Ukrainians counted here since 2022. Turnout at the most recent election was 82.9%.
Just arrived in Limburg-Weilburg? Sort these first
Limburg-Weilburg is a more rural district, at about 235 people per km², so a car is usually essential. Sorting insurance and a bank account early saves hassle once you arrive.
FAQ: relocating to Limburg-Weilburg
Is it easy to find a job in Limburg-Weilburg?
Limburg-Weilburg has 57,650 jobs (332 per 1,000 residents, including commuters) and 5.5% unemployment, roughly one in 18 of the local workforce, against 6.3% across Germany.
Will broadband in Limburg-Weilburg support remote work?
97% of households can get a fixed line of at least 100 Mbit/s, 85% gigabit of which 72% true fibre (FTTB/H); 5G mobile reaches 99% (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025), so a home office works at most addresses here.
How expensive is Limburg-Weilburg to live in?
The average net cold rent is €6.10 per m² (16% below the €7.28 German average), from existing 2022 tenancies, so a new lease runs higher. Disposable income per resident is €27,666 (214th highest of 400 German districts, 12th in Hesse). That sits roughly 3% below the national average of €28,453. Building land is around €116 per m², which feeds into local rents. Remember it is a nominal figure and ignores what life actually costs here.
Is a car necessary in Limburg-Weilburg?
Limburg-Weilburg has about 235 residents per km². That is rural enough that a car is normally a must for work and errands.
Where does Limburg-Weilburg stand versus the German average?
Against the German average: unemployment 5.5% versus 6.3% nationally; income €27,666 (3% below the €28,453 average); building land €116/m² against a €132 median.
Other places in Hessen
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 ›