If you are moving to Main-Taunus-Kreis from abroad, here is what you would actually be arriving into, on the official numbers: income, jobs, housing, connectivity, taxes and who already lives here. Every figure comes from German Regionalstatistik, the Zensus 2022 and the Breitbandatlas, not guesswork.
Main-Taunus-Kreis is one of the better-off districts in Hesse, and its housing market shows it. Incomes are the standout: the 3rd highest-income of Hesse’s 26 districts.
How Main-Taunus-Kreis compares
Where Main-Taunus-Kreis ranks against all 400 of Germany’s districts (Kreise); building-land prices are recorded for 394 of them. Each bar fills to the percentile shown; hover for the underlying figure.
See how Main-Taunus-Kreis stacks up across Hesse: Cheapest to rent · Safest · Best for families.
Cost of living and housing
27% above DE avg
18% above DE avg
Be ready for the rent: this is one of the pricier places to live. The average net cold rent (Nettokaltmiete) is €9.25 per m², about 27% above 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 €33,707 (14th highest of 400 German districts, 3rd in Hesse). That puts it about 18% above Germany’s €28,453 average. On its own that number tells half the story; the local cost of living does the rest. Building plots go for around €697 per m², the 20th highest of 394 districts with a recorded price, the bare ground before a brick is laid and the floor under every local rent. The median German district is around €132 per m². At €9.25/m², a 70 m² flat works out to about €648 a month in cold rent (existing-tenancy 2022 level; a new lease costs more). Measured against local incomes, it sits 18th most affordable in Hesse. For scale, that is about 87% of the rent in Frankfurt (€10.58/m²). It is dear to rent, though the incomes on offer lean high as well.
The local housing market
Here is the shape of the market, from the 2022 census: 50.2% of homes are rented rather than owner-occupied; the vacancy rate is 3.1% (a fairly balanced market); the average home measures 100 m². The stock is 117,870 homes in 52,457 buildings, about 2.2 per building, so this is mostly houses rather than flats. In the latest year 162 new dwellings were completed against 112 permits, a gauge of whether new supply keeps up with demand.
Jobs and the economy
14% below DE avg
Jobs and people are in rough balance in Main-Taunus-Kreis: 111,855 jobs at local workplaces in 2025, 468 per 1,000 residents. Those jobs are spread across 13,042 registered businesses (2024), a rough measure of how varied the local employers are. Unemployment stands at 5.4% in 2025 (German average 6.3%), roughly one in 19 of the local workforce.
The median full-time worker here earns €4,950 a month gross (25% above the German median of €3,950), before tax and social 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.
Who lives in Main-Taunus-Kreis
Age profile and household make-up from the 2022 census.
Age distribution
23.8% of residents are aged 25 to 45, the prime working-age band, with 14.8% under 15 and 21.7% at 65 or older. The 2022 census fills in the rest: 27.7% of residents have a migration history (17.4% are foreign nationals); 40.0% of households are single-person; 45.5% of adults hold an Abitur / university-entrance qualification. A fair international presence to lean on while you find your feet. There are 27,749 pupils in local schools. Daycare coverage rises with age: about 3.3% of under-1s, 40.1% of 1 to 2 year olds and 60.6% of 2 to 3 year olds have a place, meaning infants are the squeeze and toddlers far less so.
Internet & connectivity
How many households can reach each speed (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025). Gigabit can arrive over fibre or upgraded cable; true fibre (FTTB/H) is broken out separately.
98% of households can get a fixed line of at least 100 Mbit/s, and 84% 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 100% of households. Working remotely as a newcomer is straightforward; the connection is rarely the problem here.
Where Main-Taunus-Kreis is in Germany
Recorded crime
How much crime the police registered locally, per 100,000 residents.
The local rate is 5,039 recorded offences per 100,000 residents (2025, 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 344%, 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 Main-Taunus-Kreis is rising. In 2024, 16,419 moved in and 15,788 moved out, a net of +631. More arrive than leave, which keeps steady pressure on the rental market. In 2024 the district naturalised 1,120 residents, a naturalisation rate of 2.5%. Around 8,780 residents hold or are seeking protection status, about 36.8 per 1,000 residents, the combined asylum, refugee and humanitarian total, with Ukrainians counted here since 2022. Turnout at the most recent election was 85.8%.
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FAQ: relocating to Main-Taunus-Kreis
What does it cost to live in Main-Taunus-Kreis?
The average net cold rent is €9.25 per m² (27% above the €7.28 German average), from existing 2022 tenancies, so a new lease runs higher. Disposable income per resident is €33,707 (14th highest of 400 German districts, 3rd in Hesse). That puts it about 18% above Germany’s €28,453 average. This figure is nominal, not adjusted for the local cost of living.
Is it easy to find a job in Main-Taunus-Kreis?
Main-Taunus-Kreis has 111,855 jobs (468 per 1,000 residents, including commuters) and 5.4% unemployment, roughly one in 19 of the local workforce, against 6.3% across Germany.
How built-up is Main-Taunus-Kreis?
With about 1,073 residents per km², Main-Taunus-Kreis is firmly on the urban side.
Can I work remotely from Main-Taunus-Kreis?
98% of households can get a fixed line of at least 100 Mbit/s, 84% gigabit of which 60% true fibre (FTTB/H); 5G mobile reaches 100% (Breitbandatlas, end of 2025), so the connection is rarely the issue for home working.
How well does Main-Taunus-Kreis suit families?
What the data shows: 14.8% of residents are under 15, local schools serve 27,749 pupils, daycare reaches about 60.6% of two-to-three-year-olds.
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 ›