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Esslingen am Neckar
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Esslingen am Neckar

A Baden-Württemberg city on the Neckar just outside Stuttgart, its half-timbered old town on a steep hillside among the best-preserved medieval townscapes in the region. Automotive suppliers and engineering firms tied to Stuttgart's car industry carry the economy, with much of the workforce commuting between the two cities.

The place

State
Baden-Württemberg
Population
95,419as of December 2025 ·
Area
46.4 km²
Density
2,055 people per km²
Public holidays a year
12as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
6.1%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,743 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
5%
Church tax
8%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
458%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
400%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€3,872 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€13.87 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-1.7%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€271,040
Closing costs on top+ €27,971
To rent, cold€971 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€13 per m² a monthas of July 2024 · District: Esslingen ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€9.12 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
4.3%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
39.7%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
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Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate6.1%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,743

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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