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Offenbach am Main
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Offenbach am Main

A Hesse city on the Main directly across from Frankfurt, once Germany's centre of leather goods and fashion manufacturing, a trade that still leaves its mark in a design school and a fashion fair held here. Close ties to its much larger neighbour shape daily life, with many residents commuting into Frankfurt for work.

The place

State
Hesse
Population
133,195as of December 2025 ·
Area
44.9 km²
Density
2,968 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
9.5%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,490 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
895%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
440%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€4,077 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€14.36 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
+0.3%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€285,390
Closing costs on top+ €30,622
To rent, cold€1,005 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€13 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€8.76 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
3.7%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
22.4%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
–
Paid price, new flats
€5,414 per m²as of July 2023 ·

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Unemployment rate9.5%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,490

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

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