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NUTS-3 DE718 · Germany
Hochtaunuskreis
Population
241,6642025
GDP
€17,430M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
486 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
72.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
96.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
79.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.4

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€72,124
Population density
497 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 68 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,921M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€14M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,519M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,377M
GVA — construction (F)
€388M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,927M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
64,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,919M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,153M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,700
Self-employed persons
11,990
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,480
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,003
Enterprise births
1,087
Enterprise deaths
1,172
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
75
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
328 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
828,010
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,538
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
636
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
149,818
Population aged 65+
56,671
Population aged under 15
35,175
Median age of population
47.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.8%
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
Live births
1,674
Deaths
2,763
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
500 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
736 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
377 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr