Snapshot of key indicators for Biała Podlaska in the most recent year available.
Population
55,429
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
7.4 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
8.2%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,351
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
1,090.9
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
6.1 K PLN / m²
2024
Biała Podlaska is a small powiat-status city in eastern Poland near the Belarusian border, home to about 55,000 residents in Lublin Voivodeship. It serves as a regional administrative and trade hub for southern Podlachia. The city's standout strength is public safety: zero road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024 and a crime-detection rate of 83.2%, both top-tier nationally. Residents benefit from a dense network of sports clubs (6.3 per 10,000 people) and a low property-crime rate (9.38 per 1,000). The weak side is investment scale — enterprise capital outlays of just PLN 102 million in 2024 place the city near the bottom of the league, alongside a sparse cultural infrastructure (only 1 community-cultural centre) and modest green-area provision (31.6 m² per person). The total absence of bus lanes and Park & Ride facilities limits modern urban mobility, while high registered unemployment (8.2%) and gross monthly wages at 86% of the national average (PLN 7,418) constrain the local economy. Biała Podlaska suits those who value calm, safety and a low cost of living, while accepting its peripheral location and limited cultural-business offer.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Biała Podlaska.
18.8 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:25 PM
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Biała Podlaska based on the latest GUS data.
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · 2024
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · 2024
Old-age dependency ratio
% · 2024
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · 2024
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Biała Podlaska based on GUS data.
Total deaths
522
people · 2024
Marriages
156
marriages · 2024
Salaries in Biała Podlaska compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Biała Podlaska vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Biała Podlaska
8.2%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
15.9%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Biała Podlaska
46
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
257
ppl / 1k · 2021
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Biała Podlaska.
New businesses
461
entities · 2025
Deregistered
313
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,351
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
240.2
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
16.6%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Biała Podlaska
0
entities · 2025
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Biała Podlaska.
Apartment price / m² in Biała Podlaska
6.1 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Biała Podlaska
0.82
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
6.5
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Biała Podlaska.
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Biała Podlaska based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
3,014
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
740
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
970
people · 2024
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Biała Podlaska based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
34,525
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 622.9
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Biała Podlaska.
Green areas per capita
31.6
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
6.4
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
14.8
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
3.45%
% · 2024
PM2.5 30d avg
11.92 µg/m³
PM10 now
18.8 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
12.95 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
19.09 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
1
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
NO₂ now
13.1 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
8.18 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
8.29 µg/m³
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Biała Podlaska benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Population of Biała Podlaska
people · year 2021
55,429
Number of men in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2021
26,377
Number of women in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2021
29,052
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
1,090.9
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-10.4
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
2,794
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
77.7
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
45.4
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
140.6
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
34.6%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
6.94
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
9.63
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-2.69
Total deaths in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2024
522
Marriages registered in Biała Podlaska
marriages · year 2024
156
Avg. gross salary in Biała Podlaska
year 2024
7.4 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Biała Podlaska
% · year 2025
8.2%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
257
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
440.3
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
2.3%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
2.5%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
2.2%
Job offers at year-end in Biała Podlaska
offers · year 2025
46
Job offers during the year in Biała Podlaska
offers · year 2025
1,036
Work accidents in Biała Podlaska
accidents · year 2024
94
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
4.62
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
15.9%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
95.46%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
85.96%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,351
Newly registered businesses in Biała Podlaska
entities · year 2025
461
Deregistered businesses in Biała Podlaska
entities · year 2025
313
REGON entities in Biała Podlaska
entities · year 2025
461
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
135
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
240.2
Foreign-capital companies in Biała Podlaska
entities · year 2025
0
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
16.6%
Agri-food sector entities in Biała Podlaska
entities · year 2025
36
Business net change in Biała Podlaska
entities · year 2025
148
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
47.28%
Enterprise investment outlays in Biała Podlaska
year 2024
102.2 M PLN
Higher-education students in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2024
3,014
Female higher-ed students in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2024
1,537
Male higher-ed students in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2024
1,477
Higher-education graduates in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2024
740
Preschool-age children in Biała Podlaska
people · year 2024
970
Registered passenger cars in Biała Podlaska
vehicles · year 2024
34,525
Apartment price / m² in Biała Podlaska
year 2024
6.1 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
6.5
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
65.1
Housing affordability in Biała Podlaska
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.82
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.02
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.09
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
15.2%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
31.6
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
6.4
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
14.8
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
3.45%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
1.6%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
18.5%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
912.03
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
1.7
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0
Key indicators of Biała Podlaska side by side with a city of your choice. We default to the city with the closest population.
Positive values mean the indicator is higher in Biała Podlaska; negative values mean higher in the peer city.
| Indicator | Biała Podlaska | Piekary Śląskie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 55,429 | 53,017 | +2,412 +4.5% |
| Population density | 1,090.9 | 1,288.8 | −197.9 −15.4% |
| Avg. gross salary | 7.4 K PLN | 8.5 K PLN | −1.1 K PLN −12.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 8.2% | 9.3% | −1.1% −11.8% |
| REGON / 10k | 1,351 | 951 | +400 +42.1% |
| Apartment price / m² | 6.1 K PLN / m² | 4.6 K PLN / m² | +1.5 K PLN / m² +33.6% |
| Green areas / capita | 31.6 | 18.5 | +13.1 +70.8% |
| Housing affordability | 0.82 | 0.54 | +0.28 +51.9% |
How many taxpayers routed 1.5% of their PIT to OPPs registered in Biała Podlaska, and how the city compares with the rest of Poland.
Taxpayers (1.5%)
2.3 K
Total 1.5% PIT
275.3 K PLN
OPPs in the city
1
Avg. per OPP
275.3 K PLN
STOWARZYSZENIE POMOCY MŁODZIEŻY I DZIECIOM AUTYSTYCZNYM ORAZ MŁODZIEŻY I DZIECIOM O POKREWNYCH ZABURZENIACH "WSPÓLNY ŚWIAT"
| settlement year | Taxpayers (1.5%) | Total 1.5% PIT | OPPs in the city | Avg. per OPP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 K | 275.3 K PLN | 1 | 275.3 K PLN |
| 2024 | 2.0 K | 209.0 K PLN | 1 | 209.0 K PLN |
| 2023 | 1.7 K | 202.6 K PLN | 1 | 202.6 K PLN |
| 2022 | 2.6 K | 181.9 K PLN | 1 | 181.9 K PLN |
| 2021 | 2.7 K | 141.3 K PLN | 1 | 141.3 K PLN |
| 2020 | 2.7 K | 139.0 K PLN | 1 | 139.0 K PLN |
| 2019 | 2.4 K | 118.6 K PLN | 1 | 118.6 K PLN |
| 2018 |
Source: list of organisations entitled to receive 1.5% PIT (Polish National Freedom Institute / KRS).
| 2.0 K |
| 82.8 K PLN |
| 1 |
| 82.8 K PLN |
| 2017 | 0 | 71.3 K PLN | 1 | 71.3 K PLN |
| 2016 | 0 | 63.2 K PLN | 1 | 63.2 K PLN |
| 2015 | 0 | 59.7 K PLN | 1 | 59.7 K PLN |
| 2014 | 0 | 30.4 K PLN | 1 | 30.4 K PLN |
| 2013 | 0 | 27.6 K PLN | 1 | 27.6 K PLN |
| 2012 | 0 | 26.2 K PLN | 1 | 26.2 K PLN |
| 2011 | 0 | 32.8 K PLN | 1 | 32.8 K PLN |
How does Biała Podlaska rank?
Every city score is built from open data: GUS, GIOŚ, and public registries. A 0–100 score compares a city against the rest of Poland and against peers of similar population size.
Fresh registrations from the last few days — companies, associations, foundations and cooperatives.
Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością
Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością
Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością
Strengths and weaknesses of Biała Podlaska based on the city's position across every published Polish-city ranking.
Best ranking positions of Biała Podlaska across Poland.
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #3
Rank in Poland: #7
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #3
Rank in Poland: #18
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #13
Rank in Poland: #44
Great conditions for an active lifestyle in Biała Podlaska - plenty of sports and recreation spaces.
Best cities for an active lifestyle
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #3
Rank in Poland: #7
Biała Podlaska is a strong academic centre - many students, graduates and research staff.
Best cities for students and education
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #3
Rank in Poland: #18
Parking is relatively easy in Biała Podlaska - modest parking pressure compared with peers.
Cities with the highest parking pressure
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants):
Underdeveloped cycling infrastructure in Biała Podlaska - short bike-path network and few car alternatives.
Most bike-friendly cities
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #17
Rank in Poland: #55
Weak labour market in Biała Podlaska - low salaries and limited employment opportunities.
Best labour market
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #15
Rank in Poland: #54
Few green areas in Biała Podlaska - one of the most built-up cities in the country.
Greenest cities
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants):
Rank in Poland: #44
Rank in Poland: #53