City profile: Tarnów
Overview of Tarnów
Snapshot of key indicators for Tarnów in the most recent year available.
Population
106,259
people · 2021
Avg. gross salary
8.4 K PLN
2024
Unemployment rate
5%
% · 2025
Businesses per 10k
1,297
entities / 10k · 2024
Population density
1,411.1
ppl / km² · 2024
Apartment price / m²
6.3 K PLN / m²
2024
About - Tarnów
Tarnów, with about 106,000 residents in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a historic city between Kraków and Rzeszów with a medieval old town, known for Grupa Azoty (chemicals) and a rich multicultural heritage (Jewish and Roma monuments). Strengths are moderate — Tarnów is a stable mid-sized city without pronounced extremes. Gross wages of PLN 8,447 (98% of the national average) and unemployment of 5.0% are typical for the region, with attractive housing prices of PLN 6,282/m² (affordability 0.74 monthly salaries per m²). Active housing construction (6.8 per 1,000, 82nd percentile) signals growth. 5 museums, 3 cinemas and 78.8 km of bike paths provide decent quality of life. Weaknesses: low wage growth of 10.41% YoY (6th percentile), very low forest cover of 4% (11th percentile) — Tarnów lies on flat terrain along the Biała and Dunajec rivers. High violent crime (0.55/1,000, 17th percentile) and almost no lakes (2 ha, 20th percentile) are minor challenges. Tarnów is a calm mid-sized city with a good balance of prices and quality of life, ideal for those who value provincial stability close to Kraków.
Air quality today
Air quality today
The result is based on the weakest reading among 2 air monitoring stations in Tarnów.
6.8 µg/m³
17.3 µg/m³
05/21/2026, 09:25 PM
Demographics of Tarnów
Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Tarnów based on the latest GUS data.
Gender split in Tarnów
- Men50,074 · 47.1%
- Women56,185 · 52.9%
Dependency ratios in Tarnów
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
Vital events in Tarnów
Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Tarnów based on GUS data.
Total deaths
1,112
people · 2024
Marriages
324
marriages · 2024
Labour market in Tarnów
Salaries in Tarnów compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.
Salary benchmark - Tarnów
Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Tarnów vs. voivodeship / Poland).
Registered unemployment in Tarnów
5%
% · 2025
Salary growth YoY
10.41%
% · 2024
Job offers at year-end in Tarnów
157
offers · 2025
Employed per 1k residents
378
ppl / 1k · 2021
Business activity in Tarnów
REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Tarnów.
Registrations vs deregistrations - Tarnów
New businesses
850
entities · 2025
Deregistered
561
entities · 2025
REGON entities per 10k residents
1,297
entities / 10k · 2024
REGON entities per 1k working-age
230.7
entities / 1k working-age · 2024
Sole props / working-age
15.9%
% · 2024
Foreign-capital companies in Tarnów
5
entities · 2025
Real estate in Tarnów
Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Tarnów.
Apartment price / m² in Tarnów
6.3 K PLN / m²
2024
Housing affordability in Tarnów
0.74
months of salary / m² · 2024
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
6.8
dwellings / 1k people · 2025
Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Tarnów.
Education in Tarnów
Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Tarnów based on GUS BDL data.
Higher-ed students
4,488
people · 2024
Higher-ed graduates
1,261
people · 2024
Preschool-age children
1,469
people · 2024
Students by gender
- Women3,054
- Men1,434
Transport & infrastructure in Tarnów
Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Tarnów based on GUS BDL data.
Passenger cars
52,988
vehicles · 2024
Cars / 1k residents: 498.7
Environment and quality of life in Tarnów
Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Tarnów.
Green areas per capita
45.4
m² / person · 2024
Municipal green areas per capita
10.3
m² / person · 2024
Parks & squares per capita
18.3
m² / person · 2024
Green-areas share of total area
6.41%
% · 2024
Air quality
· Monitoring stations: 2Particulate matter
PM2.5 now
6.8 µg/m³
Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.
PM2.5 24h avg
12.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 30d avg
13.79 µg/m³
PM10 now
17.3 µg/m³
Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.
PM10 24h avg
21.71 µg/m³
PM10 30d avg
21.18 µg/m³
High PM10 days (30d)
2
Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.
Traffic-related pollution
NO₂ now
17.5 µg/m³
Pollution most often linked to road traffic.
NO₂ 24h avg
23.77 µg/m³
NO₂ 30d avg
20.64 µg/m³
Tarnów in numbers over time
Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Tarnów benchmarked against the voivodeship.
Average gross salary in Tarnów
Registered unemployment rate in Tarnów
REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Tarnów
Population of Tarnów
Apartment price per m² in Tarnów
All indicators - Tarnów
Population of Tarnów
people · year 2021
106,259
Number of men in Tarnów
people · year 2021
50,074
Number of women in Tarnów
people · year 2021
56,185
Population density
ppl / km² · year 2024
1,411.1
Population change per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2024
-9.8
Urban-area population density
ppl / km² · year 2014
3,731
Non-working-age dependency ratio
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
77.8
Post- per working-age
ppl / 100 working-age · year 2024
50.7
Post- per pre-working-age
ppl / 100 pre-working-age · year 2024
187
Old-age dependency ratio
% · year 2024
39.4%
Live births per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
5.69
Deaths per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
10.84
Natural increase per 1k residents
per 1k people · year 2024
-5.15
Total deaths in Tarnów
people · year 2024
1,112
Marriages registered in Tarnów
marriages · year 2024
324
Avg. gross salary in Tarnów
year 2024
8.4 K PLN
Registered unemployment in Tarnów
% · year 2025
5%
Employed per 1k residents
ppl / 1k · year 2021
378
Employed per 1k working-age
ppl / 1k working-age · year 2021
654.2
Unemployed / working-age
% · year 2024
1.4%
Unemployed women / working-age women
% · year 2024
1.8%
Unemployed men / working-age men
% · year 2024
1%
Job offers at year-end in Tarnów
offers · year 2025
157
Job offers during the year in Tarnów
offers · year 2025
3,291
Work accidents in Tarnów
accidents · year 2024
272
Accidents per 1k employed
ppl / 1k employed · year 2024
4.55
Salary growth YoY
% · year 2024
10.41%
Salary vs voivodeship
% · year 2024
95.78%
Salary vs Poland
% · year 2024
97.87%
REGON entities per 10k residents
entities / 10k · year 2024
1,297
Newly registered businesses in Tarnów
entities · year 2025
850
Deregistered businesses in Tarnów
entities · year 2025
561
REGON entities in Tarnów
entities · year 2025
850
REGON entities per 1k residents
entities / 1k · year 2024
130
REGON entities per 1k working-age
entities / 1k working-age · year 2024
230.7
Foreign-capital companies in Tarnów
entities · year 2025
5
Sole props / working-age
% · year 2024
15.9%
Agri-food sector entities in Tarnów
entities · year 2025
93
Business net change in Tarnów
entities · year 2025
289
Business net-change rate
% · year 2025
51.52%
Enterprise investment outlays in Tarnów
year 2024
822.6 M PLN
Higher-education students in Tarnów
people · year 2024
4,488
Female higher-ed students in Tarnów
people · year 2024
3,054
Male higher-ed students in Tarnów
people · year 2024
1,434
Higher-education graduates in Tarnów
people · year 2024
1,261
Preschool-age children in Tarnów
people · year 2024
1,469
Registered passenger cars in Tarnów
vehicles · year 2024
52,988
Apartment price / m² in Tarnów
year 2024
6.3 K PLN / m²
Dwellings completed / 1k residents
dwellings / 1k people · year 2025
6.8
Dwellings completed / 10k residents
dwellings / 10k people · year 2025
68
Housing affordability in Tarnów
months of salary / m² · year 2024
0.74
New office buildings / 1k residents
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.01
New retail-service buildings / 1k
buildings / 1k people · year 2025
0.1
Local-govt investment-spend share
% · year 2024
7%
Green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
45.4
Municipal green areas per capita
m² / person · year 2024
10.3
Parks & squares per capita
m² / person · year 2024
18.3
Green-areas share of total area
% · year 2024
6.41%
Parks & squares share of total area
% · year 2024
2.6%
Forestation share (forest area / total area)
% · year 2024
4%
Forest area, total
ha · year 2024
289.68
Forest area per capita
ar / person · year 2024
0.3
Afforestation, total area
ha · year 2024
0