City profile: Zamość

Map of Zamość

Overview of Zamość

Snapshot of key indicators for Zamość in the most recent year available.

Population

60,148

people · 2021

Avg. gross salary

7.8 K PLN

2024

Unemployment rate

8.8%

% · 2025

Businesses per 10k

1,398

entities / 10k · 2024

Population density

1,896.3

ppl / km² · 2024

Apartment price / m²

6.7 K PLN / m²

2024

About - Zamość

Zamość, with about 60,000 residents in Lublin Voivodeship, is a Renaissance fortress city founded by Chancellor Jan Zamoyski, a UNESCO World Heritage site — the "Padua of the North" of eastern Poland. Strengths: a very dense cycling network of 198.5 km per 100 km² (98th percentile), low property crime (7.8/1,000, 97th percentile) and low overall crime of 18.49/1,000 (91st percentile), a healthy business balance (275 deregistered entities, 92nd percentile), 26.8 bed places per 1,000 inhabitants (92nd percentile) — a resort-grade tourism base — and strong wage growth of 17.21% YoY (91st percentile). 1,161 tourists per 1,000 visit the Renaissance old town. Weaknesses: the HIGHEST violent crime among powiat-status cities (0.79/1,000, 0 percentile), low housing construction (1.6 dwellings per 1,000, 5th percentile), very low forest cover of 1.7% (6th percentile), a low number of newly registered businesses (382, 9th percentile) and high unemployment of 8.8% (11th percentile). Zamość offers exceptional UNESCO heritage and developed tourism-cycling infrastructure, but needs personal-safety improvements and economic activation.

Strengths and weaknesses of Zamość

Strengths and weaknesses of Zamość based on the city's position across every published Polish-city ranking.

Top 3 rankings of Zamość

Best ranking positions of Zamość across Poland.

Strengths

Zamość is an attractive weekend destination - strong culture, dining and entertainment offer.
Best weekend cities
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #1
Rank in Poland: #4
Great conditions for an active lifestyle in Zamość - plenty of sports and recreation spaces.
Best cities for an active lifestyle
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #2
Rank in Poland: #4
High tourist appeal in Zamość - landmarks, attractions and visitor numbers among the country's top.
Most tourist-attractive cities
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants):

Weaknesses

Low innovation potential in Zamość - limited R&D base and modest foreign capital presence.
Most innovative cities
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #20
Rank in Poland: #62
Expensive housing in Zamość relative to earnings - many monthly salaries per square metre.
Most affordable housing relative to earnings
Rank among small cities (50–100 thousand inhabitants): #20
Rank in Poland: #47
Tougher career environment for women in Zamość than in other major Polish cities.
Best cities for women's careers

Air quality today

Brak indeksuSource: GIOŚ

The result is based on the reading from 1 monitoring station in Zamość.

PM2.5 now

6.2 µg/m³

PM10 now

10.3 µg/m³

Last updated

05/21/2026, 09:25 PM

Demographics of Zamość

Gender composition and demographic load on the working-age population of Zamość based on the latest GUS data.

Gender split in Zamość

Men28,083 · 46.7%
Women32,065 · 53.3%

Dependency ratios in Zamość

Non-working-age dependency ratio

ppl / 100 working-age · 2024

81.8

Post- per working-age

ppl / 100 working-age · 2024

52.3

Old-age dependency ratio

% · 2024

39.7%

Population change per 1k residents

ppl / 1k · 2024

-12.3

Vital events in Zamość

Births, deaths, marriages and natural increase in Zamość based on GUS data.

Total deaths

587

people · 2024

Marriages

149

marriages · 2024

Births / 1k5.4 per 1k people

Deaths / 1k10.13 per 1k people

Natural increase / 1k-4.73 per 1k people

Labour market in Zamość

Salaries in Zamość compared with the voivodeship and national averages, alongside broader employment signals.

Salary benchmark - Zamość

Voivodeship and Poland baselines derived from BDL ratios (Zamość vs. voivodeship / Poland).

Registered unemployment in Zamość

8.8%

% · 2025

Salary growth YoY

17.21%

% · 2024

Job offers at year-end in Zamość

offers · 2025

Employed per 1k residents

292

ppl / 1k · 2021

Business activity in Zamość

REGON registrations, deregistrations and net balance in Zamość.

Registrations vs deregistrations - Zamość

New businesses

382

entities · 2025

Deregistered

275

entities · 2025

New businessesDeregistered

Net change+107

REGON entities per 10k residents

1,398

entities / 10k · 2024

REGON entities per 1k working-age

254.1

entities / 1k working-age · 2024

Sole props / working-age

19.1%

% · 2024

Foreign-capital companies in Zamość

entities · 2025

Real estate in Zamość

Apartment prices, affordability and construction activity in Zamość.

Apartment price / m² in Zamość

6.7 K PLN / m²

2024

Housing affordability in Zamość

0.85

months of salary / m² · 2024

Dwellings completed / 1k residents

1.6

dwellings / 1k people · 2025

Months of gross salary required per 1 m² of apartment in Zamość.

Education in Zamość

Higher-education students, graduates and preschool-age children in Zamość based on GUS BDL data.

Higher-ed students

1,338

people · 2024

Higher-ed graduates

372

people · 2024

Preschool-age children

911

people · 2024

Students by gender

Women889
Men449

Transport & infrastructure in Zamość

Registered vehicles, public roads and road infrastructure in Zamość based on GUS BDL data.

Passenger cars

30,734

vehicles · 2024

Cars / 1k residents: 511

Environment and quality of life in Zamość

Air quality, green areas and public-space quality in Zamość.

Green areas per capita

56.1

m² / person · 2024

Municipal green areas per capita

m² / person · 2024

Parks & squares per capita

m² / person · 2024

Green-areas share of total area

10.63%

% · 2024

Air quality

· Monitoring stations: 1

Particulate matter

PM2.5 now

6.2 µg/m³

Fine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs.

PM2.5 24h avg

10.21 µg/m³

PM2.5 30d avg

13.05 µg/m³

PM10 now

10.3 µg/m³

Larger airborne particles - dust, traffic and heating.

PM10 24h avg

19.28 µg/m³

PM10 30d avg

20.49 µg/m³

High PM10 days (30d)

Maximum number of days with PM10 above 50 µg/m³ at a single station.

Traffic-related pollution

NO₂ now

11.4 µg/m³

Pollution most often linked to road traffic.

NO₂ 24h avg

8.54 µg/m³

NO₂ 30d avg

8.73 µg/m³

Last updated: 05/21/2026, 09:25 PMSource: GIOŚ

Zamość in numbers over time

Multi-year trajectory of the key indicators of Zamość benchmarked against the voivodeship.

Average gross salary in Zamość

Registered unemployment rate in Zamość

REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Zamość

Population of Zamość

Apartment price per m² in Zamość

Zamość in rankings

How does Zamość 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.

Best cities to live in Poland

56.6/ 100

Rank in Poland: #10
Rank among small cities: #6

settlement year	Taxpayers (1.5%)	Total 1.5% PIT	OPPs in the city	Avg. per OPP
2025	100	26.3 K PLN	2	13.1 K PLN
2024	100	26.9 K PLN	2	13.5 K PLN
2023	100	37.9 K PLN	2	19.0 K PLN
2022	100	8.8 K PLN	2	4.4 K PLN
2021	100	47.0 K PLN	2	23.5 K PLN
2020	200	8.5 K PLN	2	4.3 K PLN
2019	100	9.7 K PLN	2	4.8 K PLN
2018	100

Indicator	Zamość	Chełm	Difference
Population	60,148	59,546	+602 +1%
Population density	1,896.3	1,411.9	+484.4 +34.3%
Avg. gross salary	7.8 K PLN	7.4 K PLN	+430.98 PLN +5.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	9.5%	−0.7% −7.4%
REGON / 10k	1,398	1,075	+323 +30%
Apartment price / m²	6.7 K PLN / m²	5.9 K PLN / m²	+801 PLN / m² +13.7%
Green areas / capita	56.1	47	+9.1 +19.4%
Housing affordability	0.85	0.79	+0.06 +7.6%

City profile: Zamość

Overview of Zamość

About - Zamość

Top 3 rankings of Zamość

Strengths

Weaknesses

Demographics of Zamość

Gender split in Zamość

Dependency ratios in Zamość

Vital events in Zamość

Labour market in Zamość

Salary benchmark - Zamość

Business activity in Zamość

Registrations vs deregistrations - Zamość

Real estate in Zamość

Education in Zamość

Students by gender

Transport & infrastructure in Zamość

Environment and quality of life in Zamość

Air quality

Particulate matter

Traffic-related pollution

Zamość in numbers over time

Average gross salary in Zamość

Registered unemployment rate in Zamość

REGON entities per 10k inhabitants - Zamość

Population of Zamość

Apartment price per m² in Zamość

Zamość in rankings

Best cities to live in Poland

Best cities to do business in

Best labour market

Most affordable housing relative to earnings

Greenest cities

City investment potential

Most demographically stable cities

Best cities for families

Best cities for students and education

Wealthiest cities

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Best cities for culture

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Most tourist-attractive cities

Best weekend cities

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Cities with the highest parking pressure

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Public-benefit organisations (OPP) and 1.5% PIT - Zamość

Largest OPP in Zamość

1.5% PIT history - Zamość

Comparison - Zamość vs another city

Percentage difference (Zamość minus peer)

All indicators - Zamość

Companies

Uniglob Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością

Meritech Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością

Infinity TECH Group Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością

Associations

Stowarzyszenie Simba Fight CLUB

Akademicki Uczniowski KLUB Sportowy Trefl

Stowarzyszenie KLUB Ozaru

Foundations

Fundacja Mediatone Institute

Fundacja Common MAN

Fundacja LUMI Mentis

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