Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Märkischer Kreis, Kreis » Herscheid Population* 6 917 Retail purchasing power* 5 737 €/person/year Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 59,40 km² Industrial and commercial area* 40 ha Residential building area* 176 ha Agricultural area* 3 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 450 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 680 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,4 % Labour - total* 160 320 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 9 % Labour - specialist* 12 % Labour - skilled worker* 59 % Labour - helper* 19 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 248 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 921 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 644 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 852 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 6 km Motorway junction Lüdenscheid-Süd (A45) Nearby motorways A45 Airport Airport (distance)* 39 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance)* 44 km Name of port Dortmunder Hafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 58 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website