Where to live in Aachen if you work from home

Ranking of Aachen's 40 areas with CityPulse's “Working from home” profile. What matters most: public green space, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: low.

What is the best area of Aachen to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Gut Kullen (84), Driescher Hof (82) and Königshügel (81).

Aachen areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Gut Kullen	84 · excellent	Public green space
2	Driescher Hof	82 · excellent	Public green space
3	Königshügel	81 · excellent	Public green space
4	Steppenberg	81 · excellent	Public green space
5	Kronenberg	81 · excellent	Public green space
6	Kornelimünster	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
7	Hörn	78 · good	Public green space
8	Laurensberg	77 · good	Tree canopy
9	Schönforst	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
10	Niederforstbach	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Brand	76 · good	Public green space
12	Walheim	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Redarius Quartier	75 · good	Public green space
14	Steinebrück	75 · good	Tree canopy
15	Am Guten Hirten	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Rütsch	73 · good	Public green space
17	Siegel	73 · good	Public green space
18	Europadorf	71 · good	Public green space
19	Preuswald	71 · good	Tree canopy
20	Haaren	71 · good	Services on foot
21	Beverau	71 · good	Public green space
22	Soers	70 · good	Public green space
23	Verlautenheide	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Freund	60 · good	Public green space
25	Rothe Erde	60 · good	Protected cycle lanes
26	Richterich	58 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
27	Oberforstbach	55 · fair	Services on foot
28	Eilendorf	51 · fair	Services on foot
29	Rehmviertel	44 · fair	Public green space
30	Viktoriaviertel	43 · fair	Public green space
31	Hanbruch	41 · fair	Public green space
32	Burtscheid	41 · fair	Public green space
33	Nirm	40 · fair	Public green space
34	Forst	39 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
35	Pontviertel	36 · poor	Public green space
36	Schleckheim	33 · poor	Services on foot
37	Frankenberger Viertel	32 · poor	Public green space
38	Vaalserquartier	24 · poor	Public green space
39	Steffensviertel	22 · poor	Public green space
40	Bildchen	5 · poor	Tree canopy

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-05. Method and sources