Where to live in Darmstadt if you work from home

Ranking of Darmstadt's 39 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 Darmstadt to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Kranichstein (87), Darmstadt-Ost (86) and An den Lichtwiesen (86).

Darmstadt areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Kranichstein	87 · excellent	Public green space
2	Darmstadt-Ost	86 · excellent	Public green space
3	An den Lichtwiesen	86 · excellent	Public green space
4	Eberstadt	84 · excellent	Public green space
5	Lincoln-Siedlung	84 · excellent	Public green space
6	Am Ziegelbusch	83 · excellent	Public green space
7	An der Ludwigshöhe	82 · excellent	Public green space
8	Paulusviertel	81 · excellent	Public green space
9	Martinsviertel-Ost	80 · excellent	Public green space
10	Blütenviertel	80 · excellent	Public green space
11	Bessungen	79 · good	Public green space
12	Komponistenviertel	79 · good	Tree canopy
13	Woogsviertel	79 · good	Public green space
14	Arheilgen	78 · good	Public green space
15	Mathildenhöhe	77 · good	Public green space
16	Kirchtannensiedlung	77 · good	Tree canopy
17	Johannesviertel	76 · good	Public green space
18	Auf der Hardt	76 · good	Public green space
19	Waldkolonie	75 · good	Tree canopy
20	Am Frankenstein	75 · good	Public green space
21	Am Kavalleriesand	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Alt-Bessungen	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Am Lämmchesberg	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Universitätsviertel	74 · good	Public green space
25	Heimstätten-Siedlung	70 · good	Public green space
26	Alt-Eberstadt	70 · good	Services on foot
27	Pallaswiesenviertel	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Verlegerviertel	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
29	Mornewegviertel	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
30	Am Südbahnhof	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
31	Darmstadt-West	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
32	St. Ludwig mit Eichbergviertel	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
33	Kapellplatzviertel	61 · good	Public green space
34	Mollerstadt	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
35	Darmstadt-Mitte	60 · good	Public green space
36	Villenkolonie Eberstadt	53 · fair	Tree canopy
37	Glockengarten	48 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
38	Martinsviertel-West	41 · fair	Public green space
39	Darmstadt-Nord	39 · poor	Public green space

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