Where to live in Essen if you work from home

Ranking of Essen's 58 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 Essen to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Pestalozzidorf "Im Grund" (87), Borbeck-Mitte (87) and Bergeborbeck (86).

Essen areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Pestalozzidorf "Im Grund"	87 · excellent	Public green space
2	Borbeck-Mitte	87 · excellent	Public green space
3	Bergeborbeck	86 · excellent	Public green space
4	Schonnebeck	86 · excellent	Public green space
5	Stoppenberg	86 · excellent	Public green space
6	Altenessen	86 · excellent	Public green space
7	Karnap	85 · excellent	Public green space
8	Überruhr-Hinsel	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Altenessen-Süd	84 · excellent	Public green space
10	Bredeney	84 · excellent	Public green space
11	Katernberg	84 · excellent	Public green space
12	Altenessen-Nord	83 · excellent	Public green space
13	Großenbruch	83 · excellent	Public green space
14	Schönebeck	83 · excellent	Public green space
15	Bochold	83 · excellent	Public green space
16	Gerschede	82 · excellent	Public green space
17	Fulerum	82 · excellent	Public green space
18	Rellinghausen	82 · excellent	Public green space
19	Bergerhausen	82 · excellent	Public green space
20	Margarethenhöhe	81 · excellent	Public green space
21	Bedingrade	81 · excellent	Public green space
22	Kolonie Hegemannshof	81 · excellent	Public green space
23	Heisingen	81 · excellent	Public green space
24	Frintrop	81 · excellent	Public green space
25	Überruhr-Holthausen	80 · excellent	Public green space
26	Dellwig	80 · excellent	Public green space
27	Haarzopf	80 · excellent	Public green space
28	Kettwig vor der Brücke	80 · excellent	Public green space
29	Steele	80 · excellent	Public green space
30	Eltingviertel	80 · excellent	Public green space
31	Freisenbruch	79 · good	Public green space
32	Leithe	78 · good	Public green space
33	Kettwig	78 · good	Public green space
34	Altendorf	78 · good	Public green space
35	Kray	76 · good	Public green space
36	Horst	75 · good	Public green space
37	Huttrop	74 · good	Public green space
38	Dilldorf	73 · good	Tree canopy
39	Dilldorfer Höhe	73 · good	Tree canopy
40	Kettwig auf der Höhe	73 · good	Public green space
41	Frillendorf	73 · good	Tree canopy
42	Segeroth	72 · good	Public green space
43	Vogelheim	71 · good	Public green space
44	Fischlaken	71 · good	Public green space
45	Sternviertel	71 · good	Public green space
46	Stadtwald	70 · good	Public green space
47	Südviertel	68 · good	Public green space
48	Burgaltendorf	64 · good	Tree canopy
49	Krupp-Gürtel	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
50	Frohnhausen	46 · fair	Services on foot
51	Holsterhausen	45 · fair	Services on foot
52	Rüttenscheid	42 · fair	Public green space
53	Hinninghofen	39 · poor	Tree canopy
54	Kupferdreh	39 · poor	Tree canopy
55	Werden	37 · poor	Tree canopy
56	Byfang	35 · poor	Tree canopy
57	Heidhausen	35 · poor	Tree canopy
58	Volkeskotten	26 · 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