Where to live in Frankfurt with a family

Ranking of Frankfurt's 61 areas with CityPulse's “Family” profile. What matters most: public green space, playgrounds on foot, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Frankfurt to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Praunheim (99), Eckenheim (98) and Hausen (98).

Frankfurt areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Praunheim	99 · excellent	Public green space
2	Eckenheim	98 · excellent	Public green space
3	Hausen	98 · excellent	Public green space
4	Westend Nord	97 · excellent	Public green space
5	Dornbusch	96 · excellent	Public green space
6	Ginnheim	96 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
7	Mertonviertel	96 · excellent	Public green space
8	Nordweststadt	95 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
9	Unterliederbach	93 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
10	Niederursel	92 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
11	Sossenheim	92 · excellent	Public green space
12	Seckbach	92 · excellent	Public green space
13	Siedlung Taunusblick	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
14	Rödelheim	91 · excellent	Public green space
15	Enkheim	90 · excellent	Public green space
16	Riederwald	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
17	Märchensiedlung	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
18	Höchst	89 · excellent	Public green space
19	Bonames	89 · excellent	Public green space
20	Nied	89 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
21	Preungesheim	89 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
22	Kuhwaldsiedlung	89 · excellent	Public green space
23	Eschersheim	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
24	Schwanheim	87 · excellent	Tree canopy
25	Nordend West	86 · excellent	Public green space
26	Heddernheim	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
27	Schönhof-Viertel	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
28	Niederrad	84 · excellent	Public green space
29	Bornheim	84 · excellent	Public green space
30	Lerchesberg	84 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
31	Innenstadt	83 · excellent	Public green space
32	Bockenheim	82 · excellent	Public green space
33	Alt-Zeilsheim	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
34	Sindlingen	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
35	Ostend	82 · excellent	Public green space
36	Fechenheim-Nord	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
37	Westend Süd	82 · excellent	Public green space
38	Bergen-Enkheim	81 · excellent	Public green space
39	Franky	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
40	Süd	81 · excellent	Public green space
41	Nordend Ost	80 · excellent	Public green space
42	Europaviertel	80 · excellent	Public green space
43	Griesheim	79 · good	Playgrounds on foot
44	Oberrad	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
45	Frankfurter Berg	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
46	Brückenviertel	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
47	Bergen	75 · good	Public green space
48	Steinrutsch-Siedlung	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
49	Nieder-Eschbach	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
50	Kalbach	75 · good	Public green space
51	Nord	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
52	Altstadt	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
53	Harheim	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
54	Fechenheim	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
55	City West	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
56	Sachsenhausen	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
57	Bahnhofsviertel	64 · good	Services on foot
58	Riedberg	64 · good	Public green space
59	Gutleutviertel	60 · good	Playgrounds on foot
60	Gallus	59 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
61	Berkersheim	54 · fair	Playgrounds on foot

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