Where to live in Frankfurt as a student

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

What is the best area of Frankfurt to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Ostend (93), Nordend Ost (92) and Europaviertel (92).

Frankfurt areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Ostend	93 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Nordend Ost	92 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Europaviertel	92 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Bornheim	91 · excellent	Public green space
5	Nordend West	89 · excellent	Services on foot
6	Westend Süd	89 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Eckenheim	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Kuhwaldsiedlung	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Praunheim	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Bockenheim	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Dornbusch	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Westend Nord	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	Hausen	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Niederrad	86 · excellent	Public green space
15	Unterliederbach	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Nord	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Rödelheim	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
18	Nordweststadt	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
19	Niederursel	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
20	Innenstadt	85 · excellent	Services on foot
21	Höchst	84 · excellent	Services on foot
22	Ginnheim	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
23	Mertonviertel	84 · excellent	Public green space
24	Seckbach	84 · excellent	Public green space
25	Siedlung Taunusblick	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
26	Sossenheim	82 · excellent	Public green space
27	Preungesheim	82 · excellent	Services on foot
28	Riederwald	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
29	Heddernheim	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
30	Enkheim	81 · excellent	Public green space
31	Schwanheim	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
32	Märchensiedlung	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
33	Eschersheim	80 · excellent	Services on foot
34	Schönhof-Viertel	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
35	Franky	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
36	Alt-Zeilsheim	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Süd	79 · good	Public green space
38	Brückenviertel	78 · good	Services on foot
39	Nied	77 · good	Tree canopy
40	Gallus	77 · good	Services on foot
41	City West	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
42	Sachsenhausen	76 · good	Services on foot
43	Sindlingen	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
44	Bonames	74 · good	Public green space
45	Fechenheim	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
46	Altstadt	72 · good	Services on foot
47	Steinrutsch-Siedlung	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
48	Fechenheim-Nord	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
49	Bahnhofsviertel	72 · good	Services on foot
50	Griesheim	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
51	Riedberg	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
52	Nieder-Eschbach	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
53	Gutleutviertel	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
54	Kalbach	69 · good	Public green space
55	Lerchesberg	67 · good	Tree canopy
56	Frankfurter Berg	66 · good	Services on foot
57	Oberrad	65 · good	Services on foot
58	Harheim	64 · good	Services on foot
59	Bergen-Enkheim	57 · fair	Public green space
60	Bergen	54 · fair	Public green space
61	Berkersheim	48 · fair	Services 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