Where to live in Freiburg if you commute

Ranking of Freiburg's 35 areas with CityPulse's “Commuter” profile. What matters most: services on foot, public transport frequency, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Freiburg to live in if you commute?

According to CityPulse: Alt-Betzenhausen (86), Sternenhof (84) and Altstadt (81).

Freiburg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Alt-Betzenhausen	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Sternenhof	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Altstadt	81 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Stühlinger	80 · excellent	Public green space
5	Unterwiehre-Nord	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
6	Betzenhausen	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
7	Brühl-Beurbarung	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
8	Brühl-Güterbahnhof	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
9	Rieselfeld	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
10	Waldsee	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Weingarten	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Vauban	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Oberau	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Carl-Sieder-Hof	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Wiehre	69 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Haslach-Haid	69 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Haslach	67 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Mooswald	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	Landwasser	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
20	Uffhausen	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Oberwiehre	60 · good	Public green space
22	Neuburg	57 · fair	Tree canopy
23	Sankt Georgen	55 · fair	Services on foot
24	Sechzehn Jauchert	46 · fair	Services on foot
25	Zähringen	44 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
26	Welchental	40 · fair	Tree canopy
27	Herdern	40 · fair	Services on foot
28	Kappel-Neuhäuser	36 · poor	Tree canopy
29	Lehen	33 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
30	Wonnhalde	32 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
31	Haslach-Egerten	32 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
32	Wendlingen	32 · poor	Services on foot
33	Unterwiehre-Süd	30 · poor	Tree canopy
34	Haslach-Schildacker	29 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
35	Bifänge	29 · poor	Protected cycle lanes

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