Where to live in Göttingen if you work from home

Ranking of Göttingen's 33 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 Göttingen to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Weststadt (88), Blümchenviertel (87) and Egelsberg (87).

Göttingen areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Weststadt	88 · excellent	Public green space
2	Blümchenviertel	87 · excellent	Public green space
3	Egelsberg	87 · excellent	Public green space
4	Ostviertel	86 · excellent	Public green space
5	Papenberg	85 · excellent	Public green space
6	Hagenberg	84 · excellent	Public green space
7	Südstadt	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Leineberg	84 · excellent	Public green space
9	Klausberg	84 · excellent	Public green space
10	Holtenser Berg	83 · excellent	Public green space
11	Weende	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Grone-Süd	83 · excellent	Public green space
13	Ebertal	82 · excellent	Tree canopy
14	Herberhausen	82 · excellent	Tree canopy
15	Weende-Ost	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Treuenhagen	82 · excellent	Tree canopy
17	Weende-Nord	81 · excellent	Public green space
18	Zietenterrassen	79 · good	Tree canopy
19	Innenstadt	79 · good	Public green space
20	Lohberg	78 · good	Tree canopy
21	Grone	77 · good	Public green space
22	Geismar	74 · good	Tree canopy
23	Nordstadt	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Groß Ellershausen	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
25	Weende-West	70 · good	Public green space
26	Kiesseekarree	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Roringen	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Geismar-Süd	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
29	Holtensen	58 · fair	Public green space
30	Elliehausen	55 · fair	Services on foot
31	Nikolausberg	37 · poor	Public green space
32	Esebeck	22 · poor	Public green space
33	Hetjershausen	15 · 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