Where to live in Heidelberg if you work from home

Ranking of Heidelberg's 24 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 Heidelberg to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Südstadt (84), Neuenheimer Feld (83) and Neuenheim (77).

Heidelberg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Südstadt	84 · excellent	Public green space
2	Neuenheimer Feld	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Neuenheim	77 · good	Services on foot
4	Eichendorff-Forum	76 · good	Public green space
5	Wieblingen	75 · good	Public green space
6	Bergheim	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
7	Weststadt	71 · good	Public green space
8	Handschuhsheim	70 · good	Services on foot
9	Rohrbach	69 · good	Services on foot
10	Pfaffengrund	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Altstadt	68 · good	Tree canopy
12	Heidelberg Innovation Park	68 · good	Public green space
13	Quartier am Turm	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Schlierbach	66 · good	Tree canopy
15	Ochsenkopf	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Kirchheim	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Bahnstadt	59 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
18	Ziegelhausen	59 · fair	Tree canopy
19	Hasenleiser	58 · fair	Services on foot
20	Meilenstein	56 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
21	Patrick-Henry-Village	48 · fair	Tree canopy
22	Emmertsgrund	39 · poor	Tree canopy
23	Boxberg	36 · poor	Tree canopy
24	Mühltal	35 · 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