Where to live in Heidelberg if you commute

Ranking of Heidelberg's 24 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 Heidelberg to live in if you commute?

According to CityPulse: Neuenheimer Feld (90), Bergheim (87) and Weststadt (86).

Heidelberg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Neuenheimer Feld	90 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Bergheim	87 · excellent	Public transport frequency
3	Weststadt	86 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Südstadt	77 · good	Public green space
5	Rohrbach	76 · good	Services on foot
6	Altstadt	70 · good	Tree canopy
7	Handschuhsheim	70 · good	Services on foot
8	Neuenheim	69 · good	Services on foot
9	Wieblingen	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
10	Eichendorff-Forum	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Quartier am Turm	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Kirchheim	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Bahnstadt	56 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
14	Ochsenkopf	54 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
15	Heidelberg Innovation Park	53 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
16	Meilenstein	52 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
17	Hasenleiser	49 · fair	Services on foot
18	Pfaffengrund	46 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
19	Schlierbach	33 · poor	Tree canopy
20	Emmertsgrund	33 · poor	Tree canopy
21	Boxberg	29 · poor	Tree canopy
22	Ziegelhausen	28 · poor	Tree canopy
23	Mühltal	17 · poor	Tree canopy
24	Patrick-Henry-Village	14 · 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