Where to live in Karlsruhe if you commute

Ranking of Karlsruhe's 43 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 Karlsruhe to live in if you commute?

According to CityPulse: Innenstadt-Ost (90), Im Lohfeld (89) and Weststadt (86).

Karlsruhe areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Innenstadt-Ost	90 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Im Lohfeld	89 · excellent	Public transport frequency
3	Weststadt	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Beiertheim	86 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Oststadt	84 · excellent	Public green space
6	Innenstadt-West	83 · excellent	Public transport frequency
7	Mühlburg	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Südstadt	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
9	Rintheim	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
10	Durlach	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Dammerstock	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Grünwinkel	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Hagsfeld	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Geroldsäcker-Süd	70 · good	Public green space
15	Rüppurr	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Knielingen	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Daxlanden	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Oberreut	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	Nordweststadt	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
20	Neureut	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Nordstadt	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Kirchfeld	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Bulach	61 · good	Public green space
24	Südweststadt	61 · good	Services on foot
25	Feldlage	58 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
26	Heide	57 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
27	Grötzingen	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
28	Weiherfeld	54 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
29	Wolfartsweier	54 · fair	Tree canopy
30	Reitschulschlagsiedlung	51 · fair	Tree canopy
31	Gewann Am Wasserfall	51 · fair	Public green space
32	Stupferich	47 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
33	Lohn-Lissen	47 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
34	Gemeinsamleben in der Waldstadt	47 · fair	Public green space
35	Hohenwettersbach	36 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
36	Aue	35 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
37	Upper East	34 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
38	Waldstadt	34 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
39	Hans-Dickmann-Kolleg	31 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
40	Wettersbach	29 · poor	Services on foot
41	Roteichenpark	27 · poor	Tree canopy
42	Geigersberg	22 · poor	Tree canopy
43	Bergwald	20 · 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