Where to live in Leuven if you work from home

Ranking of Leuven's 51 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 Leuven to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Edouard Remyvest (88), IJzermolen (86) and Matadi (84).

Leuven areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Edouard Remyvest	88 · excellent	Public green space
2	IJzermolen	86 · excellent	Public green space
3	Matadi	84 · excellent	Public green space
4	Pakenwijk	83 · excellent	Public green space
5	Kriekenbos	83 · excellent	Public green space
6	Heverlee	83 · excellent	Public green space
7	Berkenhof	83 · excellent	Public green space
8	Mechelsevest	83 · excellent	Public green space
9	Ten Wijngaard	81 · excellent	Public green space
10	Adolphe Bastinwijk	81 · excellent	Public green space
11	Bruineveld	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Alfons Roelandtswijk	80 · excellent	Public green space
13	Spaanse Kroon	80 · excellent	Public green space
14	Voorzorgwijk	80 · excellent	Public green space
15	Kesseldal	80 · excellent	Public green space
16	De Jacht	78 · good	Tree canopy
17	Sint-Servatiuswijk	78 · good	Public green space
18	Withof	77 · good	Public green space
19	Heverlee Boskant	77 · good	Tree canopy
20	Kessel-Lo	76 · good	Public green space
21	Terbank	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Schorenshof	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Vier Vaantjes	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Keizersberg	75 · good	Services on foot
25	Lovensveld	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
26	Wilsele	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Casablanca	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Belle-Vue	74 · good	Public green space
29	Ziekelingen	74 · good	Tree canopy
30	Hoogland	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
31	Genadedal	72 · good	Tree canopy
32	Koksijdewijk	71 · good	Public green space
33	Nieuw Kwartier	71 · good	Public green space
34	Diestseveld	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
35	Vaartkom	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
36	Hertogensite	70 · good	Public green space
37	Wilsele-Dorp	69 · good	Public green space
38	Hortense Damanhof	69 · good	Public green space
39	Wijgmaal	69 · good	Protected cycle lanes
40	Egenhoven	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
41	Tiensevest	68 · good	Public green space
42	Benedenstad	63 · good	Public green space
43	Klaprozenveld	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
44	Mussenbuurt	60 · good	Services on foot
45	Kwadenhoek	60 · good	Protected cycle lanes
46	Vleminckxveld	59 · fair	Public green space
47	Wilsele-Putkapel	59 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
48	Blauwput	58 · fair	Public green space
49	Sint-Maartensdal	57 · fair	Services on foot
50	Tempelhof	57 · fair	Services on foot
51	Wijveld	55 · fair	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 2026-11-06. Method and sources