Where to live in Magdeburg if you commute

Ranking of Magdeburg's 54 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 Magdeburg to live in if you commute?

According to CityPulse: Krökentorviertel/Breiter Weg NA (93), Nordfront (88) and Altstadtquartier (87).

Magdeburg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Krökentorviertel/Breiter Weg NA	93 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Nordfront	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Altstadtquartier	87 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Elbbahnhof	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Altstadt	83 · excellent	Services on foot
6	Bleckenburgstraße/Jahnring	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
7	Alte Neustadt	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
8	Sternviertel	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
9	Stadtfeld Ost	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
10	Leipziger Straße	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Neue Neustadt	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Buckau	67 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Hermann-Beims-Siedlung	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Salbke	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Zuckerbusch West	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Neustädter See	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Alt Cracau	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Encke-Carré	61 · good	Public green space
19	Stadtfeld West	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
20	Werder	60 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Neu Olvenstedt	60 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Bahnhofsviertel	58 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
23	Lemsdorf	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
24	Kannenstieg	55 · fair	Public green space
25	Fermersleben	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
26	Reform	54 · fair	Services on foot
27	Sudenburg	53 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
28	Angersiedlung	52 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
29	Gewerbegebiet Buckau	52 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
30	Hopfengarten	52 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
31	Cracau	52 · fair	Services on foot
32	Alt Olvenstedt	51 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
33	Neustädter Feld	51 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
34	Beyendorfer Grund	50 · fair	Public green space
35	Westerhüsen	47 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
36	Nordwest	45 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
37	Fauler Grund	41 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
38	Am Spionskopf	40 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
39	Herrenkrug	39 · poor	Tree canopy
40	Kümmelsberg Ostseite	38 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
41	Ottersleben	38 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
42	Brückfeld	35 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
43	Virchowquartier	32 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
44	Diesdorf	31 · poor	Public green space
45	Steinwiese	24 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
46	Lindenhof	23 · poor	Public green space
47	Wiesengrund/Zur Pappel	23 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
48	Rothensee	21 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
49	Prester	19 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
50	Industriehafen	19 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
51	Lüttgen-Salbke	18 · poor	Public green space
52	Kreuzhorst	17 · poor	Public green space
53	Neugrüneberg	14 · poor	Public green space
54	Sohlener Berge	11 · poor	Public green space

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