Where to live in Porto if you work from home

Ranking of Porto's 80 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 Porto to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Bairro do Lagarteiro (83), Bairro Marechal Gomes da Costa (82) and Bairro Sidónio Pais (81).

Porto areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Bairro do Lagarteiro	83 · excellent	Public green space
2	Bairro Marechal Gomes da Costa	82 · excellent	Public green space
3	Bairro Sidónio Pais	81 · excellent	Public green space
4	Sobreiras	80 · excellent	Public green space
5	Pêgo Negro	79 · good	Public green space
6	Pinhais da Foz	78 · good	Public green space
7	Avis	77 · good	Public green space
8	Bairro do Bom Sucesso	75 · good	Public green space
9	Aldoar	74 · good	Public green space
10	Santa Catarina	73 · good	Public green space
11	Granja	73 · good	Tree canopy
12	Nevogilde	72 · good	Public green space
13	Quinta de Vilar d'Allen	70 · good	Tree canopy
14	Bairro dos Castelos	69 · good	Public green space
15	Foz do Douro	69 · good	Public green space
16	CETA Aldoar 1a Fase	69 · good	Public green space
17	Paranhos	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Monte da Luz	67 · good	Public green space
19	Monte dos Burgos	66 · good	Public green space
20	Bairro do Carriçal	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Ranha	65 · good	Public green space
22	Carreiros	64 · good	Public green space
23	Salazares	64 · good	Services on foot
24	Lima	64 · good	Services on foot
25	Cedofeita	62 · good	Services on foot
26	Regado	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Bairro dos Poetas	61 · good	Public green space
28	Lordelo do Ouro	60 · good	Public green space
29	Campanhã	60 · good	Public green space
30	Bairro da Boavista	60 · good	Public green space
31	Monsanto	59 · fair	Services on foot
32	Furamontes	59 · fair	Tree canopy
33	Bairro do Engenheiro Machado Vaz	58 · fair	Services on foot
34	Conjunto de Habitações (Bairro)	57 · fair	Services on foot
35	Bairro de Casas Económicas de São Roque da Lameira	57 · fair	Services on foot
36	Congostas	55 · fair	Public green space
37	Lugarinho	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
38	Ouro	55 · fair	Public green space
39	Bairro de São Vítor	54 · fair	Public green space
40	Formiga	54 · fair	Public green space
41	Bairro Jerónimo Azevedo (Viso)	53 · fair	Services on foot
42	Pereiró	52 · fair	Services on foot
43	Conjunto Urbano da Ribeira	52 · fair	Services on foot
44	Aval de Baixo	51 · fair	Services on foot
45	Asprela	50 · fair	Services on foot
46	Monte Pedral	48 · fair	Services on foot
47	Leal	47 · fair	Services on foot
48	Massarelos	47 · fair	Public green space
49	Ramalde	47 · fair	Public green space
50	Bairro da Maceda	44 · fair	Services on foot
51	Santa Luzia	43 · fair	Public green space
52	Bairro de Santo Eugénio	40 · fair	Public green space
53	Centro Histórico do Porto	37 · poor	Services on foot
54	Bairro Cooperativa 'O Lar Familiar'	36 · poor	Public green space
55	Bairro da Fábrica da Areosa	36 · poor	Services on foot
56	Bairro da Vilarinha	36 · poor	Public green space
57	Cooperativa dos Trabalhadores do Porto	35 · poor	Services on foot
58	Carregal	34 · poor	Public green space
59	Bairro das Campinas	34 · poor	Services on foot
60	Covelo	34 · poor	Services on foot
61	Bairro Duque de Saldanha	34 · poor	Public green space
62	Zona Histórica do Porto	33 · poor	Services on foot
63	Revilão	33 · poor	Public green space
64	Bessa	33 · poor	Public green space
65	Antas	32 · poor	Services on foot
66	Bairro de Contumil	32 · poor	Services on foot
67	Currais	32 · poor	Public green space
68	Pinheiro	32 · poor	Public green space
69	Marquês	31 · poor	Services on foot
70	Mirante	31 · poor	Services on foot
71	Bonfim	31 · poor	Public green space
72	Areosa	30 · poor	Services on foot
73	Moreira	30 · poor	Services on foot
74	Lameira	29 · poor	Services on foot
75	Outeiro	29 · poor	Services on foot
76	Bairro do Monte Pedral	29 · poor	Services on foot
77	Tronco	27 · poor	Services on foot
78	Bairro do Viso	26 · poor	Services on foot
79	Bolhão	26 · poor	Services on foot
80	Vila Maria Odete	25 · poor	Services on foot

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