Where to live in Zurich if you work from home

Ranking of Zurich's 49 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 Zurich to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Enge (83), Seefeld (81) and Überbauung Grünau (80).

Zurich areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Enge	83 · excellent	Public green space
2	Seefeld	81 · excellent	Public green space
3	Überbauung Grünau	80 · excellent	Public green space
4	Riesbach	80 · excellent	Public green space
5	Schwamendingen-Mitte	78 · good	Tree canopy
6	Hirslanden	77 · good	Services on foot
7	Schwamendingen	76 · good	Public green space
8	Kreis 2	76 · good	Public green space
9	Alt-Wiedikon	75 · good	Public green space
10	Hochschulen	74 · good	Public green space
11	Weinegg	74 · good	Tree canopy
12	Affoltern	74 · good	Public green space
13	Kreis 3	74 · good	Public green space
14	Rathaus	73 · good	Public green space
15	Werdwies	72 · good	Public green space
16	Leimbach	72 · good	Tree canopy
17	Mühlebach	70 · good	Public green space
18	Kreis 10	69 · good	Public green space
19	Höngg	68 · good	Public green space
20	Kreis 8	67 · good	Services on foot
21	Saatlen	66 · good	Public green space
22	Hirzenbach	65 · good	Services on foot
23	Hottingen	65 · good	Tree canopy
24	Escher Wyss	59 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
25	Altstadt	59 · fair	Services on foot
26	Lindenhof	58 · fair	Public green space
27	Oerlikon	57 · fair	Public green space
28	Industriequartier	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
29	Kreis 6	54 · fair	Public green space
30	Kreis 12	54 · fair	Services on foot
31	City	53 · fair	Services on foot
32	Witikon	44 · fair	Tree canopy
33	Wiedikon	44 · fair	Public green space
34	Wipkingen	43 · fair	Services on foot
35	Kreis 11	41 · fair	Public green space
36	Oberstrass	40 · fair	Services on foot
37	Hard	40 · fair	Public green space
38	Sihlfeld	39 · poor	Public green space
39	Fluntern	39 · poor	Services on foot
40	Seebach	38 · poor	Public green space
41	Unterstrass	38 · poor	Services on foot
42	Kreis 9	38 · poor	Services on foot
43	Altstetten	34 · poor	Services on foot
44	Wollishofen	34 · poor	Services on foot
45	Werd	33 · poor	Services on foot
46	Aussersihl	33 · poor	Public green space
47	Albisrieden	32 · poor	Services on foot
48	Gewerbeschule	28 · poor	Services on foot
49	Langstrasse	26 · 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