Best areas to live in Essen

Our picks in Essen for different needs, based on official rents and our area guides. Within each list, cheaper areas come first.

Most affordable

  1. Vogelheim €5.90/m² · €
    Low rents
  2. Horst €5.99/m² · €
    Low rents
  3. Stoppenberg €6.00/m² · €
    Low rents
  4. Kray €6.01/m² · €
    Low rents
  5. Karnap €6.06/m² · €
    Low rents

For students

  1. Nordviertel €6.68/m² · €€€
    Students
  2. Werden €7.79/m² · €€€€€
    Students, history and the Ruhr

For families

  1. Überruhr-Hinsel €6.54/m² · €€€
    Families and green space
  2. Schönebeck €6.69/m² · €€€
    Families and green space
  3. Bergerhausen €7.01/m² · €€€€
    Families and green space
  4. Burgaltendorf €7.12/m² · €€€€
    Families and green space
  5. Kupferdreh €7.14/m² · €€€€
    Families, forest and the Ruhr

Quiet & green

  1. Margarethenhöhe €6.12/m² · €
    Architecture and green space
  2. Borbeck-Mitte €6.47/m² · €€
    Low rents and a castle park
  3. Überruhr-Hinsel €6.54/m² · €€€
    Families and green space
  4. Schönebeck €6.69/m² · €€€
    Families and green space
  5. Bergerhausen €7.01/m² · €€€€
    Families and green space

For commuters

  1. Vogelheim €5.90/m² · €
    Low rents
  2. Horst €5.99/m² · €
    Low rents
  3. Stoppenberg €6.00/m² · €
    Low rents
  4. Kray €6.01/m² · €
    Low rents
  5. Karnap €6.06/m² · €
    Low rents

Price level compares this area's rent with the others in the same city (€ = cheapest fifth, €€€€€ = most expensive fifth). Trend compares the rise since the first year of data with the city as a whole. Tags come from the area guide.