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Best places to live in Greater Bielefeld

19 municipalities with 876,450 residents within about 25 km of Bielefeld, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, demographics, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Bielefeld, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Bad Salzuflen
    Lippe, 54,585 residents    54
  2. 2Lage
    Lippe, 35,311 residents    54
  3. 3Leopoldshöhe
    Lippe, 16,658 residents    53
  4. 4Oerlinghausen
    Lippe, 17,287 residents    52
  5. 5Enger
    Herford, 20,724 residents    51
  6. 6Hiddenhausen
    Herford, 19,896 residents    50
  7. 7Augustdorf
    Lippe, 10,314 residents    50
  8. 8Gütersloh
    Gütersloh, 102,464 residents    50
  9. 9Spenge
    Herford, 14,389 residents    49
  10. 10Halle (Westf.)
    Gütersloh, 22,198 residents    47

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For retired couples

  1. 1Lage
    Lippe, 35,311 residents    67
  2. 2Bad Salzuflen
    Lippe, 54,585 residents    67
  3. 3Hiddenhausen
    Herford, 19,896 residents    65
  4. 4Halle (Westf.)
    Gütersloh, 22,198 residents    65
  5. 5Enger
    Herford, 20,724 residents    64
  6. 6Gütersloh
    Gütersloh, 102,464 residents    64
  7. 7Verl
    Gütersloh, 25,691 residents    62
  8. 8Leopoldshöhe
    Lippe, 16,658 residents    62
  9. 9Spenge
    Herford, 14,389 residents    61
  10. 10Steinhagen
    Gütersloh, 20,885 residents    60

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For remote workers

  1. 1Lage
    Lippe, 35,311 residents    73
  2. 2Bad Salzuflen
    Lippe, 54,585 residents    72
  3. 3Hiddenhausen
    Herford, 19,896 residents    71
  4. 4Oerlinghausen
    Lippe, 17,287 residents    70
  5. 5Leopoldshöhe
    Lippe, 16,658 residents    70
  6. 6Verl
    Gütersloh, 25,691 residents    69
  7. 7Enger
    Herford, 20,724 residents    69
  8. 8Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock
    Gütersloh, 27,520 residents    69
  9. 9Gütersloh
    Gütersloh, 102,464 residents    69
  10. 10Halle (Westf.)
    Gütersloh, 22,198 residents    68

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For commuters

  1. 1Gütersloh
    Gütersloh, 102,464 residents    79
  2. 2Verl
    Gütersloh, 25,691 residents    74
  3. 3Bielefeld
    Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt, 338,410 residents    74
  4. 4Herford
    Herford, 67,265 residents    72
  5. 5Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock
    Gütersloh, 27,520 residents    72
  6. 6Steinhagen
    Gütersloh, 20,885 residents    70
  7. 7Bad Salzuflen
    Lippe, 54,585 residents    69
  8. 8Enger
    Herford, 20,724 residents    69
  9. 9Leopoldshöhe
    Lippe, 16,658 residents    68
  10. 10Oerlinghausen
    Lippe, 17,287 residents    68

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For single professionals

  1. 1Bielefeld
    Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt, 338,410 residents    68
  2. 2Gütersloh
    Gütersloh, 102,464 residents    66
  3. 3Herford
    Herford, 67,265 residents    61
  4. 4Steinhagen
    Gütersloh, 20,885 residents    58
  5. 5Bad Salzuflen
    Lippe, 54,585 residents    57
  6. 6Leopoldshöhe
    Lippe, 16,658 residents    57
  7. 7Verl
    Gütersloh, 25,691 residents    56
  8. 8Lage
    Lippe, 35,311 residents    55
  9. 9Bünde
    Herford, 45,891 residents    55
  10. 10Enger
    Herford, 20,724 residents    53

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Herford
    Herford, 67,265 residents    65
  2. 2Bünde
    Herford, 45,891 residents    64
  3. 3Hiddenhausen
    Herford, 19,896 residents    64
  4. 4Lage
    Lippe, 35,311 residents    63
  5. 5Bad Salzuflen
    Lippe, 54,585 residents    63
  6. 6Kirchlengern
    Herford, 16,517 residents    62
  7. 7Enger
    Herford, 20,724 residents    62
  8. 8Oerlinghausen
    Lippe, 17,287 residents    61
  9. 9Leopoldshöhe
    Lippe, 16,658 residents    61
  10. 10Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock
    Gütersloh, 27,520 residents    60

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Towns in Greater Bielefeld