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Best places to live in Greater Dortmund

22 municipalities with 1,618,557 residents within about 25 km of Dortmund, 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 Dortmund, 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. 1Datteln
    Recklinghausen, 35,200 residents    38
  2. 2Oer-Erkenschwick
    Recklinghausen, 31,918 residents    38
  3. 3Waltrop
    Recklinghausen, 29,586 residents    37
  4. 4Olfen
    Coesfeld, 13,298 residents    37
  5. 5Nordkirchen
    Coesfeld, 10,534 residents    36
  6. 6Castrop-Rauxel
    Recklinghausen, 74,370 residents    35
  7. 7Iserlohn
    Märkischer Kreis, 92,404 residents    30
  8. 8Herdecke
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 22,665 residents    29
  9. 9Werne
    Unna, 29,868 residents    28
  10. 10Bönen
    Unna, 18,239 residents    27

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For retired couples

  1. 1Iserlohn
    Märkischer Kreis, 92,404 residents    61
  2. 2Datteln
    Recklinghausen, 35,200 residents    59
  3. 3Waltrop
    Recklinghausen, 29,586 residents    59
  4. 4Herdecke
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 22,665 residents    59
  5. 5Werne
    Unna, 29,868 residents    57
  6. 6Oer-Erkenschwick
    Recklinghausen, 31,918 residents    57
  7. 7Witten
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 95,724 residents    57
  8. 8Hagen
    Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 190,490 residents    56
  9. 9Castrop-Rauxel
    Recklinghausen, 74,370 residents    56
  10. 10Lünen
    Unna, 87,266 residents    56

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For remote workers

  1. 1Iserlohn
    Märkischer Kreis, 92,404 residents    73
  2. 2Herdecke
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 22,665 residents    71
  3. 3Bönen
    Unna, 18,239 residents    70
  4. 4Selm
    Unna, 26,767 residents    70
  5. 5Hagen
    Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 190,490 residents    69
  6. 6Werne
    Unna, 29,868 residents    69
  7. 7Fröndenberg/Ruhr
    Unna, 20,450 residents    69
  8. 8Witten
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 95,724 residents    68
  9. 9Oer-Erkenschwick
    Recklinghausen, 31,918 residents    68
  10. 10Lünen
    Unna, 87,266 residents    68

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For commuters

  1. 1Hagen
    Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 190,490 residents    75
  2. 2Dortmund
    Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt, 595,471 residents    72
  3. 3Castrop-Rauxel
    Recklinghausen, 74,370 residents    72
  4. 4Oer-Erkenschwick
    Recklinghausen, 31,918 residents    70
  5. 5Herdecke
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 22,665 residents    69
  6. 6Lünen
    Unna, 87,266 residents    69
  7. 7Iserlohn
    Märkischer Kreis, 92,404 residents    68
  8. 8Witten
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 95,724 residents    68
  9. 9Wetter (Ruhr)
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 27,450 residents    67
  10. 10Schwerte
    Unna, 46,571 residents    66

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For single professionals

  1. 1Dortmund
    Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt, 595,471 residents    69
  2. 2Hagen
    Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 190,490 residents    66
  3. 3Castrop-Rauxel
    Recklinghausen, 74,370 residents    63
  4. 4Witten
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 95,724 residents    60
  5. 5Iserlohn
    Märkischer Kreis, 92,404 residents    59
  6. 6Lünen
    Unna, 87,266 residents    57
  7. 7Oer-Erkenschwick
    Recklinghausen, 31,918 residents    57
  8. 8Bergkamen
    Unna, 49,475 residents    54
  9. 9Wetter (Ruhr)
    Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, 27,450 residents    54
  10. 10Waltrop
    Recklinghausen, 29,586 residents    53

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Hagen
    Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 190,490 residents    63
  2. 2Iserlohn
    Märkischer Kreis, 92,404 residents    62
  3. 3Schwerte
    Unna, 46,571 residents    60
  4. 4Kamen
    Unna, 43,001 residents    59
  5. 5Unna
    Unna, 60,223 residents    59
  6. 6Holzwickede
    Unna, 17,587 residents    59
  7. 7Bergkamen
    Unna, 49,475 residents    59
  8. 8Lünen
    Unna, 87,266 residents    58
  9. 9Werne
    Unna, 29,868 residents    58
  10. 10Bönen
    Unna, 18,239 residents    57

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Towns in Greater Dortmund