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Best places to live in Greater Haarlem

12 municipalities with 647,206 residents within about 20 km of Haarlem, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on demographics, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (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 Haarlem, 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. 1Velsen
    IJmond, 69,241 residents    81
  2. 2Beverwijk
    IJmond, 42,866 residents    76
  3. 3Heemskerk
    IJmond, 39,452 residents    73
  4. 4Hillegom
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 22,822 residents    67
  5. 5Haarlem
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 167,636 residents    66
  6. 6Uitgeest
    IJmond, 13,400 residents    59
  7. 7Castricum
    IJmond, 36,366 residents    58
  8. 8Lisse
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 23,447 residents    57
  9. 9Haarlemmermeer
    Groot-Amsterdam, 163,128 residents    55
  10. 10Zandvoort
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 17,469 residents    55

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For retired couples

  1. 1Velsen
    IJmond, 69,241 residents    77
  2. 2Beverwijk
    IJmond, 42,866 residents    73
  3. 3Haarlem
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 167,636 residents    72
  4. 4Hillegom
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 22,822 residents    71
  5. 5Heemskerk
    IJmond, 39,452 residents    70
  6. 6Zandvoort
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 17,469 residents    68
  7. 7Bloemendaal
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 23,786 residents    67
  8. 8Heemstede
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 27,593 residents    66
  9. 9Castricum
    IJmond, 36,366 residents    64
  10. 10Uitgeest
    IJmond, 13,400 residents    63

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For remote workers

  1. 1Velsen
    IJmond, 69,241 residents    78
  2. 2Hillegom
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 22,822 residents    74
  3. 3Beverwijk
    IJmond, 42,866 residents    73
  4. 4Heemskerk
    IJmond, 39,452 residents    70
  5. 5Haarlem
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 167,636 residents    70
  6. 6Lisse
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 23,447 residents    64
  7. 7Zandvoort
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 17,469 residents    59
  8. 8Haarlemmermeer
    Groot-Amsterdam, 163,128 residents    56
  9. 9Uitgeest
    IJmond, 13,400 residents    54
  10. 10Castricum
    IJmond, 36,366 residents    54

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For commuters

  1. 1Haarlemmermeer
    Groot-Amsterdam, 163,128 residents    81
  2. 2Velsen
    IJmond, 69,241 residents    79
  3. 3Haarlem
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 167,636 residents    79
  4. 4Heemskerk
    IJmond, 39,452 residents    74
  5. 5Beverwijk
    IJmond, 42,866 residents    74
  6. 6Heemstede
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 27,593 residents    73
  7. 7Hillegom
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 22,822 residents    72
  8. 8Bloemendaal
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 23,786 residents    72
  9. 9Lisse
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 23,447 residents    70
  10. 10Castricum
    IJmond, 36,366 residents    68

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For single professionals

  1. 1Haarlemmermeer
    Groot-Amsterdam, 163,128 residents    72
  2. 2Haarlem
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 167,636 residents    71
  3. 3Velsen
    IJmond, 69,241 residents    66
  4. 4Heemstede
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 27,593 residents    59
  5. 5Heemskerk
    IJmond, 39,452 residents    57
  6. 6Beverwijk
    IJmond, 42,866 residents    57
  7. 7Bloemendaal
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 23,786 residents    55
  8. 8Lisse
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 23,447 residents    53
  9. 9Hillegom
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 22,822 residents    53
  10. 10Castricum
    IJmond, 36,366 residents    52

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Beverwijk
    IJmond, 42,866 residents    73
  2. 2Velsen
    IJmond, 69,241 residents    69
  3. 3Heemskerk
    IJmond, 39,452 residents    67
  4. 4Hillegom
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 22,822 residents    62
  5. 5Haarlem
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 167,636 residents    53
  6. 6Lisse
    Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, 23,447 residents    43
  7. 7Haarlemmermeer
    Groot-Amsterdam, 163,128 residents    38
  8. 8Uitgeest
    IJmond, 13,400 residents    37
  9. 9Zandvoort
    Agglomeratie Haarlem, 17,469 residents    33
  10. 10Castricum
    IJmond, 36,366 residents    27

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Towns in Greater Haarlem