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Best places to live in Greater Utrecht

27 municipalities with 1,429,582 residents within about 30 km of Utrecht, 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 Utrecht, 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. 1Hilversum
    Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, 94,435 residents    68
  2. 2Culemborg
    Zuidwest-Gelderland, 29,944 residents    66
  3. 3Nieuwegein
    Utrecht, 65,971 residents    65
  4. 4Scherpenzeel
    Veluwe, 10,343 residents    63
  5. 5Amersfoort
    Utrecht, 161,852 residents    61
  6. 6Utrecht
    Utrecht, 374,238 residents    61
  7. 7Vijfheerenlanden
    Utrecht, 61,669 residents    59
  8. 8Wijdemeren
    Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, 24,605 residents    56
  9. 9Leusden
    Utrecht, 31,681 residents    55
  10. 10Bunschoten
    Utrecht, 22,619 residents    54

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For retired couples

  1. 1Woerden
    Utrecht, 53,724 residents    72
  2. 2Hilversum
    Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, 94,435 residents    70
  3. 3Amersfoort
    Utrecht, 161,852 residents    70
  4. 4Nieuwegein
    Utrecht, 65,971 residents    68
  5. 5Zeist
    Utrecht, 66,641 residents    67
  6. 6IJsselstein
    Utrecht, 33,421 residents    66
  7. 7Utrecht
    Utrecht, 374,238 residents    66
  8. 8Soest
    Utrecht, 47,682 residents    66
  9. 9Wijdemeren
    Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, 24,605 residents    65
  10. 10Houten
    Utrecht, 50,847 residents    65

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For remote workers

  1. 1Amersfoort
    Utrecht, 161,852 residents    70
  2. 2Nieuwegein
    Utrecht, 65,971 residents    70
  3. 3Culemborg
    Zuidwest-Gelderland, 29,944 residents    70
  4. 4Utrecht
    Utrecht, 374,238 residents    69
  5. 5Hilversum
    Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, 94,435 residents    67
  6. 6Scherpenzeel
    Veluwe, 10,343 residents    63
  7. 7Woerden
    Utrecht, 53,724 residents    62
  8. 8Vijfheerenlanden
    Utrecht, 61,669 residents    61
  9. 9Soest
    Utrecht, 47,682 residents    61
  10. 10Houten
    Utrecht, 50,847 residents    60

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For commuters

  1. 1Amersfoort
    Utrecht, 161,852 residents    82
  2. 2Nieuwegein
    Utrecht, 65,971 residents    81
  3. 3Utrecht
    Utrecht, 374,238 residents    79
  4. 4Soest
    Utrecht, 47,682 residents    78
  5. 5Zeist
    Utrecht, 66,641 residents    78
  6. 6Stichtse Vecht
    Utrecht, 65,878 residents    77
  7. 7Houten
    Utrecht, 50,847 residents    77
  8. 8IJsselstein
    Utrecht, 33,421 residents    75
  9. 9De Bilt
    Utrecht, 43,718 residents    75
  10. 10Leusden
    Utrecht, 31,681 residents    75

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For single professionals

  1. 1Utrecht
    Utrecht, 374,238 residents    74
  2. 2Amersfoort
    Utrecht, 161,852 residents    73
  3. 3Zeist
    Utrecht, 66,641 residents    71
  4. 4Nieuwegein
    Utrecht, 65,971 residents    70
  5. 5Stichtse Vecht
    Utrecht, 65,878 residents    70
  6. 6Houten
    Utrecht, 50,847 residents    69
  7. 7Soest
    Utrecht, 47,682 residents    68
  8. 8Hilversum
    Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, 94,435 residents    68
  9. 9De Bilt
    Utrecht, 43,718 residents    67
  10. 10IJsselstein
    Utrecht, 33,421 residents    65

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Nieuwegein
    Utrecht, 65,971 residents    73
  2. 2Utrecht
    Utrecht, 374,238 residents    60
  3. 3Amersfoort
    Utrecht, 161,852 residents    56
  4. 4Culemborg
    Zuidwest-Gelderland, 29,944 residents    56
  5. 5Vijfheerenlanden
    Utrecht, 61,669 residents    55
  6. 6Scherpenzeel
    Veluwe, 10,343 residents    52
  7. 7Hilversum
    Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, 94,435 residents    46
  8. 8Wijk bij Duurstede
    Utrecht, 23,945 residents    42
  9. 9Woudenberg
    Utrecht, 14,637 residents    38
  10. 10Soest
    Utrecht, 47,682 residents    36

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Towns in Greater Utrecht