🇧🇪 Habay: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Habay asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Habay trades time for money — the rent is among the gentlest in the area, the commute among the longest.
With 8,845 inhabitants, Habay scores 4.0 out of 10 overall, which puts it in the lower part of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 13.6 €/m² is lower than in 96% of them, and its 54-minute peak commute shorter than in 24%.
Its strengths: cost of living (7.4) and nature (5.7). Its weak point: Luxembourg commute, at 3.3 — and since the overall score applies a worst-axis penalty, that weakness weighs more than a plain average would suggest.
The commune is a genuine feeder of cross-border workers: 2,020 of its residents work in Luxembourg, 22.8 per 100 inhabitants. At that level the local economy, the daily rhythm and even the housing market are set by the Grand Duchy.
What carries it
What holds it back
Where it sits in the area
96 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
24 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
Photo: Initsogan · CC BY-SA 3.0🇫🇷 Longwy
Meurthe-et-Moselle (France) · 15,679 inh.
A Vauban fortress town (Unesco) turned cross-border rear base of the Pays-Haut. Very accessible housing; the commute runs through Rodange or the A30.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 990 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 54 minby car (peak)42 minby train
Photo: Original uploader was Aimelaime at fr.wikipedia · Public domain🇫🇷 Florange
Moselle (France) · 12,035 inh.
Between Thionville and the Fensch valley, an affordable family market five minutes from Thionville station.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 950 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 55 minby car (peak)
🇧🇪 Attert
Luxembourg Province (Belgium) · 5,645 inh.
A rural valley hugging the border between Arlon and Redange. Houses with land at Belgian prices, Kirchberg forty minutes away.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,000 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 53 minby car (peak)
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