🇱🇺 Strassen: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Strassen asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Strassen charges for its position: you get to work fast, and the rent lets you know.
With 10,998 inhabitants, Strassen scores 5.8 out of 10 overall, which puts it mid-table of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 35.1 €/m² is lower than in 1% of them, and its 17-minute peak commute shorter than in 98%.
Its strengths: remote work (8.8) and schools (8.4). Its weak point: cost of living, at 2.4 — and since the overall score applies a worst-axis penalty, that weakness weighs more than a plain average would suggest.
On the Luxembourg side the daily trip costs nothing: public transport is free across the whole country, and the only price of the journey is time.
What carries it
What holds it back
Where it sits in the area
1 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
98 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
Photo: Ipigott at en.wikipedia · Public domain🇱🇺 Bertrange
Luxembourg Canton · 9,690 inh.
Between shopping centres and suburban streets, Bertrange combines a train station, retail and immediate proximity to the capital.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 2,370 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 18 minby car (peak)10 minby train
Photo: Johnny Chicago at lb.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0🇱🇺 Hesperange
Luxembourg Canton · 17,298 inh.
A well-off suburb immediately south of the capital, along the Alzette. Ten minutes from the centre, parks and bike paths — with rents tracking the capital closely.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 2,390 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 15 minby car (peak)
Photo: MMFE · CC BY-SA 4.0🇱🇺 Leudelange
Esch-sur-Alzette Canton · 2,769 inh.
A small village doubled by a business park, fifteen minutes from the centre. The village-capital compromise par excellence, budget permitting.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 2,280 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 18 minby car (peak)
This text is assembled automatically from the calibrated scores and the public data on this page. It is no substitute for a visit.