district in Nijkerk
Hoevelaken
Hoevelaken has 6 neighbourhoods with 9,790 residents in total.
Hoevelaken, long a commuter village near Nijkerk, holds six neighbourhoods and nearly 9,800 residents around Overhorst and the Oranjebuurt. The scores are broad and high: safety 9.1, amenities 7.9, wealth 7.7 and quiet and nature 6.8. Not a single pillar falls below the middle. With an overall of 9.8, this is the best-scoring district in the whole set: safe, spacious, complete and close-knit, a decidedly sought-after place to live.
no. 1 of the 5 districts of Nijkerk
Short answer: Hoevelaken scores 9.8 as a district of Nijkerk, no. 1 of the 5 districts of Nijkerk. Its strongest neighbourhood is Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven (10.0), the lowest-scoring Hoevelaken-Oranjebuurt-Horstbeek (9.6). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 9,790 residents in total.
Key figures for Hoevelaken
- residents
- 9,790
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 7.3
How Hoevelaken scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 161 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Hoevelaken looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,415 — around the average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade. Average of the neighbourhoods in Hoevelaken, weighted by population.
The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Hoevelaken
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hoevelaken.
Neighbourhoods in Hoevelaken
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