De Bik, Amersfoort

Living in De Bik

De Bik is moderately urban — city amenities without the crush, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (90%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

With just 3,063 residents per km², this is space by Dutch standards.

Amersfoort sits at the rail crossroads of the Netherlands, which makes it a favorite for couples commuting in different directions. A well-preserved medieval center is ringed by thoughtfully planned newer districts like Vathorst.

The housing market in De Bik

The average home value (WOZ) in De Bik is €470,000, which puts it at #46 of 125 neighborhoods in Amersfoort — 14% above the city median. That premium is the location speaking. For scale: Amersfoort's cheapest buurt averages €102,000 and its most expensive €1,329,000, so De Bik sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €250,000 to €497,000, up 99% — slower than the city as a whole (+110%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 96% of homes owner-occupied, this is a settled buyers' neighborhood — homes change hands regularly, and you can usually find recent comparable sales on the same street to anchor your bid. Settled also means slower: owners here tend to stay, so the best houses may only list once a decade.

Who lives here

Demographically, De Bik is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (35% of its 1,455 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 22%. 46% of households have children at home, so expect school runs, playgrounds in use, and neighbors who stay put. The average household counts 2.5 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: 31% of households sit in the country's top income bracket — which helps explain both the café density and the bidding behavior.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 4 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 5 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 16 min walk · GP 10 min · hospital 1.5 km · library 1.7 km · 2 cinemas within 5 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 7 minutes on foot; daycare is 0.4 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 7-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 4.4 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; a highway on-ramp 0.7 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; households here average 1.2 cars, so assume driveways and parking are part of daily logistics.

Energy and running costs

Since 98% of the stock predates 2000, always check the energy label of a specific listing — the difference between label C and label F on an average home here is easily a few thousand euros a year in heating, and it changes what you can sensibly bid.

Before you bid in De Bik

Before you bid in De Bik: family neighborhoods like this one turn over slowly; when a good house appears it often goes to the first serious, well-prepared bidder.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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