Schuilenburg-Midden, Amersfoort

Living in Schuilenburg-Midden

Schuilenburg-Midden is city living in its most compact form, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (75%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

At 8,844 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

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 Schuilenburg-Midden

At €389,000 average WOZ value, Schuilenburg-Midden ranks 88 out of 124 Amersfoort neighborhoods on price — 10% cheaper than most of the city, which makes it one of the more approachable entry points into the city. For scale: Amersfoort's cheapest buurt averages €97,000 and its priciest €1,127,000, so Schuilenburg-Midden sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €171,000 to €389,000, up 127% — faster than the city as a whole (+110%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Only about 1 in 3 homes here is owner-occupied (42% is social housing) — supply on Funda is structurally thin, which concentrates bidding on the few listings that appear. If you find a home here you like, being prepared (financing check done, valuation lined up) is worth more than in neighborhoods where something new lists every week.

Who lives here

Demographically, Schuilenburg-Midden is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (26% of its 1,640 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 24%. Households split into 39% singles and 39% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.4 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes lean modest — 41% of households are among the country's lower earners.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 10 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 2 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 6 min walk · GP 6 min · hospital 4.2 km · library 1.4 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 2 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (3 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is a 3-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 14-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; a highway on-ramp 0.8 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; car ownership is moderate (0.9 per household).

Energy and running costs

97% of homes were built before 2000. Two identical-looking houses on the same street can differ by hundreds of euros a month once heating is counted — the energy label tells you which one you're looking at, and lenders increasingly price it into your mortgage too.

Before you bid in Schuilenburg-Midden

Before you bid in Schuilenburg-Midden: listings are scarce here, which pushes bidding above asking more often — decide your maximum before the viewing, not during it.

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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