Mensfort, Eindhoven

Living in Mensfort

Mensfort is densely built and genuinely urban, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (54% houses).

At 6,791 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Eindhoven's housing market rides the Brainport tech economy — ASML and its suppliers pull in international engineers on good salaries, and prices in family neighborhoods have risen accordingly. English-speaking buyers are common here, which shows in how listings are marketed.

The housing market in Mensfort

The average home value (WOZ) in Mensfort is €285,000, which puts it at #90 of 101 neighborhoods in Eindhoven — 19% below the city median, leaving room in the budget that pricier neighborhoods would swallow. For scale: Eindhoven's cheapest buurt averages €144,000 and its most expensive €1,204,000, so Mensfort sits in the budget band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2019 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €189,000 to €311,000, up 65% — faster than the city as a whole (+57%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 41% owner-occupied against 59% rental, including 41% social housing. Enough homes trade hands to give you comparable sales, but check what's actually for sale versus rented in the specific block you're eyeing — the mix can flip from one street to the next.

Who lives here

Demographically, Mensfort is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (35% of its 3,120 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 22%. Households split into 53% singles and 25% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 1.8 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 54% of households are in the lower national bracket; average income per resident is €28,000 a year.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: groceries are a non-issue — 3 large supermarkets within a kilometer; there are about 10 cafés and restaurants within walking distance — enough choice without the crowds.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 5 min walk · GP 5 min · hospital 0.9 km · library 3.1 km · 4 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 6 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (5 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 2-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 7-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 3.8 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.8 per household).

Energy and running costs

88% 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 Mensfort

Before you bid in Mensfort: the price gap with the rest of Eindhoven is real, but so is the reason for it — walk the neighborhood at different times of day before committing.

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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