Is Kitchener a good place to live?
YesYes — Kitchener works well for highly-educated households.
How Kitchener stacks up vs Ontario
Bars show the percentile rank of each axis among Ontario's 20,000+ census Dissemination Areas. The vertical mark is the Ontario median (p50).
Why Kitchener works
- 27.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher — meaningfully above Ontario's ~20% average.
- 22.0% of households spend 30%+ on housing — more affordable than Ontario's ~27% average.
Honest tradeoffs
- Median family income of $89,000 — roughly $7,000 below the Ontario DA median.
5 neighbourhoods to look at in Kitchener
- University Downs — $144,000 residents · 36.0 income · age 55.7%
- Deer Ridge — $157,000 residents · 48.0 income · age 41.4%
- Old Zeller & Zeller — $120,000 residents · 34.4 income · age 36.9%
- Lackner & Fairway — $128,000 residents · 36.4 income · age 36.6%
- Doon South & Robert Ferrie — $113,000 residents · 32.0 income · age 40.6%
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