Apartments in Hoorn cost more than houses
Apartments in Hoorn make up 70% of the rental market in this Noord-Holland harbor town of 72,493 people, and on average they cost a little more than houses. Based on over 1,200 listings tracked on RentHunter in Hoorn since February 2024, the average rent across all property types is €1,675 a month for 86 m².
Picture a weekday: you walk from a flat near the Roode Steen to Hoorn station and reach Amsterdam by public transit in about 48 minutes. That commute shapes who rents here: 23% of listings target expats, 42% are furnished, and 1% target students.
Hoorn's average rent is €1,675 a month since February 2024, with 80% of listings between €932 and €2,250. The median asking rent of homes first seen on RentHunter in the 90 days to October 2026 is €1,725, and against a year earlier the level is stable.
Imagine comparing three new listings on one evening: one mentions parking, as 30% do, one a balcony (23%) and one a garden (19%). 70% of listings state that registration is possible, 3% say pets are allowed, and the average deposit is 1.26 months of rent. Open each property listing on its source website to check these details before you reply.
Hoorn's rental stock is 70% apartments, 24% houses and 3% rooms, and houses give the most space per euro.
Hoorn apartments average €1,731 a month for 80 m², the priciest type on average. With 42% of Hoorn listings furnished, arriving with a suitcase is realistic: compare furnished apartments in Hoorn with the full list of Hoorn apartments for rent.
A house in Hoorn averages €1,697 a month for 115 m², slightly less than an apartment for far more space. Picture a terraced house with a garden in an outer district at the price of a central flat, and browse the houses for rent in Hoorn.
A room in Hoorn costs €660 a month on average for 35 m², but rooms are 3% of listings, about 45 since February 2024. Few appear, so check the latest rooms in Hoorn often.
Hoorn's neighborhoods run from the old harbor town on the Markermeer to newer residential districts east of the center.
Hoorn's binnenstad, between the Roode Steen square, the Grote Noord shopping street and the Hoofdtoren on the harbor, has apartments above shops and in old merchant houses. Imagine a Saturday where everything is on foot, from the market stalls to the quay. Know the trade-off: parking near the Binnenhaven is scarce.
Kersenboogerd, east of Hoorn's center, is a large residential district with its own stop, Hoorn Kersenboogerd, on the line to Enkhuizen. Houses with gardens are common here, so picture cycling home from a direct train to a street where parking is easier than in the center.
If Hoorn comes up empty, look along the same coast: Enkhuizen is further up the rail line, Medemblik is linked to Hoorn by the museum steam tram, and Edam Volendam lies south toward Amsterdam.
Hoorn station has direct trains to Amsterdam via Zaandam.
Amsterdam is about 48 minutes from Hoorn by public transit (52 km), short enough for a daily office commute.
Utrecht is about 65 minutes from Hoorn (84 km), Den Haag 79 and Rotterdam 81, workable for two or three office days a week.
An NS off-peak subscription makes trips from Hoorn cheaper in the dal-uren (weekdays before 6:30, from 9:00 to 16:00 and after 18:30, plus weekends), handy on days you work from home in the morning.
Hoorn itself has the most choice: apartments are 70% of the 1,200+ listings tracked there since February 2024. About 8 new homes a week appear in Hoorn on RentHunter (28 days to October 2026), so set a search alert by e-mail to be the first to know when one is available.
Asking rents in Hoorn are stable: new homes first seen in the 90 days to October 2026 asked the same as a year earlier, at a median of €1,725. The €1,675 average since February 2024 covers a longer period and every type of home.
In Hoorn, 23% of listings target expats and 42% are furnished, so furnished homes are common. Check that registration is possible, as 70% of listings state, because you need it for a BSN: a first registration from abroad is done by appointment at the gemeente Hoorn within 5 days of moving in. The deposit averages 1.26 months, below the legal cap of two months of base rent.