Apartments, rooms and studios for rent in Nijkerk

Nijkerk is a Gelderland town of 41,775 people on the edge of the Gelderse Vallei, and its rental market splits into rooms and family houses, with a small apartment segment in between. Based on over 300 listings tracked by RentHunter in Nijkerk since February 2024, the average rent is €1,218 a month for an average of 62 m², with 80% of listings between €599 and €1,993. That average mixes every type, so the figures per type below are the ones to budget with.

Most people who rent in Nijkerk work in Amersfoort, Utrecht or Amsterdam and want more space than those cities give for the same money. The municipality also covers the villages of Hoevelaken and Nijkerkerveen, so a home listed as Nijkerk can sit a few kilometres from the town centre: check the postcode before you book a viewing.

• Rooms: 158 listings at €778 Rooms are the largest segment of the Nijkerk rental market, with 158 listings at an average of €778 a month for about 15 m². A room in Nijkerk costs 27% more than one in Amersfoort, where the average is €611. With 4% of listings aimed at students, Nijkerk rooms mostly go to working tenants rather than to students.
• Houses: 124 m² for €1,782 Houses are the second segment in Nijkerk, with 113 listings averaging €1,782 a month for 124 m², twice the town's average surface. Look at houses for rent in Nijkerk if you need outdoor space: 21% of all listings mention a garden and 22% mention parking. Some come with furniture, and 20% of listings overall are furnished, so furnished houses in Nijkerk suit a temporary move.
• Apartments: 14% of the market An apartment is the scarcest home type available in Nijkerk: 46 listings, 14% of the market, at an average of €1,365 a month for 87 m². With so few apartment listings, check apartments for rent in Nijkerk daily and answer the day a new apartment appears. Social rent homes are not part of this picture: they are allocated through the regional waiting list.

Nijkerk is a commuter town with a village core: the Grote Kerk tower marks the old centre, and the station sits on the railway between Amersfoort and Zwolle.

The Arkemheen polder between Nijkerk and Bunschoten is open grassland known for its meadow birds, a short bike ride from the centre. On the far side of the polder, rentals in Bunschoten are the closest alternative if Nijkerk has nothing that fits.

Hoevelaken, part of the municipality of Nijkerk, has its own station on the line from Amersfoort to Ede-Wageningen and sits next to the Hoevelaken motorway junction, a good place for car commuters. In the evening, the restaurant and café choice is in Nijkerk centre around the Grote Kerk.

Nijkerk station has Sprinter trains toward Amersfoort, where most commuters change for the Randstad, and toward Putten and Harderwijk in the other direction.

Utrecht is about 32 minutes from Nijkerk by public transit, the shortest link to a big city. For Utrecht commuters the draw is space: a Nijkerk house averages 124 m².

Amsterdam takes about 48 minutes from Nijkerk by public transit, usually with a change at Amersfoort. Den Haag is about 64 minutes away and Rotterdam about 83, which makes those daily trips a stretch.

Putten is the next station north of Nijkerk on the same line, on the edge of the Veluwe woods. If Nijkerk has no free listing in your budget, compare rentals in Putten before widening the search.