Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Høvik?
District/municipality: Bærum · 7 analysis cells · 6,568 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Blommenholm
In short
Høvik suits you best if you prioritize perceived safety and proximity to the fjord. It suits you less if you’re looking for proximity to forest and large nature areas or food and cafés within walking distance. The figures are area averages, so always check the exact address.
The bar is the Stedsvalg model score from 0 to 100. Higher is always better.
Cost
What does it cost to live here?
- Purchase price
- NOK 88,003/m²
- Modeled local price (SSB), scaled to the municipality’s sales. Not an average of sales in the area.
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 15,260/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Oslo og Bærum, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 12.9 departures/hour
- In the morning peak, from stops within a short walk, where nearer stops count more. Counted across all routes and directions, so it isn't the frequency of any single line.
- 65/100 · Good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 33 min
- By public transport to Oslo S, arriving 08:30 (Entur).
Daily life on foot
What can you reach without a car or bus?
- Restaurants and cafés
- Almost none
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 35/100 · Weak
- Everyday amenities
- 790 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 53/100 · Mixed
Examples nearby
- Grocery: 7-Eleven Høvik · 183 m away
- Pharmacy: Boots Høvik · 280 m away
- Fitness: Høvik skole idrettshall · 523 m away
- Kindergarten: Norlandia Glassverket barnehage · 157 m away
- Restaurant/café: Sushi Huset · 196 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 4.1 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 9/100 · Very weak
- The fjord
- 620 m
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 74/100 · Good
- Road and rail noise
- Fairly quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 69/100 · Good
- Perceived safety
- 8.7 out of 10
- How safe residents say they feel in their neighborhood (Oslo health survey 2024 and Akershus health survey 2025, municipality figure). In Akershus it's one municipality number, not a neighborhood measure.
- 87/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 33
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Some
- Newer homes
- 7.3%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Few
How Høvik came to be
Høvik is named after the Høvik farm.1 Høvik station opened in 1874.2
A glassworks opened at Høvikstranden in the 1850s.3 According to Lokalhistoriewiki, Høvik church was completed in 1898, a town center began to form in 1906, and most of the fields were built up around 1955.4
According to the Store Norske Leksikon, the Henie Onstad Art Center is on the western side of Høvikodden, a protected recreation area by the fjord.5
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Høvik, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Høvik (Bærum). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Høvik, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Høvik (Bærum). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Høvik, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Høvik (Bærum). ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Høvik (Bærum). ↑
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Høvik. ↑
Updated October 10, 2026 · Written with AI assistance and reviewed by Stedsvalg.
How this page is calculated
This page groups Stedsvalg cells that share the same officially derived place name. Figures are population-weighted typical values, not observations at every home. The cell grouping is an analysis basis, not a claim about an official neighborhood boundary.
Sources and freshness
- 14310 (kommunens observerte pris) + 14737 (modellert lokal pris): kvadratmeterpris for boliger: 2026 · sub-district
- 09895: Gjennomsnittlig leie per kvm, etter prissone, antall rom, statistikkvariabel og år: 2026-10-04 · regional
- Journey Planner v3 – estimatedCalls: 2026-09-18 · analysis cell
- Friluftslivsområder – kartlagte: 2026-09-18 · analysis cell
- Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Akershus 2025: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater: 2026-10-04 · municipality
- SEFRAK-bygninger (Riksantikvaren); SSB-tabell 05940 og 06265; SSB boligstatistikk på rutenett 250 m; SSB boligstatistikk på rutenett 250 m; SSB boligstatistikk på rutenett 250 m: 2026-09-18 · analysis cell / analysis cell
- OpenStreetMap place names: 2026-10-04 · name point