Iiheya Net Town Livability & Town I Want to Live In Ranking 2026 <Saitama Prefecture Edition>
Daito Trust Construction announced its 'Iiheya Net Town Livability & Town I Want to Live In Ranking 2026 <Saitama Prefecture Edition>'. Urawa took 1st place for livability (station) for the 6th consecutive year, and Saitama City Urawa Ward for livability (municipality) for the 8th consecutive year. Omiya (station) and Saitama City Omiya Ward (municipality) ranked 1st for desirable towns for the 4th consecutive year.
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- 📰 Published: May 13, 2026 at 20:10
- 🔍 Collected: May 13, 2026 at 11:31
- 🤖 AI Analyzed: May 14, 2026 at 04:00 (16h 28m after Collected)
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President, Executive Officer & CEO: Kei Takeuchi) conducted the largest-ever resident satisfaction survey and compiled the results as "Iiheya Net Town Livability Ranking 2026 " and "Iiheya Net Town I Want to Live In Ranking 2026 ".
* If two or more adjacent stations were integrated, "A (area)" is appended after the station name.
* [Hon-Kawagoe A] Kawagoe City, Hon-Kawagoe; [Minami-Koshigaya A] Shin-Koshigaya, Minami-Koshigaya.
* The "Livability (Station) Ranking" targets stations with 30 or more respondents living within a 15-minute walk from the station, and the "Livability (Municipality) Ranking" targets municipalities with 50 or more respondents.
* The "Livability Ranking" is compiled by accumulating responses from 2022 to 2026 (5 years). However, if the number of residents in each target municipality/station does not meet the specified criteria (less than 50 respondents for municipalities, less than 30 respondents for stations) for the cumulative total from 2022-2026, responses from 2021 are also accumulated. If the criteria are still not met even with the addition of 2021 data, responses from 2020 are accumulated, and further, if still insufficient, responses from 2019 are accumulated. There are no duplicate respondents.
* The "Town I Want to Live In (Station) Ranking" compiles rankings for stations within the Tokyo metropolitan area based on responses from Saitama Prefecture residents in 2026. The "Town I Want to Live In (Municipality) Ranking" compiles rankings for municipalities nationwide based on responses from Saitama Prefecture residents in 2026.
## General Summary
■ Urawa ranks first for Livability (Station) for 6 consecutive years.
Urawa (JR Keihin-Tohoku Line) in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, ranked first for the sixth consecutive year. Kamomiya ranked second, significantly rising from 14th last year. Higashi-Omiya ranked third; both the second and third place stations are located in Kita-ku, Saitama City, along the Saitama New Urban Transit Ina Line. Within the top 10, Kita-Omiya (5th, up from 11th last year) and Ishiwara (10th, up from 16th last year) improved their rankings.
■ Saitama City Urawa Ward ranks first for Livability (Municipality) for 8 consecutive years.
Saitama City Urawa Ward ranked first for the eighth consecutive year, uniquely receiving a high evaluation with a deviation score in the 70s. Saitama City Chuo Ward also ranked second for the eighth consecutive year. Saitama City Omiya Ward ranked third for the sixth consecutive year. Within the top 10, Chichibu-gun Yokoze-machi, at 9th place, significantly rose from 25th last year.
■ Omiya ranks first for Town I Want to Live In (Station) for 4 consecutive years.
For four consecutive years, the top two are Omiya (JR Keihin-Tohoku Line) in Omiya-ku, Saitama City, at first place, and Urawa (JR Keihin-Tohoku Line) in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, at second place. Yokohama (JR Tokaido Main Line) in Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, ranked third, moving up from 4th last year.
■ Saitama City Omiya Ward ranks first for Town I Want to Live In (Municipality) for 4 consecutive years.
For four consecutive years, the top two are Saitama City Omiya Ward at first place and Saitama City Urawa Ward at second place. Kawagoe City ranked third for the third consecutive year. Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (4th, up from 8th last year) and Tokorozawa City (5th, up from 10th last year) both entered the top 5, improving their rankings from last year.
## Town Livability (Station) Ranking 2026 TOP 20 Stations and TOP 5 by Factor
* For the "Convenience of Living" factor, stations located in Saitama City and Kawaguchi City (e.g., Railway Museum, Kawaguchi, Nishi-Kawaguchi) received high evaluations.
* For the "Transportation Convenience" factor, Railway Museum, the station adjacent to Omiya, and stations with multiple lines (e.g., Wako-shi, Musashi-Urawa, Saitama-Shintoshin) received high evaluations.
* For the "Quietness and Safety" factor, stations along the Hachiko Line that harmonized nature and residential areas (e.g., Ogose, Ogawa-machi, Higashi-Hanno) received high evaluations, with Ogose uniquely receiving an extremely high evaluation with a deviation score in the 80s.
* For the "Liveliness" factor, terminal stations with abundant commercial facilities and access to multiple lines (e.g., Urawa, Saitama-Shintoshin, Omiya) received high evaluations, with Urawa uniquely receiving an extremely high evaluation with a deviation score in the 80s.
## "Stations Outside TOP 20" Factor-specific Ranking Topics
* For "Convenience of Living," Kawaguchi (JR Keihin-Tohoku Line) was 2nd, and Minami-Koshigaya A (JR Musashino Line) was 3rd.
* For "Quietness and Safety," Ogose (JR Hachiko Line) was 1st, Ogawa-machi (JR Hachiko Line) was 2nd, and Higashi-Hanno (JR Hachiko Line) was 3rd.
* For "Liveliness," Omiya (JR Keihin-Tohoku Line) was 3rd.
* For "Cost of Living/Rent," Jimbohara (JR Takasaki Line) was 1st, and Busshi (Seibu Ikebukuro Line) was 3rd.
* For "Disaster Prevention," Higashi-Hanno (JR Hachiko Line) was 3rd.
* If the deviation score is less than 50 for a factor-specific ranking, it is indicated with "-".
## Town Livability (Municipality) Ranking 2026 TOP 20 Municipalities and TOP 5 by Factor
* For the "Convenience of Living" factor, Saitama City Omiya Ward, which has ample supermarkets, convenience stores, and hospitals, and towns around Saitama City (e.g., Warabi City, Fujimino City, Kawaguchi City) received high evaluations.
* The top 5 for the "Quietness and Safety" factor are all located in rural districts.