SG Block Index

Jurong East vs Pasir Ris

Jurong East averages 69.9/100 for HDB liveability across 229 blocks, ahead of Pasir Ris at 59.8/100 across 438 blocks. The gap comes down to individual pillars — compare them below.

The verdict

For all-round liveability, Jurong East comes out ahead (69.9/100 vs 59.8/100). Jurong East is stronger on transport, food, healthcare, daily needs, connectivity and ev charging. Pasir Ris leads on green space, value (lease) and leisure.

On the commute that matters most, Jurong East’s median trip to the city centre is 41 min versus Pasir Ris’s 46 min by public transport — Jurong East is the faster commute.

By life stage, young families lean towards Jurong East, seniors lean towards Jurong East, renters lean towards Jurong East and investors lean towards Pasir Ris.

Commute face-off · median public transport

DestinationJurong EastPasir Ris
Raffles Place41 min46 min
one-north32 min68 min
Jurong East17 min73 min
Changi Airport76 min33 min

Median door-to-door minutes across each town’s blocks, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing.

Pillar by pillar

Transport58.448.8
Food81.663.7
Schools97.398.1
Healthcare64.551.8
Daily needs77.955.8
Green space59.272.7
Connectivity59.636.9
Value (lease)46.957.1
Leisure55.861
EV charging92.361.7

By persona

PersonaJurong EastPasir RisVerdict
Overall69.959.8Jurong East
Young Families72.866.6Jurong East
Seniors68.354Jurong East
Renters65.651.2Jurong East
Investors55.863.7Pasir Ris