The State of HDB Liveability 2026
We scored every one of Singapore’s 10,471 HDB blocks on liveability, routed the real public-transport commute from each to the city centre, and tracked resale prices across every town. Here is what the data says about where — and how well — Singapore lives, in 2026.
This study is free to cite and share. All figures come from official government data (data.gov.sg under the Singapore Open Data Licence; OneMap, Singapore Land Authority) and update each rebuild. Methodology: how every block is scored.
Best-connected towns — fastest median commute to the CBD
Median door-to-door public-transport time from a town’s blocks to Raffles Place, routed on OneMap for a weekday morning.
The commute gap
Where you buy can more than double your daily commute. The most-distant towns to the city centre by median public-transport time:
That is a 51-minute median gap each way between the best- and worst-connected towns — roughly 408 hours a year of commuting.
Most liveable towns overall
By median overall liveability score across a town’s blocks — the balanced weighting of all nine pillars.
Best value — cheapest towns by 4-room resale price
Median resale price per square foot for 4-room flats, lowest first — the towns where a family flat costs least.
Where the new rail is going
Master Plan 2025 adds stations across the island. The towns with the most HDB blocks coming within walking distance of a planned station (not yet open):
See every block near a planned line on /upcoming-mrt.
Explore the data behind this study
- Find your HDB town — filter every town by commute, price and liveability.
- The 100 highest-scoring blocks, and the full town ranking.
- Real commute times from every town to four job hubs.
- The complete first-home buying guide.
Published 2026-07-08. Figures update each rebuild from the current snapshot (2026-08). General information for research, not financial advice.