House for sale - Alken

17 properties for sale or for rent in Alken (Tongeren / Tongres), a municipality of 28.2 km² in which 11,499 people reside with more women (50.1%) than men in this agglomeration. The inhabitants are majority ownership (82%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 43 years and their average income is 20,144€ net per year. Households have on average 1.4 cars and is therefore above the average in Belgium (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 97% Belgium
- 0.8% Netherlands
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.3% Afghanistan
- 0.1% Romania
- 0.1% India
- 0.1% Bulgaria
- 1.2% Other

Luc, Marc, Patrick, Peter and Bart are the first names you will come across the most in Alken for men and Maria, Marie, Monique, Ingrid and Linda for women.

The average number of rooms in Alken is about 6.6 either above the country's average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1969 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 11.4% apartment buildings and 88.6% houses.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 60.5% open type houses, farms, castles
- 21.3% semi-closed type houses
- 11% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.9% houses of the closed type
- 1.9% commercial houses
- 1.4% other types of buildings

At the moment we have 1 houses for rent, 13 houses for sale, 1 flats for sale and 2 flats for rent. Here are the average prices for Alken:
- 391617€ for a house on sale
- 825€ monthly for a rented house
- 209000€ for a flat for sale
- 610€ per month for a flat for rent

The highest rent charged in Alken for a house is 825€ while the lowest is 825€. In terms of sales, the cheapest house is at 249000€ while the most expensive is at 680000€. For a flat, the most expensive for sale in Alken is listed at 209000€ while the cheapest is listed at 209000€. For a rental, the most expensive rent is at 690€ per month and goes down to 530€ per month for the cheapest flat for rent on https://immo.vlan.be/en.

Multiple companies are located in Alken and work in these fields:
- 60 corporations present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 52 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 45 companies present in "growing of pome fruits and stone fruits"
- 42 corporations present in "activities of head offices"
- 29 firms active in "joinery installation"
- 28 corporations active in "mixed farming"

In Alken, you are close to an access to the highway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège): you will be there in 4 minutes from the centre of Alken. An access to the highway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) can also be reached in 13 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Alken:
- N722
- N754

The following shops are located in the town: 1 OKay, 1 SPAR and 1 Carrefour.

In terms of children's facilities, the municipality offers 3 nurseries ("Het Peuterke" or "De Speelvogel" for example), 6 nursery schools ("Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De B@sis" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Kleine Reus"), 6 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool - De Kleine Reus" or "Go! Next Methodeschool Wonderwijs" for example) and a secondary school ("Freinetschool Keerpunt").

You will find 11 lines of bus different lines that stop in Alken:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 21a: Hasselt - Sint-Truiden - Landen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 700: Belbus Alken - Wellen
- Bus De Lijn, Line H17: Hasselt-Rapertingen-Alken-St-Lambr. Herk-Hasselt
- Bus De Lijn, Line H71: Hasselt-St-Lambr. Herk-Alken-Rapertingen-Hasselt
- Bus De Lijn, Line H81: Hasselt-Kuringen-Stev-Terkoest-St.-Lam-Hasselt

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Alken", "Hasselt", "Diepenbeek", "Kiewit", "Sint-Truiden / Saint-Trond".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 31 minutes by car or 125 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Liège Airport.

At the moment, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Alken has no shared cars at the moment.