The linkage between the lifestyle of knowledge-workers and their intra-metropolitan residential choice: A clustering approach based on self-organizing maps

► Residential choice analysis of knowledge-workers at the intra-metropolitan level. ► Self-organizing maps analyze the link between residential choice and lifestyle. ► Five clusters of knowledge-workers are identified on the basis of their lifestyle. ► The clusters are: nest-builders, bon-vivants, careerists, entrepreneurs, laid-back. ► The clusters differ in terms of location, tenure, dwelling unit type and size.