Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a village of 1,056 residents in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
Residents are healthier than most: men here can expect to live to 83.8, women to 85.6. At a median £390,000, a home costs 6.2 times the yearly income of households in the Huntingdonshire council area. Jobs & income is another plus: mean household income £71,903; 1.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. 97 buildings are listed here, 3 at Grade I.
Figures: life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years. With fewer than 2,500 residents, Kimbolton has subject grades but no overall one.
The state schools in and within 3 km of this town had fewer than 30 pupils in published KS2 or GCSE results, too few to grade, so it has no School Grade.
The 3 things Kimbolton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Kimbolton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Kimbolton has subject grades but no overall one.
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Historic England lists them inside Kimbolton’s built-up area.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Kimbolton, Ohio, is named after Kimbolton.
USUS editionKimbolton, Ohio, settled in 1837, takes its name from this village.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kimbolton.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover just over a quarter of Kimbolton’s land, above both Cambridgeshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (7%). The town’s listed buildings include the Church of St Andrew, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 29% of the total. At the top of the list, 3 are Grade I and 6 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The one school in town appears below. The town’s primary school has 59 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbolton Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 59 | B+ |
At the census, 14% of people here had a disability, lower than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (17%), and 3.1% of residents report bad or very bad health. The nearest A&E to Kimbolton is Hinchingbrooke Hospital, 8.2 miles away. Self-reported good health: 87% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2021 | Kimbolton | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.1% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
21% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (25%) and England’s towns (27%). Home was the main workplace for 40% of workers at the census. Work in town: a fifth of resident commuters. There are 1.9 jobs in Kimbolton for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Social renters account for 13% of households. 16% rent privately, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). Private rents average £1,057 a month across the Huntingdonshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £525,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £328,500 | 12 |
| Terraced | £260,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
26% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Violence came to 16.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (19.2) and England’s towns (22). 34 crimes and 7 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Kimbolton’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. The age that splits Kimbolton in two is 49.9. 44% of adults hold a degree, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (37%) and England’s towns (34%) alike.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Kimbolton | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 44% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
4 notable people were born in Kimbolton.
William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester: Camille Silvy, Public domain · Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbolton | 1,056 | — | — | B+ | B+ | A |
| Riseley | 1,320 | 4.8 | — | C | B+ | A |
| Buckden | 2,757 | 6 | B | A− | B | B |
| Little Paxton | 4,031 | 6.4 | A− | A | B | B+ |
| Brampton | 6,585 | 6.9 | B+ | A− | C+ | B |
| Raunds | 10,231 | 7.1 | C− | C+ | C+ | C |
| St Neots | 33,262 | 7.2 | B+ | A | C | B− |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 7.4 | — | A | B+ | B+ |
Riseley and Alconbury have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 37.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Andrew.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £390,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £260,000, semi-detached houses £328,500 and detached houses £525,000. Household incomes are higher than in 92% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades B+.
Against all UK towns, it grades B+.
Village in Cambridgeshire, England
Kimbolton is a built-up area of 1,056 people, in the Huntingdonshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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