#1St Agnes
3,253 peopleMean household income·£40,936 after tax·#998 of 2,178 in England and Wales
St Agnes, #1 on this list · Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Cornwall rankings · Income
Towns with the highest household incomes in Cornwall
St Agnes has the highest household incomes of Cornwall’s 35 towns of 2,500+: £53,735 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £44,478.
ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023: the mean income of a household before tax (ONS models means, not medians, for small areas), averaged over the town’s neighbourhoods. A described list: no letters. The rank across England and Wales sits beside each figure.
#1£53,735
#2Truro
23,060 peopleMean household income·£40,902 after tax·#1,032 of 2,178 in England and Wales
#3Threemilestone
2,854 peopleMean household income·£40,266 after tax·#1,150 of 2,178 in England and Wales
All 35 towns, ranked
Mean household income, highest first. Small towns sit inside one ONS area of 5,000 to 15,000 people, so their figure is partly their surroundings’. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England and Wales links to the national list.
35 towns.
#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Cornwall has the highest household income?
St Agnes: its households average £53,735 a year before tax (£40,936 after). Truro and Threemilestone follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By mean household income before tax in ONS’s small-area estimates (April 2022 to March 2023), highest first: each neighbourhood’s figure weighted by its share of the town’s residents.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Cornwall’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Cornwall is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live35 towns · #1 St AgnesBest small towns23 towns · #1 St AgnesMost affordable towns35 towns · #1 St BlazeySafest towns35 towns · #1 ProbusTowns with the best schools35 towns · #1 St AgnesHealthiest towns35 towns · #1 St AgnesBest towns for jobs & income35 towns · #1 ThreemilestoneMost walkable towns35 towns · #1 St IvesTowns with the lowest flood risk35 towns · #1 Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel and ThreemilestoneBest towns for the outdoors35 towns · #1 TywardreathMost historic towns35 towns · #1 St IvesTowns with the most civic life35 towns · #1 LostwithielTowns with the lowest council tax35 towns · #1 TywardreathDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters35 towns · #1 PenzanceDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers35 towns · #1 Saltash and TorpointDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers35 towns · #1 CamelfordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts35 towns · #1 St IvesDescribed, no lettersDriest towns35 towns · #1 BudeDescribed, no lettersWettest towns35 towns · #1 LiskeardDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the highest household incomes, county by county
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Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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