#1Kings Hill
9,963 peopleMean household income·£58,952 after tax·#6 of 2,178 in England and Wales
Kings Hill, #1 on this list · Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0Kent rankings · Income
Towns with the highest household incomes in Kent
Kings Hill has the highest household incomes of Kent’s 87 towns of 2,500+: £89,616 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £59,316.
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£89,616
#2Sevenoaks
26,474 peopleMean household income·£55,533 after tax·#20 of 2,178 in England and Wales
#3Hildenborough
4,943 peopleMean household income·£51,223 after tax·#108 of 2,178 in England and Wales
All 87 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.
87 towns.
#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank
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Questions people ask
Which town in Kent has the highest household income?
Kings Hill: its households average £89,616 a year before tax (£58,952 after). Sevenoaks and Hildenborough 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 Kent’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Kent 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 live87 towns · #1 HildenboroughBest small towns56 towns · #1 HildenboroughMost affordable towns87 towns · #1 SheernessSafest towns87 towns · #1 CuxtonTowns with the best schools87 towns · #1 HildenboroughHealthiest towns87 towns · #1 Otford and KemsingBest towns for jobs & income87 towns · #1 SevenoaksMost walkable towns87 towns · #1 CanterburyTowns with the lowest flood risk87 towns · #1 Ash (Dover) and 27 moreBest towns for the outdoors87 towns · #1 FolkestoneMost historic towns87 towns · #1 SandwichTowns with the most civic life87 towns · #1 Ash (Dover)Towns with the lowest council tax87 towns · #1 GillinghamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters87 towns · #1 SheernessDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers87 towns · #1 DartfordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers87 towns · #1 HawkingeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts87 towns · #1 RamsgateDescribed, no lettersDriest towns87 towns · #1 QueenboroughDescribed, no lettersWettest towns87 towns · #1 HawkingeDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the highest household incomes, county by county
BedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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