Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Lincolnshire, East Midlands, this town has 4,959 residents.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Jobs & income is its weak spot (D): households earn a mean £47,500 a year, and 3.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. With a C+ overall, Market Rasen sits #36 of 61 in Lincolnshire. It comes out better than 38% of UK towns. Hazard risk is weaker too (D): 4.8% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Housing is within reach (A): a typical home costs £229,500 and rent runs £741 a month.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Market Rasen 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 Market Rasen is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Market Rasen’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Market Rasen.
12% live in social housing, below Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Behind the median of £229,500: 278 standard sales inside Market Rasen’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. The private rented sector houses just over a fifth of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £282,500 | 143 |
| Semi-detached | £188,000 | 58 |
| Terraced | £135,000 | 63 |
| Flat or maisonette | £111,500 | 14 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 62% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Below are its two schools. GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: just over a fifth of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 35.7.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Market Rasen Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 291 | B− |
| De Aston SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 939 | D |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Per 10,000 residents, Market Rasen counts 103 listed buildings, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39). This Lincolnshire town counts 51 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 2 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 20% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 76% of commuters, below Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) but above England’s towns (70%). The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 3.1%. Work in town: 29% of resident commuters. There are 0.9 jobs in Market Rasen for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Burglary and damage came to 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (7.8) and England’s towns (9.4). Police recorded 515 crimes inside Market Rasen’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 151 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Market Rasen has more crime per resident than 85% of them. Violence and sexual offences made up 37% of the total.
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.
At the census, 7.6% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. 77% of Market Rasen’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. The nearest A&E to Market Rasen is Lincoln County Hospital, 13 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 86% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Market Rasen | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.6% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Children under 15 make up 15%, below Lincolnshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike, and people aged 15 to 24 are 8.7% of the population. Residents of Market Rasen have a median age of 48.5. Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Market Rasen | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
51 listed buildings in Market Rasen.
Church of St Thomas: Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Corn Exchange: Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The King's Head Public House: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Corn Mill: Photo: John Firth · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Market Rasen.
Robbie Moore: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0 · Ann Carr: unknown - she died in 1841, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Rasen | 4,959 | — | C+ | A | C− | C+ |
| Wragby | 1,859 | 6.9 | — | B− | C+ | B− |
| Caistor | 2,284 | 7.7 | — | A | D | B− |
| Welton | 4,586 | 8.2 | A | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Dunholme | 1,869 | 8.2 | — | A− | B+ | A− |
| Sudbrooke | 1,737 | 9.3 | — | B | A+ | A |
| Nettleham | 3,418 | 10 | A− | B+ | A− | A |
| Fiskerton | 1,202 | 11 | — | A | A− | C+ |
Wragby, Caistor, Dunholme, Sudbrooke and Fiskerton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.2 times the typical UK town for its size.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Market Rasen has 2 state schools; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Market Rasen is a built-up area of 4,959 people, in the West Lindsey 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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