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Over-65s are 27% of the population. This town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber has a population of 12,420.
Huntington’s best grade is for walkability (A): on the way to work, 29% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Prices are high against local incomes: homes sell for a median £290,000, about 5.4 times local household income. Natural hazards weigh more here (C): 1.4% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. The overall grade comes out at B−, #33 of 54 in North Yorkshire. On that grade it does better than 50% of UK towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B for jobs & income.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Huntington 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 Huntington is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 76 buildings inside Huntington’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Huntington. Best known first.
ChurchYork Minster2 km outside town, to the south
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower2.6 km outside town, to the south
MuseumYorkshire Museum2.2 km outside town, to the southwest · 164K visitors a year (2019)
MuseumYork Castle Museum2.6 km outside town, to the south · 284K visitors a year (2013)
Art galleryYork Art Gallery2.1 km outside town, to the southwest
FortYork city walls2.6 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Huntington.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
69% of commuters drove, about level with England’s towns (70%) and below North Yorkshire’s towns (74%). Before tax, the average household brings in £46K a year. About a fifth of its commuters stay in Huntington for work. The town counts 1.4 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Below are two of its 5 schools, each with why it was picked. Huntington’s three primaries and two secondaries have 3,698 pupils between them. GCSE results at the town’s 2 secondary schools: 46% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 48.1.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearsley Grove Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 385 | C− |
| Huntington SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,505 | B |
15% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.2%, below North Yorkshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Residents of Huntington have a median age of 48.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Huntington | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.1% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
67% of households own their home, near North Yorkshire’s towns (65%) and higher than England’s towns (61%). The social rented sector houses 20% of households. Private rents average £1,199 a month across the York council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £397,500 | 101 |
| Semi-detached | £285,000 | 279 |
| Terraced | £295,000 | 62 |
| Flat or maisonette | £176,000 | 59 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
There is no GP practice in Huntington: the nearest is 2.1 miles off. Nearly a fifth of residents have a disability, about level with North Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and above England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Huntington is The York Hospital, 1.6 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Huntington | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
There were 18.8 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above North Yorkshire’s towns (10.3) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 673 crimes and 230 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Huntington’s built-up area. Violence and sexual offences made up 38% 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 6% of the total, below North Yorkshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Grade II* covers 1 of them. Per 10,000 residents, Huntington counts 61 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
76 listed buildings in Huntington.
Huntington Grange: Photo: Warofdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Water Meadows: Photo: Malcolmxl5 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Village Cross: Photo: D Garside · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Prospect House: Photo: Warofdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 notable people were born in Huntington.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | 12,420 | — | B− | C | B− | C+ |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 1.7 | A | C− | A | B+ |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 2.3 | — | C− | A+ | A− |
| York | 141,696 | 2.4 | B− | C | C− | C |
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | 2.6 | — | C− | B | B− |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 2.7 | — | C | B− | B |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 2.7 | — | C− | A | B |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 3.3 | — | B | A+ | A− |
Wigginton, Osbaldwick, Stockton on the Forest, Skelton (York) and Heslington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.5 times the typical UK town for its size.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Huntington is a built-up area of 12,420 people, in the York 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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