Find your town in Powys
Powys has 7 towns of 2,500 or more and 43 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.
What Powys is like
The typical Powys town grades highest on walkability and cost of living against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
0 of 7 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full Powys list, with what drives each gradeCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
7 towns · ordered by Powys rank
43 smaller places in Powys
Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.
32 places under 1,000 people
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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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