#1Rugby
78,130 peopleHomes cost 4.8 years of area income·#812 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Rugby, #1 on this list · Photo: G-Man at English Wikipedia · Public domainWarwickshire rankings · Cost of living
Most affordable towns in Warwickshire
Rugby ranks first on cost of living among Warwickshire’s 34 towns of 2,500+; none grades A− or better against UK towns; the best here is a B+.
The Cost of living Grade: the median sale price (Land Registry), a year’s private rent (ONS) and Band D council tax with the parish precept, each against the mean household income of the town’s council area. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each letter. How grades work
#1B+
#2Alcester
6,425 peopleHomes cost 4.7 years of area income·#880 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Studley
6,039 peopleHomes cost 4.9 years of area income·#947 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 34 towns, ranked
Cost of living grade, best first; ranks are the county ranks on each town’s page (T = tied). Military garrison towns and university campuses keep their grades but aren’t ranked. Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
34 towns.
#TownGrade · UK rankCompared with UK towns
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Questions people ask
What is the most affordable town in Warwickshire?
Rugby ranks first on cost of living among 34 towns, with a B+: homes cost 4.8 years of area income. Alcester and Studley follow.
How are these towns ranked?
The Cost of living Grade: the median sale price (Land Registry), a year’s private rent (ONS) and Band D council tax with the parish precept, each against the mean household income of the town’s council area. The letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
Garrison towns and university campuses aren’t ranked, and towns without the figures this grade needs are counted above. The list covers Warwickshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Warwickshire 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.
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County by county
Most affordable towns, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
Sources: 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) · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · 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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