Birmingham commuter townsKidderminster vs Stourbridge

Kidderminster vs Stourbridge: which commuter town suits you?

Stourbridge is 13 minutes closer to Birmingham, but Kidderminster is £25k cheaper on the average sold price.
Kidderminster

#21 of 24

Stourbridge

#7 of 24

Train to Birmingham

39 min
26 min

Average house price

£240k
£265k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

7.5x
7.5x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

61
51

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

952 Mb
1067 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.6
7.4

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

16
20

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

205 ha
428 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

133
380

Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.

The full picture on each

Living in Kidderminster

Worcestershire · 39 min to Birmingham · average sold price £240k.

Read the Kidderminster report

Living in Stourbridge

West Midlands · 26 min to Birmingham · average sold price £265k.

Read the Stourbridge report

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