London commuter townsColchester vs Ipswich
Colchester vs Ipswich: which commuter town suits you?
Colchester is 16 minutes closer to London, but Ipswich is £65k cheaper on the average sold price.
Colchester
#84 of 118
Ipswich
#103 of 118
Train to London
52 min
68 min
Annual season ticket
£7,673
£8,818
Average house price
£325k
£260k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
8.4x
7.2x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
71
71
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
897 Mb
1003 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.8
7.6
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
80
61
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
439 ha
432 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
312
346
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.
