London commuter townsMaidstone vs Rochester
Maidstone vs Rochester: which commuter town suits you?
Rochester is 19 minutes closer to London and £26k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
55 min
36 min
Annual season ticket
£5,865
£5,106
Average house price
£350k
£324k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
9.7x
8.7x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
71
68
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
860 Mb
976 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.9
7.3
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
67
181
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
428 ha
587 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
297
299
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.
