East Riding of Yorkshire vs York: buying or renting a home

A typical terraced house costs £112,000 (69%) more in York than in East Riding of Yorkshire. Measured against local pay, buying is harder in York: it takes 6.8× median annual pay, against 4.3× in East Riding of Yorkshire.

At a glance

Buying rates the typical price of all homes against median pay; renting rates a year of average rent against median pay; crime rates recorded crime per resident against the England and Wales average.

What the numbers say

Median full-time pay in York (£40,496) is 8% higher than in East Riding of Yorkshire (£37,595), while a typical terraced house costs 69% more (£275,000 against £163,000). Set against local pay, East Riding of Yorkshire is the easier of the two for a typical earner to buy in.

Buying a terraced house takes 4.3× annual pay in East Riding of Yorkshire and 6.8× in York. Renting one takes 22% of pay in East Riding of Yorkshire and 35% in York. Both are harder in York, and the gap is wider for renting.

Across all property types and measured against pay, East Riding of Yorkshire is the 60th least expensive of 316 areas to buy in, and York is around the middle of 316 areas (170th most expensive). For renting against pay, East Riding of Yorkshire is the 17th least expensive of 316 areas and York is the 126th most expensive of 316 areas.

Someone on £40,000 in East Riding of Yorkshire would need about £67,500 in York to be equally placed to buy a terraced house, and about £68,000 to be equally placed to rent one. Keeping the same pay after a move to York would leave you worse placed to buy. These figures compare housing costs only; they ignore other living costs and the pay you could earn in a new job.

Police recorded 51.4 crimes per 1,000 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire and 65.7 in York, so recorded crime per resident is 28% higher in York. The biggest difference is in sexual offences: 2.1 per 1,000 in East Riding of Yorkshire against 3.0 in York.

Can a typical earner buy?

Buying, by property type

Renting, by property type

Crime

Police recorded 51.4 crimes per 1,000 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire and 65.7 in York, so recorded crime per resident is 28% higher in York.

Rates use resident population, so city centres and student areas show higher crime per resident than residents experience. Recorded crime also depends on reporting and police recording practice.

How prices have changed in each area

Average house price for all property types, indexed so that 2005 is 100. A line at 200 means prices have doubled.

In 2005 the average home cost £134,763 in East Riding of Yorkshire and £168,002 in York. Now it is £218,265 and £307,747: East Riding of Yorkshire is up 62% and York is up 83%. Prices have risen faster in York, so the gap between the two has widened.

Buying a home against local pay, over time

Average house price divided by median full-time pay. Higher means harder to afford.

In 2005 a home cost 5.6 years of pay in East Riding of Yorkshire and 7.0 years in York. In 2025 it was 5.8 years and 7.5 years.

How rents have changed in each area

Average monthly rent for all property types, indexed so that 2015 is 100.

In 2015 the average rent was £505 a month in East Riding of Yorkshire and £786 in York. Now it is £724 and £1,199: up 43% in East Riding of Yorkshire and up 53% in York. Rents have risen faster in York.

What your salary is worth in each area

Salary needed to afford the same kind of home (terraced), going by median prices and average rents.

Moving from East Riding of Yorkshire to York

Moving from York to East Riding of Yorkshire

All East Riding of Yorkshire figures · All York figures