Staverton is the kind of place where the housing stock does the talking before you've even parked: stone and brick semis and detacheds sitting on generous plots, no new-build estates dragging the average down, and barely a rental sign in sight. It's a village in the fullest sense — a tight cluster of homes around a school and a green or two, not a commuter dormitory with a high street bolted on. The numbers behind that impression back it up. Every recorded sale here in the last stretch was freehold, and the mix leans heavily towards semi-detached and detached homes — a For Sale board on a Staverton street is telling you "family home, own it outright, no chain of leasehold small print." That's reflected in price too: a median around £450k sits well above both the West Northamptonshire figure and the national median, and semi-detached homes here fetch noticeably more than the same property type would elsewhere in the country. This is a village that scores well into the better-off end of the deprivation scale nationally, with income levels to match — the kind of place where money has settled rather than arrived recently. Day-to-day practicalities are thin on paper but telling in shape. There's one school in the village itself, Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary, alongside Badby School and Newnham Primary in the surrounding area — all small, all academy converters, which suggests a community that has taken its own schooling in hand rather than defaulting to the local authority. Green space is modest in area but present, and full-fibre broadband coverage above 93% tells you this isn't a village cut off from modern working life, even if the population itself is tiny and skews older — a median age in the mid-50s, well above the national figure, points to a settled, longer-established resident base rather than a young family influx. Crime figures need a careful read: the headline number of recorded incidents is very low in absolute terms, but because the resident population is so small, the rate per head compares unfavourably against the wider unitary authority — worth noting rather than alarming, since a handful of incidents in a village this size can swing a rate dramatically. The overall grade profile is consistently strong — safety, transport, connectivity, affordability and schools all sit above the national average — with health the one softer patch in an otherwise even set, likely a reflection of limited local services rather than anything acute. This suits people who've already made their money and want quiet, space, and a strong freehold home rather than convenience on the doorstep; anyone wanting buzzing amenities within walking distance should look elsewhere.