Stourton doesn't really have a high street in the way most places do — it's scattered farmhouses, converted barns and detached homes on generous plots, the kind of place where you notice hedgerows before you notice people. With a population under a hundred and a density a fraction of the regional average, this is open, low-slung countryside living rather than village-centre bustle. The numbers back up what you'd sense driving through: this sits in the top income decile and the ninth decile for deprivation nationally, meaning Stourton ranks among the least deprived pockets of the country, and a median age over 50 tells you this isn't a place filling up with young families chasing school catchments. Property sales here are thin — just a handful a year — but they lean heavily towards detached freehold homes, with a median sale price around £425,000 against a South Staffordshire average nearer £285,000. A For Sale board here is usually attached to something with land, bought outright, and not moving again soon. Six recorded bus or transport stops serve the immediate area; this reads as a driving village rather than a commuter one, so if trains into Wolverhampton or Birmingham matter to your daily life, you'll want to check what's realistically reachable rather than assume a walk to a platform. Crime sits low in absolute terms — six incidents in the past year is a small number for any area, though the breakdown still shows violence and sexual offences as the largest single category, alongside anti-social behaviour and burglary, mirroring the pattern you'd see almost anywhere but at a much smaller scale. The overall safety grade lands at the top of the scale, and health and environment scores sit comfortably above the national average too, which fits a place with space, low density and few of the pressures that come with crowding. Green space per head regionally already runs above the national norm, and Stourton's rural setting only reinforces that — this is a place for walking dogs and looking at fields, not queuing for brunch. Full fibre broadband reaches a large majority of properties, so remote working is genuinely viable here, which matters given how thin the public transport offer is. This suits someone who has already decided they want quiet over convenience — older buyers, established households, people who value acreage and don't mind driving for groceries, a pub, or a train. It won't suit anyone wanting street life, walkable amenities, or a fast rail commute on their doorstep. The trade-off is stark but honest: space and calm in exchange for self-sufficiency.