A new report by Dojo reveals which commuter towns and cities in the UK have seen the biggest movement and growth during the Covid-19 pandemic.

With a high number of businesses embracing home-working and reducing the number of days required in the office, many city workers are willing to live further away from their place of work and relocate to neighbouring towns.

New research by card payment provider, Dojo, has analysed UK commuter towns and their nearby cities to reveal which have prospered the most from January 2020 to March 2021. To investigate this, Dojo gathered data on the following 5 indicators of each location:

• Property market 🏠  – The change in property prices and number of sales in the area

• Job vacancies 💼 – The number of job openings in the area

• Salaries 💷 – The average wage of employees

• Footfall 👣 – The transit station, workplace and residential movement detected on Google Maps

Each data point was then scored and compared to the previous year to discover the percentage increase in growth for towns and cities across the UK.

RANKED: The top 10 commuter towns with the biggest GROWTH during the pandemic

Some towns’ economies and property markets fared better than others during the pandemic – with Exeter leading the way.