Today, the village serves as a commuter settlement, with its population mostly working and shopping elsewhere.

Now, few agricultural workers live there and it has been described as a 'small, middle-class commuter settlement'.

It is now an area of orchards and small mixed farms and a commuter settlement.

Originating from the development of the railway, Barnt Green has always been a commuter settlement.

This is a commuter settlement as many people who live in the area travel to the centre of town to go to their work.

The village lost its employment role in 1968 following the closure of the mill and today it is largely a commuter settlement.

As with most of Houston, Craigends is predominantly a commuter settlement.

Over time, with increased commuter settlement, Western Springs came to look less and less Quaker.

The village is a popular commuter settlement for those working both in Hull and Beverley.

Before the industrial revolution, Hale Barns was an agricultural village, but since then evolved into a commuter settlement.