How it's scored: each area is rated 1–10 on eight factors — value, infrastructure & services, culture & heritage, quiet, transport access, rental depth, walkability and family suitability — and the BAANLYY Area Score is their average on a 0–100 scale. Ang Thong publishes very little structured housing data and the union of its entire advertised long-stay market across two portals is ten buildings, nine of them in one district (see the rental market guide for exactly what we could and could not verify), so these scores are deliberately conservative and directional rather than precise. It's a transparent comparison starting point, not investment advice — weight the factors that matter to you.
Ang Thong areas by overall score
| # | Area | Score | Value | Infrastructure & services | Transport access (road) | Rental depth | Family suitability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mueang Ang Thong — the town on both banks of the Chao Phraya A town municipality of about 12,700 people spread over seven subdistricts: the provincial hall and Ang Thong Hospital at Bang Kaeo, the province's only private hospital at Sala Daeng, two colleges, and nine of the ten advertised rentals in the province | 71 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Wiset Chai Chan & Samko — the old town on the Noi River The province's original seat and its largest district by far: the 92-metre Great Buddha at Wat Muang, Wat Si Roi and the four hundred, the provincial immigration office at San Chao Rong Thong, and the only advertised rental outside the capital | 63 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Chaiyo — upstream, the temple of Luang Pho To and the sports university The northern district on the Chao Phraya: Wat Chaiyo Worawihan and the Phra Somdet Ket Chaiyo amulet tradition, plus the province's one degree-granting campus at tambon Chaiyaphum | 60 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Pa Mok — the southern gateway toward Ayutthaya The smallest and southernmost district: Wat Pa Mok and the reclining Buddha King Thai Sa had moved back from the river in 1726, the court-doll workshops of Ban Bang Sadet, and the shortest run to Ayutthaya | 60 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Pho Thong & Sawaeng Ha — the rice plain and the basketry villages The agricultural north-west: the great reclining Buddha at Wat Khun Inthapramun, the bamboo basketry of Ban Bang Chao Cha, the Dvaravati moat at Ban Khu Mueang, and the ground the Bang Rachan volunteers actually fought over | 56 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
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Frequently asked
What is the BAANLYY Ang Thong Area Score?The BAANLYY Area Score is a transparent 0–100 rating for each of Ang Thong's five core living areas, which between them cover all seven districts. It's the average of eight lived-experience factors — value, infrastructure & services, culture & heritage, quiet, transport access, rental depth, walkability and family suitability — each scored out of 10 from BAANLYY's Ang Thong dataset, then converted to a 100-point scale. This province publishes very little structured housing data and the union of everything advertised for long stay across both Thai rental portals that carry it was ten buildings, so these scores are conservative editorial estimates derived from each area's real geography and role, not a precise benchmark. It's a starting point for comparison, not investment advice.
Why is transport scored on road access only?Because road is all there is, and in Ang Thong's case the road is genuinely good. There is no railway station anywhere in the province and the line does not enter it: the State Railway's Northern Line runs east of Ang Thong through Ayutthaya, Saraburi and Lop Buri, and the nearest stations — Ban Phachi Junction among them — are in Ayutthaya province. There is no airport either. The Suphan Buri branch line was originally planned to run through Ang Thong and cross the Chao Phraya to meet the main lines at Ban Phachi, but construction was halted before it reached that point. What the province does have is Highway 32, the Asian Highway carrying AH1 and AH2, running straight through it, with Bangkok 105km away. Scoring transport on the road reflects what you can actually use — and it is why Ang Thong's road scores are higher than most provinces without rail.
Which Ang Thong area scores highest?On the current overall score, Mueang Ang Thong — the town on both banks of the Chao Phraya leads with a BAANLYY Area Score of 71, followed by Wiset Chai Chan & Samko — the old town on the Noi River (63) and Chaiyo — upstream, the temple of Luang Pho To and the sports university (60). Scores balance all eight factors — your personal best area depends on whether you weigh a walkable centre with both hospitals, a temple district minutes from town, the province's heritage and its immigration office, the cheapest possible rice-plain living, or the shortest run to Ayutthaya.
Why is rental depth scored so low outside the town?Because it is genuinely that low, and this is measured rather than estimated. In August 2026 RentHub's Ang Thong province index displayed six advertised long-stay buildings and its own amphoe facet read Mueang Ang Thong 5, Wiset Chai Chan 1, and zero for each of Chaiyo, Pa Mok, Pho Thong, Sawaeng Ha and Samko. Hongpak's Ang Thong route displayed five, all of them in Mueang Ang Thong, and the two portals overlap on five buildings — so the union across the whole province is ten distinct buildings, nine in the capital district and one in Wiset Chai Chan. That is exactly the two areas scoring 5 and 2 here. A score of 1 in the other three areas is us being generous to an off-portal market that certainly exists but that nobody can browse.
Sources & References
The BAANLYY Area Score itself is BAANLYY's proprietary editorial dataset; the official sources above provide the underlying tourism and demographic context. Ratings are editorial estimates that change as areas evolve — not investment, legal or financial advice.
The BAANLYY Area Score is a proprietary, transparent composite of BAANLYY's own area ratings, provided for general comparison only — not investment, legal or financial advice. Ratings are editorial estimates that change as areas evolve. Hero photo via Pexels.
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Last updated 19 August 2026 · Last reviewed 19 August 2026