How it's scored: each area is rated 1–10 on eight factors — value, infrastructure & services, culture & heritage, quiet, transport access (road and the Thawat Buri airport; there is no railway anywhere in the province), rental depth, walkability and family suitability — and the BAANLYY Area Score is their average on a 0–100 scale. Province-specific structured property data barely exists for a province with this little portal presence (see the where-to-live guide), 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.
Roi Et areas by overall score
| # | Area | Score | Value | Infrastructure & services | Culture & heritage | Transport access (road & air — no railway in the province) | Rental depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roi Et town (Nai Mueang) & Si Somdet The provincial capital — Bueng Phalan Chai and the city-pillar shrine on the provincial seal, the 879-bed regional hospital on Ronnachan Chaiyut Road, Wat Burapha Phiram's 59.2m standing Buddha, the bus terminal and the province's international school | 76 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | Thawat Buri, Selaphum, Chiang Khwan & Changhan — the airport and campus north Roi Et Airport in Thawat Buri with daily Don Mueang jets, Roi Et Rajabhat University at Ko Kaeo in Selaphum, Wat Pa Kung, and the Chi River country north of the capital | 66 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Suwannaphum, Kaset Wisai, Pathum Rat, Mueang Suang, Phon Sai & Chaturaphak Phiman — the Thung Kula plain The Thung Kula Rong Hai plain that grows the EU-registered hom mali rice — Ku Phra Kona's three prangs in Suwannaphum, Ku Ka Sing in Kaset Wisai, and the oldest settled part of the province | 60 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Phon Thong, Nong Phok, Moei Wadi, Pho Chai & Nong Hi — the eastern uplands The Phu Phan foothills and the Yang River — the 101-metre Phra Maha Chedi Chai Mongkhon at Wat Pha Nam Yoi in Nong Phok, the province's only hill country, and its quietest districts | 55 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Phanom Phrai, At Samat & Thung Khao Luang — the Chi–Mun confluence Where the Chi River empties into the Mun on the Surin boundary — the province's richest floodplain paddy, its flood-prone low ground, and its most agricultural corner | 53 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Top area by factor
Value
Suwannaphum, Kaset Wisai, Pathum Rat, Mueang Suang, Phon Sai & Chaturaphak Phiman — the Thung Kula plain · 9/10Culture & heritage
Suwannaphum, Kaset Wisai, Pathum Rat, Mueang Suang, Phon Sai & Chaturaphak Phiman — the Thung Kula plain · 9/10Transport access (road & air — no railway in the province)
Roi Et town (Nai Mueang) & Si Somdet · 8/10Frequently asked
What is the BAANLYY Roi Et Area Score?The BAANLYY Area Score is a transparent 0–100 rating for each of Roi Et's five core living areas, which between them cover all twenty 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 Roi Et dataset, then converted to a 100-point scale. Province-specific structured property data barely exists here, so these 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.
Which Roi Et area scores highest?On the current overall score, Roi Et town (Nai Mueang) & Si Somdet leads with a BAANLYY Area Score of 76, followed by Thawat Buri, Selaphum, Chiang Khwan & Changhan — the airport and campus north (66) and Suwannaphum, Kaset Wisai, Pathum Rat, Mueang Suang, Phon Sai & Chaturaphak Phiman — the Thung Kula plain (60). Scores balance all eight factors — your personal best area depends on whether you weigh the regional hospital, the international school and everyday services, the Khmer heritage of the southern plain, or cost and quiet.
How should I use the score in Roi Et?Use the overall score to shortlist, then weigh the factor that actually decides how you'll live. Infrastructure, walkability and family suitability all pull hard toward the town centre, because Roi Et town is the only thesaban mueang in the province and the only genuinely walkable, serviced place in it — and because the province's one international school is inside the municipality, on Airport Road. Rental depth pulls toward the town and the campus north, because those are the only two places with any real apartment stock. Culture and heritage rewards the Thung Kula plain, which holds Ku Phra Kona and Ku Ka Sing, and the eastern uplands, which hold the 101-metre chedi at Wat Pha Nam Yoi. Value rewards everywhere outside the capital. And the transport factor is doing something unusual here, which the next question explains.
Why does the transport factor say "no railway in the province"?Because it is literally true, and it is the single most misread thing about Roi Et. There is not a metre of railway anywhere in the province. The Northeastern Line splits at Nakhon Ratchasima and its branches pass either side: one north through Khon Kaen toward Udon Thani and Nong Khai, the other east through Surin, Sisaket and Ubon Ratchathani. Roi Et sits in the gap between them, and the nearest station is Khon Kaen about 113 kilometres northwest, with ninety minutes to two hours of bus or minivan on top. What the province has instead — and what most of its neighbours lack — is Roi Et Airport in Thawat Buri, with a 2,100-metre runway and a daily Thai AirAsia jet to Don Mueang. So the transport factor scores road and air, and the label on the table says so, rather than letting anyone assume a station exists. A 355-kilometre line from Ban Phai through Maha Sarakham, Roi Et and Mukdahan to Nakhon Phanom has been proposed, but a proposal is not a service and it is not scored.
Roi Et ranks 10th of 77 nationally — why don't the area scores look like a top-ten province?Because the two things measure different objects, and both numbers deserve to be read carefully. The 2022 Human Achievement Index put Roi Et at 0.6654, tenth of seventy-seven and in the NESDC's "high" band, while Sisaket next door ranked 71st and Surin next door ranked 77th. That is a real and striking result, and it is reflected in the province's institutions: an 879-bed regional hospital that teaches, an IB World School, a Rajabhat university, a commercial airport. But two caveats belong in the same breath. First, the index is compressed — Surin's 0.5935 and Roi Et's 0.6654 are 0.072 apart and span sixty-seven ranks, so the rank is far more dramatic than the underlying gap. Second, the HAI measures health, education, employment and income; the Area Score measures what it is like to rent and live in a specific area, which is why rental depth, walkability and transport access drag the rural areas down regardless of how the province does nationally. A well-developed province with no condominium market and no railway will score exactly like this.
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 by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.
Founder of BAANLYY · International real estate broker, investor & relocation specialist
Last updated 18 August 2026 · Last reviewed 18 August 2026