At a little over three square miles, the land is largely agricultural. Most of the 101 houses and 254 residents (as of 2001)[4] are grouped in a small area between the church and the site of the former railway station. The River Isbourne valley divides Hinton into the "East Village", near to the church, and the "West Village".
Most of the houses in the East Village date from the 19th century; many of the properties to the West of the Isbourne are much newer. Most of the farmland, and many of the properties in the East Village, are leased from a Laslett's charity,[5] a trust set up in 1879 by William Laslett, a Worcestershire lawyer, landowner and MP.[6] The charity supports Church of England churches and makes grants to community welfare organisations.[7]
The building that formerly housed a village school has been converted into houses. The single shop in the village[8] is specialised in the sale of agricultural machinery.
The main A46 from Evesham to Cheltenham passes through the parish and is crossed by the Broadway to Pershore Road (formerly The London Road) at Hinton Cross, but the majority of the houses are located on a quiet loop.
The Isbourne is three or four metres wide and less than a metre deep, and occasionally floods. The most notable recent flood was in July 2007 when the small river became a torrent about a hundred metres wide and five metres deep. Two houses built on the river bank suffered serious damage, but the rest of the village is well above the flood plain and avoided the devastation that hit nearby Sedgeberrow just a mile upstream.
The loop officially closed between Ashchurch and Redditch in June 1963, but poor condition of the track had brought about withdrawal of all trains between Evesham and Redditch earlier, in October 1962, being replaced by a bus service for the final eight months. Redditch to Barnt Green remains open on the electrified Birmingham suburban network. Hinton station house still stands.
^ Elrington – Hinton on the Green Manor and Other Estates ..."In 981 Elfleda, the sister of King Ethelred, granted the manor of HINTON... to St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, which held it until the Dissolution ...[1]
^ Elrington – Hinton on the Green ..."it was probably the setting in pasture-land rather than the existence of a central village green that gave rise to the suffix 'on the green', which was used from the early 16th century ...[1]
^ Elrington – Hinton on the Green Economic History ..."Sheep were important in the 13th century when there was a shepherd on the manor, and the labour-services of the tenants included 2 days' sheep-washing and shearing ...[1]