Using the ratio and GIS spatial analysis methods, this paper analyzes villagers' living space characteristics and their relocating willingness. All the data were obtained from the full sample survey from October to November 2018 on the 15510 natural villages and 872414 rural households in Huai'an. There are some findings as follows: (1) The rural settlements are not only scattered but also smaller on average. And what's more, there are some villages only with one family in Huai'an. Besides, most of villages are far away from the town, and nearly half of them are in the certain location which is near the water sources, or road, or railway, or situated in flood detention area, etc. These spatial characteristics are the results of a combination of the physical geographical conditions and human factors, such as the agricultural production around rural houses. (2) For the farmer's house, the proportion of the old house is higher, and 40% of rural households have their houses in both towns and villages. There is a negative correlation between the ratio of rural households which have urban houses and the distance from the village to the town center. However, the ratio of rural vacant house presents the opposite spatial pattern. (3) For villagers' willingness, 54.1% of rural households are willing to be relocated in a centralized way and most of them prefer compensation in kind. The main reasons for farmers' unwillingness to be relocated in a centralized way includes the lower compensation standards and the inconvenient farming conditions. The main destination of farmers who are willing to be settled in cash is the city, while staying in villages or in towns is other farmers' option. Nearly 90% of the farmers with willingness to relocation will choose the resettlement house which would be built by the local governments, and nearly 80% of them would return the homestead or transfer the contracted land with compensation. (4) There are obvious spatial differences in both the characteristics of villagers' living space and their willingness to relocation, which are internally related and affected by various factors.