Chazey-Bons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,246/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bugey Sud. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chazey-Bons with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chazey-Bons.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Chazey-Bons is harder to get around on foot than 94% of compared French towns
At the census, 4.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.9%.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Chazey-Bons, 0.9 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Chazey-Bons sees 93 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Ain’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Chazey-Bons, that is above both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Chazey-Bons · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Bugey Sud
3.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Bugey Sud
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chazey-Bons keeps more of its old housing than Ain or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Chazey-Bons sits above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Chazey-Bons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chazey-Bons than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.65/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Chazey-Bons below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,246/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Chazey-Bons from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,246/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chazey-Bons€2,246/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,336/m²
37
€10.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €14.09/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bugey Sud
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chazey-Bons
Is Chazey-Bons safe?
Chazey-Bons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Chazey-Bons good?
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 188 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Bugey in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chazey-Bons expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,246/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chazey-Bons grades B− for cost of living.
About Chazey-Bons
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chazey-Bons is a commune of 1,142 people in the Communauté de communes Bugey Sud. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
