Culoz-Béon grades B overall: better than 55% of compared French towns, and #37 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,939/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Bugey Sud. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Culoz-Béon 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 Culoz-Béon.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Culoz-Béon has higher unemployment than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 11.7%
On this, Culoz-Béon is above both Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Culoz-Béon has 1,550 jobs for 1,400 working residents, 1.1 per worker. The median disposable income is €24,900 a year per consumption unit.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot10%
Public transport8%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,550
jobs based in Culoz-Béon, 1.1 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Culoz-Béon, 95 per 100, but more than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Culoz-Béon comes above both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 301 residents of Culoz-Béon died, against 317 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Culoz-Béon · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Bugey Sud
8.5 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
Culoz-Béon keeps more of its old housing than Ain or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Culoz-Béon, that is above both Ain’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Culoz-Béon, 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
Renting in Culoz-Béon costs less than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.18/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Culoz-Béon sits below both Ain’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,939/m², comes from 115 sales of houses and apartments in Culoz-Béon from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,939/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Culoz-Béon€1,939/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,013/m²
78
Apartments
€1,935/m²
37
€11.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.67 to €14.41/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bugey Sud
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Culoz-Béon has more crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 86 offenses in the graded categories in Culoz-Béon in 2025. For vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.4% of the index here.
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage43
Family violence14
Burglary10
Other physical violence9
Sexual violence5
Theft from vehicles5
Armed robbery0
Fraud22
Theft without violence19
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
86
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Culoz-Béon
Is Culoz-Béon safe?
It grades B− for safety, #34 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Culoz-Béon good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #24 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Culoz-Béon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,939/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,013/m² (78 sales), apartments €1,935/m² (37 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Culoz-Béon grades B for cost of living.
About Culoz-Béon
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Culoz-Béon is a commune of 3,453 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.
