Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. The median home sells for €872/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Vallon-en-Sully has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vallon-en-Sully 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 Vallon-en-Sully.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vallon-en-Sully than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.72/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 66 homes were sold in Vallon-en-Sully. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.23/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
€872/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vallon-en-Sully€872/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Allier median€1,320/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€887/m²
65
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.25 to €9.54/m² a month)
2.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Val de Cher
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 38% of people in Vallon-en-Sully are 65 or over, more than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.9% of residents, below Allier’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. One measure of family life: 9.7% of residents are under 15. Among adults, 18% have a degree.
57.9median age
Vallon-en-SullyAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Vallon-en-Sully’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Vallon-en-Sully: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 313 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 380, 21% more. The nearest emergency department to Vallon-en-Sully is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 13.2 mi away. At birth, a girl in Allier can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Vallon-en-Sully · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
13.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
84.8 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Allier, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 8.2% of commuters in Vallon-en-Sully go to work without a car, fewer than in Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 9.7%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Allier’s towns (12.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,970 a year. At the census, 6.6% of working residents in Vallon-en-Sully didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Bicycle3%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Vallon-en-Sully, 0.8 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Vallon-en-Sully keeps more of its old housing than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Vallon-en-Sully is Domaine du château du Creux. 3 of the 4 are houses and mansions. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vallon-en-Sully
Is Vallon-en-Sully safe?
Vallon-en-Sully has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Vallon-en-Sully expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vallon-en-Sully grades A+ for cost of living.
About Vallon-en-Sully
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vallon-en-Sully is a commune of 1,457 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Cher. 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.
