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Population 13,803: a town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Taken together, its subjects give Carros a C overall, better than 29% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #35 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Its strongest subject is walkability: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is a strength too: 1.8 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Carros does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Carros 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Carros as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Villa de Châteauneuf, dans le quartier de Gairaut, in Nice, 4.7 mi away.
3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carros.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.59/m² a month, close to Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses in Carros sell for €4,965/m² and apartments for €3,550/m². The market here: 371 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,965/m² | 112 |
| Apartments | €3,550/m² | 259 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €25,770 a year per consumption unit, lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 7.4% of Carros’ working residents to work at the census. At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Carros didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Carros | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Carros: 96 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 821 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 786, 4% fewer. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Alpes-Maritimes is 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Carros can choose among 10 GPs.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
With 11,250 jobs for 6,150 working residents, Carros draws people in from neighbouring communes. Graded property crimes ran at 13 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.1 (2023–2025 average). All told, Carros had 327 recorded offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.4% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #31 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes on results. For collège, the closest is 0.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 81%−5 pts |
| Collège Les BaousBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 181 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Carros. Best known first.
MuseumChâteau de Carrosin town
ChâteauChâteau de la Gaude4.3 km southwest, in Saint-JeannetArt galleryArt galleryElizabeth Foyéin townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Castagniers4.2 km northeast, in CastagniersPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Carros is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Carros yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carros | 13,803 | — | C | D− | B− | C |
| Gattières | 4,358 | 1.3 | B− | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Colomars | 3,409 | 2 | — | D− | — | A |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 3,431 | 2.8 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Jeannet | 4,453 | 3 | — | D− | — | A |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 4 | — | D− | — | B− |
| La Gaude | 7,265 | 4.3 | B+ | D− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #26 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 124 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #31 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Carros grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carros is a commune of 13,803 people in the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.