Ruoms has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,761/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ruoms 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Ruoms: 40% are 65 or over, above Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Ruoms above both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). 9.4% of residents are children under 15.
58.5median age
RuomsArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Ruoms are out of work than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.9%
On this, Ruoms is above both Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Ruoms has 1,400 jobs for 700 working residents, 2 per worker. At the census, 22.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot15%
Bicycle4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,400
jobs based in Ruoms, 2 per working resident
17.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 83% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Ruoms’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 495 residents of Ruoms died, against 433 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. Its care home for older people (134 places) counts its residents as Ruoms’; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Ruoms · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
11.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ruoms has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 18 offenses in the graded categories in Ruoms in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 32.0% of the index here.
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence18
Fraud14
Drug use12
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.0%
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 Ruoms
Is Ruoms safe?
Ruoms has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Ruoms good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ruoms expensive to live in?
By type: houses €2,708/m² (90 sales), apartments €2,853/m² (35 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.55/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Ruoms grades C for cost of living.
About Ruoms
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ruoms is a commune of 2,311 people in the Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche. 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.
