School results are strong: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Households here earn well: 1 job per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,643/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Lévézou. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pont-de-Salars 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 Pont-de-Salars 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
HousingCost of living A−
Pont-de-Salars’s grade for cost of living: an A−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
41 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-de-Salars, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,643/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €9.28/m² a month, close to Aveyron’s towns (€9.38/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.53/m² a month.
€1,643/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pont-de-Salars€1,643/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,643/m²
39
€9.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.96 to €12.36/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Lévézou
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Pont-de-Salars hold a degree than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 22%
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.1% of the town. 26% of residents are 65 or over, below Aveyron’s towns (30%) but above compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Pont-de-Salars is 47.9.
47.9median age
Pont-de-SalarsAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Pont-de-Salars records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 83 in Aveyron’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Aveyron live to 85.1 on average and men to 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 338 residents of Pont-de-Salars died, against 258 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Pont-de-Salars is Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel, 9.8 mi away. There are 6 general practitioners here.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Pont-de-Salars · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Pont-de-Salars, 5.0%, runs below Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
Pont-de-Salars holds 700 jobs; 700 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. 8.0% of Pont-de-Salars’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,410 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot10%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
700
jobs based in Pont-de-Salars, 1 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pont-de-Salars
Is Pont-de-Salars safe?
Pont-de-Salars has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pont-de-Salars good?
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-de-Salars expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,643/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-de-Salars grades A− for cost of living.
About Pont-de-Salars
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Pont-de-Salars is a commune of 1,623 people in the Communauté de communes du Lévézou. 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.
